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Tune in to Safe Healthcare: A CDC Webinar Series
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CDC, in collaboration with various clinical partners, presents the webinar series, Tune in to Safe Healthcare, which focuses on a variety of infection control and prevention topics. These webinars feature CDC and external experts and serve as a tool to educate healthcare providers on best practices to improve patient safety. Webinars are offered free of cost with an opportunity to earn continuing education. The webinar series can be viewed on CDC’s Safe Healthcare Webinar Playlist.
Continuing Education Information
If you wish to receive continuing education for completing any of the courses, you must complete a course assessment and evaluation using CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEOnline) system. Detailed information regarding obtaining continuing education is provided under each webinar below.
Register for upcoming webinars
Making Dialysis Safer Coalition Webinar
Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Sepsis Standard Work: Improving Compliance with Early Recognition and Management of Perinatal Sepsis
Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Past Webinars
Lessons from an Outbreak Investigation: Improving Medication Preparation, Use, and Other Infection Control Practices in Outpatient Oncology Clinics expanded
Date: April 18, 2017
YouTube Video Link: Coming soon
Description: This webinar discusses an outbreak of fungal bloodstream infections due to improper medication compounding and poor infection control practices at an outpatient oncology clinic and review the oversight and enforcement landscape of safety standards in outpatient settings.
Archived Registration Page: Lessons from an Outbreak Investigation: Improving Medication Preparation, Use, and Other Infection Control Practices in Outpatient Oncology Clinics
Webinar Slides: Lessons from an Outbreak Investigation: Improving Medication Preparation, Use, and Other Infection Control Practices in Outpatient Oncology Clinics[PDF – 8 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 706 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
- U.S. Compounding Pharmacy-related Outbreaks, 2001–2013—Public Health and Patient Safety Lessons Learned
- Pew Report: National Assessment of State Oversight of Sterile Compounding Feb. 2016[96 pages]
- Help outpatient oncology facilities prevent infections in cancer patients
- Educate cancer patients and caregivers about preventing infections during chemotherapy treatment
- Teach safe injection practices
- Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections
- Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings (checklist included)
- Patient, Provider and Caregiver Website on Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients
- Program Materials for patients, caregivers and healthcare providers-fact sheets, posters, infographics, etc.
- CDC Infection Prevention Checklist for Outpatient Settings[PDF – 1.03 MB]
- Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship (checklists included)[PDF – 2.74 MB]
Reducing Infection in the Outpatient Dialysis Facility - Results of the Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) Collaborative WD2720 collapsed
Date: January 31, 2017
Description: This webinar discusses results of the Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End stage renal disease (SCOPE) Collaborative, which is a Quality Transformation Network for dialysis centers serving children.
Archived Registration Page: Reducing Infection in the Outpatient Dialysis Facility – Results of the Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) Collaborative.
Webinar Slides: Reducing Infection in the Outpatient Dialysis Facility – Results of the Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) Collaborative slide deck[PDF – 3.3 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 497 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship WD2720 collapsed
Date: November 15, 2016
YouTube Video Link: CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship. [Pre-recorded Webinar 1:02]
Description: This webinar discusses CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship, which provides a framework for implementing antibiotic stewardship in outpatient settings.
Archived Registration Page: CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
Webinar Slides: CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship[PDF – 3.47 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 507 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links
Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries WD2720 collapsed
Date: October 18, 2016
YouTube Video Link: Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries. [Pre-recorded Webinar 1:02]
Description: This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and features an expert speaker who discusses healthcare outbreaks from a global perspective.
Archived Registration Page: Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries
Webinar Slides:Preventing the Next Avoidable Catastrophe in Low and Middle Resource Countries Webinar Slide Deck [PDF – 3.39 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 79 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition WD2720 collapsed
Date: September 22, 2016
YouTube Video Link: Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition [Pre-recorded Webinar – 1:01:40]
Description: This webinar features an overview of CDC’s sepsis Vital Signs report, a discussion on expanding sepsis early recognition, overview of a pilot of sepsis early recognition, and lessons learned from implementing sepsis screening on hospital wards.
Archived Registration Page: Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition
Webinar Slides: Empowering Nurses Early Sepsis Recognition Webinar Slide Deck[PDF – 3.31 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information [PDF – 86 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan WD2720 collapsed
Date: September 13, 2016
YouTube Video Link: Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan [Pre-recorded Webinar – 58:47]
Description: This webinar discusses sepsis in acute care settings, septic shock guidelines for pediatrics, as well as sepsis in post-acute and long-term care settings.
Archived Registration Page: Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan
Webinar Slides: Advances in Sepsis: Protecting Patients Throughout the Lifespan[PDF – 4.92 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF
– 533 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated with Exposure to Heater-Cooler Units during Cardiac Surgery WD2720 collapsed
Date: August 29, 2016
YouTube Video Link: Invasive NTM Infections and Heater-Cooler Units [Pre-recorded Webinar – 1:00:06]
Description: This webinar features an expert panel who present evidence linking invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) infections and exposure to heater-cooler units used during cardiac surgery, outline clinical manifestations of invasive NTM infections, describe diagnostic and treatment strategies for invasive NTM infections, and discuss steps to identify patients at risk, and steps to mitigate risk to patients.
Archived Registration Page: Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated with Exposure to Heater-Cooler Units During Cardiac Surgery
Webinar Slides: Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated with Exposure to Heater-Cooler Units during Cardiac Surgery[PDF – 3 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 256 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections (NTM) and Heater-Cooler Devices Interim Practical Guidance[PDF – 126 KB]
- FDA: Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH Stöckert 3T Heater-Cooler System: FDA Safety Communication
- Interim Guide for the Identification of Possible Causes of Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections Associated with Exposure to Heater-Cooler Units[PDF – 210 KB]
- FDA: 2016 Meeting Materials of the Circulatory System Devices Panel
Zika Virus: Implications for Pregnant Women WD2783 collapsed
Date: July 28, 2016
YouTube Video Link: Zika Virus – Implications for Pregnant Women [Pre-recorded Webinar – 41:54]
Description: This webinar discusses Zika virus and provides healthcare providers with information about educating their patients and pregnant women on the precautions they should take to avoid contracting the virus.
Archived Registration Page: Zika Virus: Implications for Pregnant Women
Webinar Slides: Zika Virus – Implications for Pregnant Women Slide Deck[PDF – 2.32 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 107 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2783 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
Unsafe Injection Stories from the Field WD2720 collapsed
Date: July 26, 2016
YouTube Video Link: Unsafe Injection Stories from the Field [Pre-recorded Webinar – 58:54]
Description: This webinar discusses unsafe injection practices and how injection practices can be improved in the medical field to better protect patients.
Archived Registration Page: Unsafe Injection Stories from the Field
Webinar Slides: Unsafe Injection Stories from the Field Webinar Speaker Slide Deck[PDF – 3.51 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 255 KB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system.
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
Safe Injections in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice WD2720 collapsed
Date: June 9, 2016
YouTube Video Link: Safe Injections in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice [Pre-recorded Webinar – 58:33]
Description: This webinar focuses on the background, guidelines, and case studies regarding safe injection practices in the outpatient oncology setting.
Archived Registration Page: Safe Injections in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice
Webinar Slides: Safe Injections in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice[PDF – 2.10 MB]
Detailed Continuing Education Information[PDF – 2.10 MB]
To obtain continuing education:
- Access CDC’s Training and Continuing Education Online system
- Login as a new participant OR with your existing participant login.
- On the “Participant Services” page, select “Search and Register.”
- On the “Online Search” page, type 2720 under “Keyword Search” and click “view.”
- A list of webinars will populate. Select this webinar and follow the prompts.
Relevant Links:
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Additional CDC Patient Safety Websites
- Page last reviewed: October 4, 2016
- Page last updated: April 26, 2017
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