• SIMPLE QUESTION, COMPLEX ANSWER: DETERMINING THE DURATION OF CONTAGIOUSNESS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH COVID-19

      Date: September 12th, 2024

      Time: 9:30 am PST

      Speaker: Prof. Yves Longtin, McGill University, Montreal

      Objectives:

      – Review the current knowledge regarding duration of infectivity of individuals with COVID-19
      – Identify current knowledge gaps that influences current recommendations

    • THE PHYSICS OF FLYING FECES

      Date: September 19th, 2024

      Time: 9:30 am PST

      Speaker: James Gauthier, Webber Training

      Objectives:

      – List at least 5 common healthcare pathogens that can be present in feces
      – Recognize common sources of fecal pathogens within our healthcare settings
      – State at least two methods to limit the presence of fecal organisms within our healthcare settings

    • RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PATIENT SAFETY CLIMATE, STANDARD PRECAUTION ADHERENCE, HEALTHCARE WORKER AND PATIENT OUTCOMES

      Date: October 10th, 2024

      Time: 9:30 am PST

      Speaker: Prof. Amanda J. Hessels, Columbia University, School of Nursing

      Objectives:

      – Describe the importance and significance of the problem addressed
      – Identify the study framework, aims, methods and procedures
      – Identify at least two key relationships among patient safety climate, standard precaution adherence and adverse healthcare worker and patient outcomes
      – Discuss strategies to translate findings into practice and policy implications

    • LONGITUDINAL GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE TO TRACK PATHWAYS LEADING TO CLOSTRIDIODES DIFFICILE COLONIZATION AND INFECTION IN AN ICU

      Date: October 17th, 2024

      Time: 9:30 am PST

      Speaker: Prof. Evan Snitkin, University of Michigan Medical School

      Objectives:

      – Learn how active surveillance and whole-genome sequencing can be used to understand pathways to colonization and infection in hospitals
      – Learn about the relative impact of different pathways leading to Clostridioides difficile infection in an ICU population
      – Consider the implications of study findings on strategies for prevention C. difficile infections in hospitals

    • SPECIAL LECTURE FOR CLEAN HOSPITALS DAY

      Date: October 18th, 2024

      Time: 4:30 am PST

      Speaker: Prof. Didier Pittet, University of Geneva, Switzerland

      Objectives:

      – To be posted

    • THE ART OF IV LINE CARE

      Date: November 27th, 2024

      Time: 5:30 pm PST

      Speaker: Prof. Claire Rickard, The University of Queensland, Australia

      Objectives:

      – Review the concept of peripheral IV catheter associated infections
      – Understand current evidence for infection prevention in IV catheters
      – Review the policy context for making IV catheters safer

 

PICNet posts the Webber Teleclass schedule 1-2 months ahead; if you’d like to see the full year’s schedule, you can view it on the Webber Training website.