The centerpiece of the APIC program will be a two-day conference in Fall 2009 designed to help outpatient surgery centers meet the CMS revised conditions for coverage, which require centers to maintain an ongoing infection control program and to document their implementation of nationally recognized infection control guidelines, according to the release.
Additional APIC infection prevention resources include the following, according to the release:
- An at-your-desk learning series focusing on the prevention of surgical site infections
- APIC’s infection prevention text
- Quarterly newsletters on preventing infection in ambulatory care
- “Education for the Prevention of Infection” training courses
- Infection prevention manual for ambulatory care
- Resources on disinfection and sterilization
- Webinars on infection prevention topics
- Training to prepare for ambulatory surgical center inspections
Read APIC’s release on the new infection prevention resources for outpatient surgery centers.
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