Latest ASC Infection Control Standards: Be Prepared for Your Next Survey - 11/17 Webinar

Dear

CMS is stepping up enforcement and infection control is at the top of the hit list for freestanding Ambulatory
Surgery Centers (ASC). Surveyors have increased surveillance of many IC practices including those areas
contained in the revised ASC infection control worksheet. Our nurse attorney, Sue Dill Calloway, will provide
you with the tools you need to ensure your policies and procedures are up-to-date with the latest CMS
standards, worksheet revisions and interpretive guidelines for ASCs. Join our highly-informative, 90-minute
webinar:

Latest ASC Infection Control Standards: Be Prepared for Your Next Survey
Monday, November 17, 2014 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

http://www.phconferences.com/3ZG/0/?C=7804&P=1070804&T=1&S=1972&D=1

Program Highlights:
CMS ASC Infection Control Standards: Guidelines for Compliance

• What must be included in your comprehensive infection control program
• Policies required for infection control sanitary environment
• National Standards of Care: Requirements for evidence-based practices
• Steps to develop an HHS action plan to prevent HAIs

Stop Infections Now: How to Ensure Patient Safety & Prevent Infections

• Proven strategies to identify, measure, prevent & control HAI
• Top deficiencies ASCs must be aware of & what to do about them
• Safe injections practices - guidance on single dose & multi-dose vials
• Mitigating risk from surgery - hand washing & other critical measures

CMS Hospital Infection Control Worksheet - What You Need to Know

• What surveyors are looking for: Internal processes you need to review
• How to identify & target what will be assessed during the on-site survey
• Infection control training - requirements for new & existing employees
• Communicable diseases - specific steps that must be followed

Live question and answer session - Have your specific ASC Infection Control questions answered


Your Expert Presenter:
Sue Dill Calloway RN, MSN, JD has been a nurse, attorney and medical-legal consultant for more than
30 years. She has presented numerous educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare
professionals on topics such as patient safety, Joint Commission, CMS, and HIPAA issues.

• Sue is the past Director of Hospital Patient Safety with The Doctors Company and OHIC Insurance Company.
  She is on the board for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation and previously was their chief learning
  officer.
• She has past experience as a nursing professor, medical malpractice defense attorney, and director of health
  policy and risk management for eight years for the Ohio Hospital Association.
• Sue is also past VP of legal services, compliance officer and privacy officer for a community hospital. Sue was
  part of the patient safety committee and involved in risk management activities.
• Sue has written over 100 books and thousands of articles.

* Latest ASC Infection Control Standards: Be Prepared for Your Next Survey *
* Live, 90-Minute Webinar Conference *
* Monday, November 17, 2014 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET *

Register now for this exciting event by clicking the following link or
calling 1-800-964-6033:
http://www.phconferences.com/3ZG/0/?C=7804&P=1070804&T=1&S=1972&D=1


We hope you'll join us.

Sincerely,

Progressive Healthcare
384 Technology Drive
Malvern, PA 19355

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