Tuesday, October 14, 2014 | 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CST
With International Infection Prevention Week (October 19-25, 2014) upon us, this webinar highlights a critical piece of the healthcare environment – soft surface fabrics – and their role in infection prevention and safety. We know that soft surface fabrics in the healthcare setting (e.g., privacy curtains, scrubs and uniforms, bed linens) are contaminated with pathogenic bacteria. In this forward-thinking presentation, Peg Luebbert, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC, CHSP will discuss the clinical evidence proving not only does bacteria exist on these surfaces, but that it can survive for days and weeks. She will also discuss what steps we should take today to better address soft surfaces in healthcare facilities to establish the same standard of care the industry currently has for hard surfaces. This includes creating written policies regarding attire and other soft surfaces and adopting available technologies such as antimicrobial fabrics.
Attendees with learn:
· The clinical evidence supporting adoption of a new standard of care for soft surface fabrics
· What research still needs to be done – and best practices for conducting that research
· What we can do today to incorporate soft surfaces into our infection prevention and patient safety protocols
· How one facility made the case for addressing soft surface fabrics
· The business case for antimicrobial fabrics and the difference in antimicrobial fabric technologies
Presenter:
With International Infection Prevention Week (October 19-25, 2014) upon us, this webinar highlights a critical piece of the healthcare environment – soft surface fabrics – and their role in infection prevention and safety. We know that soft surface fabrics in the healthcare setting (e.g., privacy curtains, scrubs and uniforms, bed linens) are contaminated with pathogenic bacteria. In this forward-thinking presentation, Peg Luebbert, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC, CHSP will discuss the clinical evidence proving not only does bacteria exist on these surfaces, but that it can survive for days and weeks. She will also discuss what steps we should take today to better address soft surfaces in healthcare facilities to establish the same standard of care the industry currently has for hard surfaces. This includes creating written policies regarding attire and other soft surfaces and adopting available technologies such as antimicrobial fabrics.
Attendees with learn:
· The clinical evidence supporting adoption of a new standard of care for soft surface fabrics
· What research still needs to be done – and best practices for conducting that research
· What we can do today to incorporate soft surfaces into our infection prevention and patient safety protocols
· How one facility made the case for addressing soft surface fabrics
· The business case for antimicrobial fabrics and the difference in antimicrobial fabric technologies
Presenter: