CAH CoP 2020 Series- Part 3: Infection Control, Safe Medication, Lab, Patient Services, Outpatient, Nursing and Discharge Planning

HEALTHCARE Mar 23, 2020 120 minutes
01:00 PM EST 12:00 PM CST 11:00 AM MST 10:00 AM PST

Description:-

  • Recall that the infection preventionist must be appointed by the board
  • Recall that CMS has an infection control worksheet that may be helpful to CAHs
  • Discuss that insulin pens can only be used on one patient 
  • Describe that an order is needed to allow the patient to self administer medications
  • Explain that there are three-time frames in which to administer medications
  • Discuss that CMS requires that a plan of care be done

Session Agenda:-

Infection control

  • Final changes to infection control
    • Antibiotic stewardship requirements
  • Infection control worksheet
  • CDC and FDA health update
  • Investigating and controlling infections
  • Following national recognized standards and guidelines
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Four challenges in infection control; MDRO, ambulatory care, communicable diseases, and bioterrorism
  • Infection control websites
  • Infection control orientation new employees
  • Surveillance, sanitary environment, and mitigation of risks
  • Role of leaders in infection control
  • Infection control officer

 

Safe Medication

  • Preparation and administration
  • 10 CDC Safe Injection Practices
  • CMS IC worksheet and safe injections
  • Single and multi-dose vials
  • Fingerstick devices, scopes, glucometers, insulin pens

 

Patient Services

  • Diagnostic and therapeutic services
  • Supplies

 

Outpatient Services

  • Outpatient department
  • Outpatient director
  • Final changes 
  • Board and MS action 

 

Lab

Nursing

  • Nursing care
  • Final changes
  • Observation of med passes/nursing care
  • Changes in observation guidelines
  • Nursing care plans
  • RN for each patient
  • RN supervising care
  • Drugs and IVs
  • Timing of medications
  • High alert drugs
  • Safe opioid use
  • Sedation scales
  • IV medications
  • Blood and blood products
  • Verbal orders
  • Verbal order policy
  • Culture of questioning
  • Medication passes
  • Nursing care plan
Presenter BIO

Sue Dill Calloway, R.N., M.S.N, J.D. is a nurse attorney and President of Patient Safety and Healthcare Consulting and Education. She is also the past Chief Learning Officer for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation and a current board member.  She was a director for risk management and patient safety for five years for the Doctors Company. She was the past VP of Legal Services at a community hospital in addition to being the Privacy Officer and the Compliance Officer.  She worked for over 8 years as the Director of Risk Management and Health Policy for the Ohio Hospital Association.  She was also the immediate past director of hospital patient safety and risk management for The Doctors Insurance Company in Columbus area for five years.  She does frequent lectures on legal and risk management issues and writes numerous publications.

Sue has been a medico-legal consultant for over 30 years. She has done many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers on topics such as nursing law, ethics and nursing, malpractice prevention, HIPAA medical record confidentiality, EMTALA anti-dumping law, Joint Commission issues, CMS issues, documentation, medication errors, medical errors, documentation, pain management, federal laws for nursing, sentinel events, MRI Safety, Legal Issues in Surgery, patient safety and other similar topics.  She is a leading expert in the country on CMS hospital CoPs issues and does over 250 educational programs per year.  She was the first one in the country to be a certified professional in CMS.  She also teaches the course for the CMS certification program.

She also writes many articles for Briefing on the Joint Commission. She also writes articles on ambulatory surgery and present educational programs on ambulatory surgery issues. She was affiliated with Mount Carmel College of Nursing as an adjunct nursing professor for over seventeen years. She was also a trial attorney for eight years defending nurses, physicians and healthcare facilities.

She has been employed in the nursing profession for more than 30 years.  Ms. Calloway has legal experience in medical malpractice defense for physicians, nurses and other health professionals.  She is also certified in healthcare risk management by the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers.

Ms. Calloway received her AD in nursing from Central Ohio Technical College, her BA, BSN, MSN (summa cum laude) and JD (with honors) degrees are from Capital University in Columbus.  She is a member of many professional organizations. She has a certificate in insurance from the American Insurance Institute.

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