Texas Healthcare Safety Conference
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2019 DSHS Healthcare Safety Conference
Conference Agenda – Agenda, Session Descriptions and Learning Objectives.
Speakers – Bios/photos of speakers.
Texas Healthcare Safety Unit Presentations:
Bloodstream Infection (BSI) Quality improvement Activities Dany Anchia BSN, RN, CDN
Good Drugs and Bad Bugs: Antimicrobial Stewardship and Resistant Pathogens in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings Robin Jump, MD, PhD
HAI-lights from the Field DSHS HAI Epidemiologists
How Safe is the Patient Journey Through the Healthcare Maze? Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN
Care Transition Bundle - Seven Essential Intervention Categories
Human Factors Engineering and Patient Safety: A Work system Framework for “Protection Through Prevention”
C. Adam Probst, PhD, MS, CPPS
Infection Prevention and Control in LTC Facilities: Quality Monitoring Program Activities and Current Regulations
Sheri Mead RN, CDP, CADDCT
Keeping Patients Safe - One Day at a Time Eunice Halverson, MA, CPPS
OR to CSD Best Practices for Sterilization in Health Care Facilities Bob Marrs, CRCST, CIS, CHL
Patient Notification of Infection Control Breaches and HAI Outbreaks Kiran M. Perkins, MD, MPH
Regulation of Health Care Facilities in Texas Randy Moten
Texas Healthcare Safety Status Update Jennifer Vinyard, MPH, CIC and Vickie Gillespie, BSN, RN
VIM-CRPA in West Texas Gillian Blackwell, BSN, RN, CIC