Course Description
Infection Prevention and Control is a top priority for healthcare facilities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at any given time, 1 in 31 patients suffer from a Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI). These cost healthcare systems across the globe valuable time, money, and labor; HAIs can cost anywhere from $21,000 to $60,000 per patient. In total, HAIs affect 1.7 million patients and cost U.S. hospitals over $35 billion annually.
These statistics highlight the importance on why Infection Control in today’s healthcare environment is more crucial than ever. Infection control covers all aspects of healthcare and is intended to protect both patients and healthcare workers by preventing or stopping the spread of infection. This webinar will cover standard and transmission based precautious, take you through the most common types of HAI’s and then aim to connect the dots to show how appropriate flooring selections can help support an Infection Prevention and Control program in a healthcare facility.
Learning Objectives
- Learn why infection prevention and control so Important in a healthcare setting.
- Understand the differences between standard precautions and transmission based precautious.
- Examine the unintended costs of HAI’s.
- Discover how flooring supports infection prevention and control.
Presenter: Margaret Bartholomew, Segment Manager, Healthcare, Tarkett
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