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Infection Control During Construction and Renovation
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| Every Healthcare Facility is at an increased risk of infection when any construction project gets underway. Before you start any construction project, you must have an excellent infection control program in place.
This 90 minute presentation is a must before your next construction project.
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Learning Outcomes
- Recognize how to protect patients, staff and others who visit or work in your facility
- List the requirements of JCAHO, AIA, and CDC
- Understand how to design an Infection Control Program
- Identify real-life lessons from both sides: Facility and Contractor
- Recognize how to plan and Implement best-practice procedures
- Discuss construction project planning and communication
- List the requirements with infectious containment and environmental monitoring
- Plus: get the answers to your questions during the live Q&A session
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Who Should Purchase this CD?
- Facility Managers
- Construction Managers
- Industrial Hygenists
- Infection Control Managers
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Presenters and Panelists:
 Leo T. Old, PE, CIH
Construction Risk Management,
Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (Engineers and facility managers)
Leo Old has 11 years of experience in working with healthcare institutions on issues related to infection control, hazardous materials, and regulatory compliance. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Christian Brothers University and his Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Memphis. Mr. Bennett is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and a registered fire protection engineer. During his career, he served as General Safety Officer for four years at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. As General Safety Officer, he was responsible for fire safety, emergency preparedness and other environmental health and safety matters. Mr. Old has served as an environmental health consultant for seven years and has provided health and safety training to personnel from a variety of organizations. He also serves as a guest speaker for healthcare engineering societies and APIC (Assoc. for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) chapters in Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas.
 Eric J. Kutche, MBA, AIA, NCARB
Registered Architect and Healthcare Strategic Planner
Eric Kutche of HMC Architects guides the firm's healthcare strategic, operational, and capital improvement planning efforts. Eric also performs healthcare project design and project management services and plays a key role in HMC's business development. Throughout his career, Eric has been professionally involved with the intricacies of medical facilities planning and design, including the incorporation of methodologies that maximize infectious disease control during capital improvement projects. Eric has developed long-range plans, master facility and site development plans, functional, and space programs, certificate-of-need applications, and schematic designs for projects in both the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors of the healthcare industry. His professional affiliations include a research partnership and membership with the Advisory Board Company of Washington, DC; membership with the American Institute of Architects' Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH); and an Affiliate Partnership with the Center for Health Design.
 Rita McCormick RN, CIC
Infection Control Practitioner
UW Hospital and Clinics
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CD Only - $199*
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Questions About this AudioConference CD? Call 1-800-431-7571
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