When: Tuesday, May 8
Location: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.
Ellen Thompson Women's Center 2nd floor conference room.
Dinner begins at 5:00, presentation at 6:00, followed by a short business meeting.
RSVP to Dale Lewis (lewisdp@trinity-health.org)
Title: Infection Prevention & Control for Clinical Engineers: It's Safer than you may think
Description: Clinical engineers (CE) are critical members of the patient care team. As such they provide essential support for a wide range of patient care equipment and without their expertise the delivery of care would be severely compromised. This support means that engineers handle a lot of equipment and may encounter potential exposure to microbes that are present in or on patients. What is the risk of this type of work? Are there prevention strategies that are important for the clinical engineer as they accomplish their tasks? These questions will be explored in this session.
A related issue is the role of the CE alerting their direct care colleagues and infection preventionists (IPs) of problem they observe related to cleaning, disinfection and, if applicable, sterilization of devices. Quite often the disinfectants that IPs recommend may not be compatible with devices. The CE can serve as a key subject matter expert in this regards as well as an important liaison with device manufacturers. Please join us to explore the microbial world in this session.
Presenter: Russ Olmsted - Director, Infection Prevention & Control Services, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Outline:
1) Types of microorganisms and level of contamination encountered in the clinical care arena
2) Occupational risks of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other infectious diseases
3) Modes of transmission and overview of isolation precautions
4) Strategies for preventing exposure to microorganisms encountered in health care
5) Highlights of examples of device - disinfection problems
6) Lessons learned from design and use of medical devices.
Biosketch:
Russ Olmsted, MPH,CIC, has over 29 years experience in the fields of infection prevention and control and healthcare epidemiology. Russ serves as the Director of Infection Prevention & Control Services, at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. He is involved in several activities related to infection prevention and control on a state, national, and international basis and was the 2011 President of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Public Health in General Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI. He is board certified in infection prevention and control from the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.(CBIC).
