Infection Prevention Hot Topic: The Future of Infection Preventionists in the Workplace
December 13, 2023
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Overview
As we move forward from a challenging time for healthcare and infection prevention, it is understood that still more challenges remain.  With the current shortage of healthcare workers, especially in the specialty of infection prevention, and the increasingly complex patient population, we must ask ourselves what the future holds for Infection Preventionists in the workplace. This webinar will be led by nationally recognized infection prevention expert, Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC.   She will be sharing information on the challenges of infection prevention in the post-pandemic environment,  innovative solutions to address the evolving role of infection prevention and discuss trends we can expect to see in the future.    

Please join FHA on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm to hear more about the practice of Infection Prevention in the workforce of the future. This virtual event is part of the FHA Infection Prevention webinar series that provides hospital infection preventionists and team members with the latest information, evidence-based practice, and resources for eliminating hospital-acquired infections (HAI).

Objectives
•    Review of the challenges of Infection Prevention in the current state
•    Discuss innovative solutions for addressing the projected shortage of Infection Preventionists in the workplace.
•    Understand some of the trends that may be at the forefront of infection prevention practices in the future  

Continuing Education
The Florida Hospital Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Florida Board of Nursing (under CE Broker #50-726). Nurses are eligible to receive up to 1.0 hour of continuing nursing education for attending the session. Completion of the Evaluation Survey is required to receive CEs. The survey will close two weeks after the series ends. FHA will report your CE completion to CE Broker directly once the survey is closed, within two weeks.

For non-nurse Infection Preventionists to collect IPU units for their CBIC certification:
Please complete the evaluation and request a certificate. The certificate of attendance is eligible to be submitted for IPU credit per the CBIC. Please review the CBIC website for additional details.