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The
Department of Defense
Medical Interagency Satellite Training Program (MIST)
Present:
“Infection Control Update”
Tuesday 03 April 2007
1000-1200 ET
(Repeats from 01 November 2006)
No CE Credits Available
a. Sponsors: This program is co-sponsored for Military and Federal GETN subscribers by The Alabama Department of Public Health and Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Program with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.
b. Availability: This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks.
MIST affiliate satellite
networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of
Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own
scheduling requirements.
No C/KU analog coordinates for this repeat
program.
Videoconferencing availability may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed. Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.
Will this program be Webcast? No
c. Target Audience Statement: Primarily for health aides and attendants, but secondary audiences also include state or local public health workers, nurses, physicians/clinicians, business/community/civic leaders, environmental health professionals, health educators, laboratory professionals, law enforcement, occupational/ industrial professionals, planners, policy makers/analysts, students (MPH and other graduate/post graduate).
d. Program Summaries: As the home health care industry has grown and expanded, the need for a planned, organized approach to infection control has become increasingly important. Home health aides provide a wide range of care to home bound patients and must be aware of the routes of disease transmission, the importance of using Standard Precautions to decrease job related exposures to infectious diseases, and proper hand hygiene. This program is designed to provide the basic principles necessary for infection control to be successful and how these principles are applied in the health care setting.
Learning Objectives:
1. Define hand hygiene and its importance in preventing the spread of disease.
2. List three products that may used for disinfection in the home and other health settings.
3. List two or more or the common multi-drug resistant organisms.
4. Discuss the importance o personal protective equipment to the healthcare worker.
e. CEUs, CMEs, Certificates: Not Available for this program.
f. DVD/Videotape Availability: None, site must tape from broadcast.
g. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this program, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. They may also not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes by commercial organizations without additional permission of the sponsors.
h. Interactivity/Questions: None for these pre-recorded programs.
i. Registration: All military and federal GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and coordinates. Sites may register at: DOD-MIST Registration Site or by calling the DOD-MIST Satellite Program Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
j. Future Programs: For future information on free interagency satellite broadcasts co-sponsored by the DOD MIST program (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) and other sponsors please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) http://www.dlnets.com/itv.htm#current.
k. Program Requests: Miss a program and would like it repeated? Make your request here: DOD-MIST Program Request Form.
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