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Workshop: Infection Prevention by Design – A Systems Approach for Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities


When: September 15 - September 16, 2016
Time: 12:00am Eastern
Where: Arlington, VA United States
What: Agenda
Price: $795
Registration was open until 9/16/2016 at 12pm, and is now closed.
  • 1.5-day workshop
  • 1 cocktail reception
  • 1 lunch
  • 10+ continuing education units - EDAC/AIA HSW

$795

Join us for this one and a half day intensive workshop that will explore a systems-based approach to infection control through new design approaches, clinical methods, technologies, and protocols.

Attendees will participate in an interactive forum lead by industry experts including infection preventionists, environmental services leaders, facility managers, industry partners, and design specialists and will explore the importance of integrating the available options to continually improve outcomes and mitigate the risk of infection. 

Infection control has been a critical consideration in the design and construction of the built environment for decades with environmental surfaces being a focal point for infection control interventions. However, even with routine and terminal cleaning of room surfaces and medical equipment, these measures are frequently inadequate. The solution is ultimately linked to an integration of design, policies and protocols, and compliance and behavior – a systems approach.

 

Event Venue:

Hyatt Regency Crystal City
2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy.
Arlington, VA 22202
United States

Location Information

 

Discounted rooms available:
9/14/16 - 9/15/16
$225.00/night
(703) 418-1234 or click HERE to book

Mention “The Center for Health Design”

Learning Objectives

Day One:

  • Assess the current challenges in infection control and promising approaches for prevention.

  • Obtain an overview of Healthcare Reform and Infection Control.

  • Discuss the role and impact transmission from environmental surfaces.

  • Explore considerations for design and its implication for infection control.

Day Two:

  • Hear about the role of key technologies in cleaning systems, enhanced cleaning systems, hand hygiene, environmental services and surfaces.

  • Discover how these technologies fit into a systems-based approach.

  • Participate in discussions that address an evidence-based approach, the business case for new methods and how to monitor cleanliness.

  • Further explore the systems-based approach from the perspective of Infection Control Specialists, the C-Suite, Environmental Services, Architects and Designers and Industry representatives. 
     

 

Who Should Attend

  • Healthcare owners
  • Architects/designers
  • Clinical practitioners
  • Industry representatives
  • Environmental services/facilities management professionals
  • Risk management professionals
  • Finance
  • Suppliers Academia/EBD Research

 

Presenting Faculty

 

​Eileen Malone, RN, MSN, MS, EDAC
Senior Partner
Mercury Healthcare Consulting

 

 

 

 

Director, Epidemiology & Infection Prevention
University of California, Irvine Healthcare
 
 
 
 
 
Senior Infection Prevention Analyst, Risk Management Group
ECRI Institute: Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
 
 
 
 


Shari L. Solomon, Esq.
President and Founder
CleanHealth Environmental, LLC.

 

 

 


Peter Sharpe
Vice President
Irwin P. Sharpe & Associates
 

 

 

 

Laurie Waggener, BSRC, RRT, BID, IIDA, CHID
Research and Evidence Based Design Director
WHR Architects 

 

 

 

 

Pamela Redden, MS, BSN, RN, EDAC
Executive Director, Clinical Planning and Development
University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School 

 

 

 

 

Beth Duffy 
Chief Operating Officer
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery 

 

 

 


John LaRochelle
Senior Director of Facilities Offer Development and Deployment, On-Site Service Solutions
Sodexo Health Care

 

 

 

Ella S. Franklin, RN, CRC, EDAC
Director, Infection Prevention Research and Innovation,
MedStar Institute for Innovation (MI2)

 

 

 

 

 

Testimonials

"Extremely valuable to to hear the latest industry data and trends regarding cleaning and disinfection. I will be incorporating this information into the training and programs I provide to my healthcare client base." 
 

"With hospitals under increasing pressure to address this problem, it's critical to understand which interventions are ineffective, costly, and may have unintended consequences."
 

"Thrilled to know that The Center is making this topic a focus of its research. I believe the care/cleaning of the healthcare physical environment is among the top 2 or 3 patient safety issues of our time."

 

– 2015 workshop attendees

 

 

Cancelation policy: All requests for refunds must be received via email no later than 4:30 pm PDT, 21 days prior to the event.  No refunds will be given after that time.  An administrative fee, (10% of the registration cost) will be charged for all refunds. Registrations made within 21 days of the event will not be refunded.  Substitutions of attendees may be made at any time without charge. We reserve the right to offer qualified substitute presenters in the event of an emergency, illness, etc. If a particular presentation has to be cancelled, attendees are still responsible for the full amount of their registration fees. Every effort will be made to immediately notify registrants of changes or cancellations. There are no exceptions to this refund policy.

 

 

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