Preparing to Meet the Final Rule for Infection Prevention in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)

This months meeting and lunch will be sponsored by Ben Vandeven from Steris/DebMed

Hot Topic: Come prepared to discuss MDRO Isolation in your facility

The Main Event: Preparing to Meet the Final Rule fof Infection  Prevention in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)

Aimee Ford from Qualis and Patty Montgomery from DOH will review the new Health and Human Services requirements for infection prevention in Long-Term care, the timeline when the changes are due for implementation, and current data on infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship preparedness. We will discuss key strategies for building a sustainable and robust infection prevention program and developing your organization’s capacity to successfully meet the minimum requirements for infection prevention.

• Speaker info:

   

  Aimee Ford, RN, MS, is a Registered Nurse with 25 years of experience providing direct care, nursing oversight, clinical consultation, case management, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance activities in hospitals, in-home care, and long-term care. She received a Master’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997.  Aimee is a Quality Improvement Consultant for Qualis Health, the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization in Washington State, where she helps skilled nursing facilities improve the quality of care and life for their residents. 

   

  Patty Montgomery, RN, MPH, CIC is a Nurse Consultant in the Healthcare Associated Infections program in the Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology at Washington State Department of Health.  A Certified Infection Control specialist, Patty provides consultative assessments of infection prevention programs in hospitals, long term care facilities, outpatient clinics and dialysis centers.  She has worked the majority of her career at Harborview Medical Center. In 2016, she completed her Master’s Degree in Public Health at the University of Washington where her focus has been health education and systems improvement.  Patty is also the Education Coordinator for the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC).