Take Your Best Shot: Injection Safety
Originally broadcast May 19, 2011
Speakers:
Dr. Gus Birkhead
Deputy Commissioner, Office of Public Health
New York State Department of Health
Gina Pugliese
Vice President, Safety Institute
Premier Healthcare Alliance
Dr. Evelyn McKnight, Aud
Co-Founder of HONOReform Organization
Healthcare associated infections are a growing public health concern, including those associated with unsafe injection practices. Despite being highly preventable, unsafe injection practices are increasingly a problem in the United States. Since 1999, more than 130,000 patients in the U.S. have been notified of potential exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV due to lapses in basic infection control procedures.
This webcast's objectives are to: raise awareness of the problem among public health professionals, healthcare providers and patients; highlight the corrective efforts of the Safe Injection Practices Coalition’s “One and Only Campaign” in both New York state and nationwide; discuss how this problem might be eradicated through evidence-based education of the provider and empowerment of the consumer to ask appropriate questions; discuss means of disseminating the injection safety message through health education materials (posters, brochures, FAQs, provider training video, patient role-playing video).
Program Objectives:
After watching this broadcast participants will be able to:
- Describe the current research regarding unsafe injection practice and attendant patient exposures/infectious disease outbreaks
- Describe the impact of unsafe injection practice on patients, the community and public health agencies
- Identify means of empowering medical consumers (patients) and staff to "speak up"
- Identify educational resources available via the “One and Only Campaign” to raise awareness of the importance of injection safety (posters, brochures, Provider Training video)
Continuing Education Credits
School of Public Health, University at Albany is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
It has been assigned Provider Code PA# 157N.
Course code PA# 157N-259; 1.0 contact hour.
School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.
Continuing education credits are available until May 2014.
The planners and presenters do not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in this activity.
No commercial funding has been accepted for this activity.
