Healthcare-Associated Infection LANs

Healthcare-Associated Infection LANs

January 2020

Promoting Bloodstream Infection (BSI) Prevention with Patient-Centered Resources: The Role of the National Patient and Family Engagement (NPFE) Learning and Action Network (LAN) | View Recording 

One Continuing Education Credit Opportunity:

• Click here (HSAG website) if you are already registered in the Learning Management Center (LMC).
• Click here (HSAG website) to register for the LMC and then access the course.

March 2020

Long-term Catheters: Rethinking Candidacy for Surgical Access | View Recording 

• Click here (HSAG website) if you are already registered in the Learning Management Center (LMC).
• Click here (HSAG website) to register for the LMC and then access the course.

2019 BSI QIA LAN Events

• How We Decreased Our Standardized Infection Rate by 50%
  July 2, 2019 | Download Recorded Webinar
• Infection Control in the World of Dialysis
  May 7, 2019 | Download Recorded Webinar
• Are Your BSI Rates Still A Problem? 
  March 5, 2019 | Download Recorded Webinar
• Infection Prevention: It's Everyone’s Job
  January 8, 2019 | Download Recorded Webinar

2018 BSI QIA LAN Events

• Long-Term Catheter Reduction BSI QIA LAN
  October 2, 2018
  Download Recorded Webinar | View PowerPoint Slides
• Infection Prevention: Teamwork is the Key BSI QIA LAN
  August 7, 2018
  Download Recorded Webinar | View PowerPoint Slides
• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection BSI QIA LAN
  June 5, 2018
  Download Recorded Webinar | View PowerPoint Slides
• Pathway to Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection (CRBSI) Reduction BSI QIA LAN  
  April 3, 2018
  Download Recorded Webinar | View PowerPoint Slides
• Reducing Bloodstream Infections and Sepsis BSI QIA LAN
  January 29, 2018
  Download Recorded Webinar

• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
• CDC Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance
• CDC Antibiotic Prescribing and Use in the United States (PDF)
• CDC Clean Hands Count Campaign
• CDC Infection Control Assessment Tools 
• CDC Interactive Hand Washing (PDF)
• CDC Storage and Handling Toolkit 
• CDC Vaccine Statements (VISs) explain to vaccine recipients both the benefits and risks of a vaccine. All vaccine providers, public or private, are required by the National Vaccine Childhood Injury Act (NCVIA - 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-26[2 pages]) to give the appropriate VIS to the patient (or parent or legal representative) prior to every dose of specific vaccines.
• www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/pcv13.html
• www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/ppv.html
• www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/hep-b.html
• www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/flu.html
• CDC Vital Signs: Sepsis Report
• Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship
• Environmental Surface Disinfection in Dialysis Facilities: Notes for Clinical Managers (PDF)
• Influenza Trainings—The CDC is offering free, online trainings for healthcare professionals to build their influenza knowledge and earn continuing education credits (CMEs & CEs)!
• Let's Talk: Starting the Conversation to Prevent HAIs 
• Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition
• Newly Released Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis (TB) Guidelines—Although tuberculosis (TB) is no longer a leading cause of death in the United States, efforts to eliminate this potentially fatal disease are critical. After two decades of steady decline, the number of reported U.S. TB cases rose slightly in 2015 to 9,563, according to provisional data released by CDC. Each day, health care professionals work diligently to treat patients who have TB disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to supporting this important work and has joined the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) in developing the newly released 2016 Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Guidelines.
  
  The guidelines update the previous TB treatment guidelines published by ATS/CDC/IDSA in 2003, and have also been endorsed by the European Respiratory Society and the U.S. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association. The current guidelines provide strong recommendations on the management of patients who are co-infected with TB and HIV. The new guidelines recommend that patients begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) while being treated for TB, and provide greater precision about the recommended timing of initiation of ART.
  
  The current guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations that were developed with the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) methodology, another difference between the current guidelines and their predecessor. GRADE involves structured literature review, systematic reviews and meta-analyses of combined data, and expert discussion to assess the certainty in the evidence and determine the strength of each recommendation.
  
  The new guidelines recommend comprehensive care of all patients with TB disease (known as ‘case management’). Case management includes the use of directly observed therapy (DOT), which improves treatment success. In DOT, a health care provider watches the patient swallow each dose of medication during the six-month course of therapy. Case management is essential to ensure TB treatment is effective, the guidelines note.
  
  For more information on the management of TB disease and practice recommendations, health professionals who care for and manage patients with TB disease should refer to the full version of the guidelines online. They have been published by IDSA in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
  
  For more information on TB treatment, contact your health care provider, your state TB control program, or visit the CDC TB website.
• Dialysis National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Helpdesk: Newsblast Archive
• NHSN Dialysis Event Surveillance: Improving and Using Data for Infection Monitoring: Presentation
• NHSN Newsletters
• NHSN Continuing Education Training

• Clean Hands Save Lives! (Network 7) (PDF)
• Hand Hygiene Pledge—Staff (Network 7) (PDF)
• Hand Hygiene Pledge—Patients (Network 7) (PDF)
• Patient Hand Hygiene Audit (Network 7)(PDF)
• Infection Prevention 
• Patient Vaccination Refusal Form—This Network 7 form, available in English and Spanish, can be used to asses why patients are choosing not to be vaccinated.
  • English
  • Spanish
• Proper Face Mask Use (postcard) (Network 7) (PDF)
• Stop! Sticker: Antibiotic Order (Network 7) (PDF)
• Washing Your Access (Network 7) (PDF)

• Antibiotic Use in Hemodialysis (PDF)—This resource is a Florida Department of Health presentation regarding antibiotic use in hemodialysis.
• American Lung Association: Who Pneu?—Did you know that even healthy adults as young as 50 are at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia? In fact, it has been estimated that a quarter of a million Americans over 50 are hospitalized with pneumococcal pneumonia each year. Explore the Who Pneu? website to learn more, get your own personal risk assessment and hear actor Tim Daly talk about his connection to this serious disease.
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control (ACIP)
• National Plan for Combating Antibiotic Resistance—
• The One and Only Campaign—The One & Only Campaign is a public health effort, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC), to raise awareness among patients and healthcare providers about safe injection practices. The Campaign aims to eliminate infections resulting from unsafe injection practices.
• Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene (PDF)—World Health Organization infection control infographic covering the 5 moments for hand hygiene in hemodialysis care.