Preparing for Targeted Infection Control Surveys: What Do You Need to Know?

Recorded Webinar | Mary McGoldrick | From: Apr 21, 2021 - To: Dec 31, 2021

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CMS has made infection control surveys a priority following the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency in March 2020. With the rise of these targeted surveys, agencies must be prepared and know what to expect.

Join Mary McGoldrick, MS, RN, CRNI®, home care and hospice consultant, and infection preventionist, as she walks you through what surveyors are focusing on and how your agency can avoid the most common citations. Get answers to your questions with a live Q&A at the end of the broadcast.

Areas Covered:-

  • Describe what surveyors are focusing on during targeted infection control surveys
  • Detail the importance of being prepared for these surveys
  • Identify how to avoid common infection control survey citations 

Agenda:-

  • How the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency led to increased surveying?
  • How has COVID-19 changed broader infection control regulations in-home care?
  • What are infection control surveyors focused on?
  • How can you ensure your agency is prepared for these surveys?
  • How can agencies avoid the common citations that are part of these surveys?
  • What about COVID-19 vaccine protocols? What should agencies know about administering vaccines or ensuring their providers get vaccinated?
  • How can agencies use lessons learned from the past to help with infection control?
  • Q&A

Who Should Attend?

  • Administrators
  • Agency owners
  • Quality managers
  • Directors and clinical managers

Mary McGoldrick

Mary McGoldrick, MS, RN, CRNI®, has been a pioneer in the field of infection prevention and control in-home care and hospice for over 25 years, with seminal works published on infection prevention and control for the home health and hospice industries. She began her career more than 40 years ago as a home health aide and has served in a myriad of home care clinical, management, and executive-level positions, including as a hospice volunteer. She was a home care and hospice surveyor for The Joint Commission for 12 years and has provided subject matter expertise on infection prevention and control in-home care to the CDC-HICPAC, APIC, and other organizations. McGoldrick has given over 145 state, national, and international presentations to the public at large, and she has authored over a hundred articles plus several books and book chapters, including the Home Care Infection Prevention and Control Program manual and the first and second editions of APIC’s Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice.