Catalog Number : agn1548
Title : New Legionella Guidelines, Directives & Standards: Will They Result in a Safer Environment?
Speaker : Janet Stout

Webplay Recording Date : 11-18-2008
Webplay Price : $ 195 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Presenter: Janet E. Stout

Webinar Title: New Legionella Guidelines, Directives and Standards: Will They Result in a Safer Environment?

Webinar Overview:

Outbreaks of community-acquired and hospital-acquired Legionnaires’ disease continue to occur despite efforts to minimize Legionella colonization of building water systems. Legionella pneumophila is one of the most deadly waterborne pathogens to infect patients in both the acute and long-term care settings. In response to this continued threat, changes have been made to Legionella guidance and documents. These changes will be reviewed and the information provided will assist health care engineers with devising a practical and cost-effective approach to prevention.

Webinar Objectives:

• Learn approaches to managing the risk of Legionnaires’ disease from health care utility water systems: Do’s and Don’ts
• Know the status of Legionella guidance documents and the potential impact on utility system operations and maintenance
• Learn the most recent information on methods of detection and prevention of Legionalla in hospital water systems

Target Audience:  Hospital engineers, infection control staff, environment of care, and patient safety, quality and compliance officers.

Contact Hours:  This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.