Available On Demand
Length: 60 minutes
Continuing Education: FREE
e-book: Included

Description: The Webinar, "Update on Resistant Pathogens & Emerging Infectious Diseases," will address the growing challenges associated with the transmission of MRSA, VRE, Clostridium difficile, resistant tuberculosis, and other infectious threats in the acute-care environment, as well as explore the basics of mandatory reporting and what impact this may have on raising awareness of and curtailing the spread of infections.

Continuing education credits -- contact hours

Speaker:

Kathy Arias has worked in the infection prevention and control field for 26 years and is currently the Director of Arias Infection Control Consulting. She has infection prevention and control experience in a variety of settings, including acute care hospitals, long-term care, rehabilitation care, ambulatory care and industry. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Microbiology from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She is Certified in Infection Control by the Certification Board of Infection Control.

Ms. Arias is the author of the Aspen Publishers textbook Quick Reference to Outbreak Investigation and Control in Health Care Facilities and the author of the APIC Tool Kit Surveillance Programs in Healthcare Facilities. She is the editor and an author of the APIC/Joint Commission Resources Infection Control Workbook and the APIC Tool Kit Assessing and Developing an Infection Control Program in the Acute Care Setting. She has authored journal articles and book chapters on various infection control topics, including the Surveillance chapter in the APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology.

Kathy is an active member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and serves as a faculty member for several APIC courses. She is a frequent speaker at local, national, and international conferences. Kathy currently serves on an APIC Task Force that is developing a guide for eliminating MRSA transmission in hospitals.

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