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SPICE is participating in a CDC grant-funded project focused on supporting and strengthening antibiotic stewardship activities in nursing homes. Over the next 2 years, we hope to provide a series of interactive antibiotic stewardship education and consultative sessions for health care providers in long-term care, including administrators, nurses, and medical providers, at no charge to the facility.

To receive additional information or to express your interest in participating, please complete this form:

DEAR WEBINAR ATTENDEE,

You are registered for the upcoming Live Webinar “SPICE Infection Control in Long Term Care Facilities” on March 29-31, 2021. If you are unable to attend please notify amy_powell@med.unc.edu as soon as possible.

STEP ONE: DO NOW

• Sign up for the Zoom webinar at this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OlDhS-uiSXuIOIoMvBLk_g
• It is very important that you enter your email address correctly.
• Look for an email with your unique link to the webinar.
• You must log in to the webinar with your unique link. (You may watch the webinar with your colleague, but you must be logged in on separate computers with your unique link or you will not receive credit.)

STEP TWO: DO NOW

• Read the disclosure statement: https://spice.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/O__Statement-of-Disclosures.pdf
• All participants must attend 100% of the activity – 3 full days – to receive the completion certificate and CE credit (19.5 hours). No partial credit is given. Please arrange your schedule to attend all lectures.

STEP THREE: DO NOW

• Get your handouts at this link: https://spice.unc.edu/icltchandouts/
• Print the agenda: (link on webpage)

STEP FOUR: DO BETWEEN NOW AND 3/29/2021

• To meet the requirements of the NC .0206 Infection Control Rule, you must complete the module on NC Laws. Please complete the module (which is approximately 30 minutes in length) before the first day of class. Click this link to complete the module.

STEP FOUR: START ON MONDAY, 3/29/2021

• Begin the webinar. We will open the webinar at 7:50 am for you to check your sound. The actual webinar will start at 8:00 am.
• Click on the unique link you receive via email (STEP ONE above): “Click Here to Join” Use this link for all three days. Once you are logged into the webinar for the day, stay in. You do not have to log on and off at breaks.
• Housekeeping Notes:
  • All participants are automatically muted for the webinar; you will not be seen.
  • If you have questions:
    • Use chat for technical assistance ONLY
    • Use Q&A for infection control, webinar content questions
  • For technical assistance during the webinar, use the chat box or contact: Amy Powell at amy_powell@email.unc.edu
  • If you are joining with your cell phone, make sure to also click on “Click Here to Join” on your computer; if you do not do this, you will not be able to receive credit.

STEP FIVE: DO AFTER THE WEBINAR

• Evaluation and Completion Certificate: At the conclusion of the webinar, when your attendance has been verified, you will receive a link to the course evaluation via email
• You must have your State of North Carolina Licensure Number. For nursing homes it starts with NH; for assisted living facilities it starts with HAL. This information enables us to report the number of people from each type of facility that received the training. This will be used ONLY to count Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, and not to identify your evaluation responses.
• When you complete the course evaluation you will automatically be re-directed to the course completion certificate.
• Download it first. Then open from your download folder, type in your name and save/print.

David J. Weber, MD, MPH

P&T-COVID Vaccines – Information – 27 Oct-DJW

L-COVID-19-Reinfection-13 Oct-DJW

T-COVID-19-Travel-2 Nov-DJW

Recorded presentations on COVID-19 vaccine and COVID-19 reinfection:

Occasionally, the course is offered in a webinar or classroom setting. To find these offerings visit these sites:

NC AHEC Continuing Education Search Engine (Use keywords outpatient, medical, infection control)

Total Medical Compliance (Go to TMC online store)

Communicable Disease and the Law – Jill Moore

Outbreak Investigation – Jennifer MacFarquhar, Heather Dubendris

IC in the Community and Outpatient Settings – Judie Bringhurst

Construction and Renovation – Evelyn Cook

Environmental Cleaning – Evelyn Cook

IC in the Immunocompromised Host – David van Duin

Management of Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens – Zachary Willis

Webinar Access

Topic: The Good, the Bad, and the Resistant:  Identifying Multi-drug Resistant Organisms in your Facility

Time: Jun 21, 2018 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/623787398

Or iPhone one-tap :

US: +16465588656,,623787398#  or +16699006833,,623787398#

Or Telephone:

Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):

US: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 6833

Meeting ID: 623 787 398

International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/breExwD4H

NC SPICE recently produced two videos that highlight infection control procedures in the pharmacy and nutrition services. The two videos are being used to support the IC Part 2: The Infection Preventionist as an Environmentalist curriculum. The videos are also available for viewing at no cost. UNC Health Care Associate Director of Hospital Epidemiology, Lisa Teal, RN, BSN, CIC, discusses infection control concerns with staff members in both of these settings. The videos are intended to educate IPs who are new to their role in the acute care setting, and can also serve as a good review for more experienced IPs.

Infection Control in Nutrition and Food Services: IP Lisa Teal discusses infection control issues in nutrition and food services with Executive Chef, Shawn Dolan. Time: 17:24

 

Infection Control in the Pharmacy: IP Lisa Teal discusses infection control issues in the pharmacy with Pharmacy Clinical Manager, Sam Eberwein. Time: 17:02

A team of infection preventionists from South Korea visited the NC Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology in December. Our special guests, who have founded the Infection Control Consultation Outreach Network in South Korea, were interested in learning about the SPICE program – and the HAI prevention partnerships between governments, universities, and health care systems – in order to further implement their program in South Korea. The visitors from South Korea were led by Hyunsook Koo, RN, MPH, ICP (second from left in homepage photo), Senior Research Officer of Korea CDC. In addition to visiting SPICE, the group visited DICON, and DICON consulting hospital, UNC Rex Health Care. They also met with representatives of the NC Division of Public Health, Communicable Diseases Branch, SHAARPS Program. Completing the South Korean team were: Kim Sung Ran, RN, ICP (far left in homepage photo), Joong Sik Eom, MD, PhD (second from right), Jacob Lee, MD, PhD (far right). SPICE staff pictured (L-R): Amy Powell, Evelyn Cook and Bill Rutala.