Description

In 2015 ASHE was invited to participate in a joint CDC/HRET project to develop materials aimed at improving infection prevention during health care facility planning, design, and construction. This session will describe this project and the materials under development and will illustrate how this information may be used by facility managers, designers, project managers, and clinicians.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the overall CDC/HRET project and ASHE’s role in the project
• Provide an overview of the content that will be provided in each chapter
• Explain how this material may be used during planning, design, and construction to optimize infection prevention
• Outline the final deliverables and time line for the project

Speaker(s):

• Linda Dickey, Moderator, Director, Epidemiology & Infection Prevention, UC Irvine Health
• Barbara Edson, RN, MBA, MHA, Vice President, Clinical Quality, Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET)
• Cathy Rebmann, MPH, Health Scientist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)