Description: This video recording is one of 15 presentations given at our 2-day September 2015 Infection Prevention Strategies for ASC's conference. Loie discuss personal protective equipment with focus on the ambulatory surgery center setting. This session contains questions from the audience.
Learning Objectives:
Describe differences in PPE usage based on specific situations;
Compare sterile vs. non-sterile PPE;
Use correct PPE based upon location, patient and procedure;
Presenter: Loie Ruhl Couch , RN, BS, CIC; Infection Preventionist; Barnes Jewish Health System, St. Louis, MO
Description: Loie is an Infection Prevention Specialist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis Missouri. She graduated with RN 25+ years ago, and then received a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Leadership. Loie was certified in Infection Control in 2005. She possesses a varied medical/surgical nursing background including emergency medicine and trauma. Infection Control became her area of specialty in 2003. Loie has authored and co-authored several abstracts for both APIC and SHEA, and has presented at the National APIC conference in San Jose and Denver, as well as at the Bi-State Infectious Disease Conference in St. Louis and at the Little Rock Chapter of APIC Infectious Disease Conference. She is the co-author of a chapter in the 3rd edition of the SHEA text, “Practical Epidemiology in Healthcare.”
Description: This video recording is one of 15 presentations given at our 2-day September 2015 Infection Prevention Strategies for ASC's conference. Loie discuss personal protective equipment with focus on the ambulatory surgery center setting. This session contains questions from the audience.
Learning Objectives:
Describe differences in PPE usage based on specific situations;
Compare sterile vs. non-sterile PPE;
Use correct PPE based upon location, patient and procedure;
Relate proper donning and doffing of PPE.
This is a pre-recorded infection prevention conference presentation.
Cost: $139.00; unlimited viewing for 90-days exclusive to your surgery center.
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