Employee Health & Communicable Disease in the Workplace

Category: Infection Prevention

Title:  Communicable Diseases in the Workplace / Employee Health

Presented by Deborah Ellis, PhD, MSPH, MT(ASCP), CIC - System Director of Infection Prevention and Control / Infection Prevention Consultant

Dr. Deborah D. Ellis received her Ph.D. in Public Health Epidemiology from Walden University. She also holds an MS in Public Health, and MS in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. Dr. Ellis has either grown the germs or chased the germs for over 25 years.  She has worked as Director of Infection Prevention/Employee health for the last 10 years.  She is currently Corporate Manager of Infection Control and Employees Health Services for one of the nation’s premier for profit healthcare cooperation. She’s given many lectures in Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Services, Infection Prevention and Employee Health.

Dr. Ellis is certified by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, and is a member of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (APIC) and The Society of Healthcare Epidemiologist of America (SHEA).  She is also licensed as a General Supervisor for medical laboratory personnel by the State of Nevada and is certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. She is also a member of the American Public Health Association.

Description:

Deborah Ellis was one of our faculty speakers at the 2016 Infection Prevention Strategies for ASC's conference in Las Vegas.

Deborah in her many years of experience as an Infection Preventionist, she has had responsibility over both acute care but also dozens of ambulatory care settings including surgery centers.  Deborah will emphasize that it is the Infection Preventionist job to head up the Employee Health program for the organization and make sure that the facility stays in compliance with OSHA regulations.  Deborah has a comprehensive discussion of those communicable disease that could affect the ambulatory surgery center workplace.

Viewing time: 74 minutes   This presentation is worth 1 Contact Hour of continuing education.¹

Learning Objectives:

What you can expect to learn from this one-hour webinar presentation is the following:

• ™CDC vs OSHA vs Regulating & Accrediting Agencies
• ™OSHA Law/Standards/Regulations
• ™Regulating and Accrediting Agencies
• ™Elements of an employee health program that should be included in your Infection Prevention Plan
• ™Guidelines for immunization and screening of healthcare personnel (HCP)
• ™High Risk Communicable Diseases for HCW
• ™Identify post-exposure interventions to follow
• ™Take away point
• ™Resources

Handouts include:

• Notetaking version of presentation
• Screening Immunization for Vaccine Preventable Diseases and TB Policy
• Ambulatory Care Accreditation Survey Activity Guide for H.C. Organizations - 2016
• Ambulatory Care 04_2011
• Ambulatory Care Checklist
• OSHA Checklist
• State Immunization Laws - Pertussis
• State Immunization Laws - Pneumovac
• State Immunization Laws - Varicella

  COST:  $139.00 plus a flat shipping and handling fee of $6.80.

¹Once you and any/all staff that have reviewed this DVD presentation, you will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Participation worth 1.5 Contact Hour of continuing education. You simply contact us at events@excellentiagroup.com requesting your certificates. You will need to provide a typed list of all participants first and last name, position title, and license numbers (if professionals).

 ¹Contact Hour Disclosure: Excellentia Advisory Group LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 15481; Issue Date: 4/6/2010