CaliVAN Dinner Meeting April 18, 2024
Seasons 52
3333 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:00pm PT - Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 9:00pm PT
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Info
Topic
"Bundle Approach"
Credits Offered
This event offers
1.0 CEU credit
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
HMP Global.
Attachments
Additional Information
Dinner Meeting
We are very pleased to invite you to a CaliVAN education evening with
Mary Duncan RN, MSN, CIC
Preventing Peripheral Intravenous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections:
A Bundle Approach
Objectives:
- Recognize the components of a bundle approach to prevent PIV-BSI
- Identify the importance of appropriate catheter insertion technique and site protection
- Discover strategies for dressing and cap selection and application to prevent PIV-BSI
- Explain the significance of the bundle approach in reducing PIV-BSI risk
When: Thursday, April 18 2024 (mingling with education/dinner at 6:00pm)
Where: Season’s 52, 3333 Bristol St. Costa Mesa at South Coast Plaza
RSVP is a must as space is limited and we are expecting spaces to fill quickly.
Please RSVP Nursing Networks CaliVAN Site by April 15th.
Speakers
Mary Duncan is an experienced, certified Infection Preventionist who has spent the last 17 years implementing best practices at various facilities to prevent infections in patients. She is currently the Senior Director of Infection Prevention at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Health System. This is an 1100+ bed Level 1 trauma center in the city of Birmingham, AL. Through her passion and innovative approaches, she strives to decrease vascular access device associated bloodstream infections by working with front line staff to make sure they are educated on best practices and have access to the tools they need to do the right thing. She is the lead author for the study A Bundled Approach to Decrease the Rate of Primary Bloodstream Infections Related to Peripheral Intravenous Catheters. Through the creation a vascular access maintenance bundle, the hospital was able to significantly reduce bloodstream infections.