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REGISTER HERE c.auris_Spring Webinar Series Flier 2023

This session will provide an overview of the history and epidemiology of C. auris and discuss the challenges with identifying this pathogen in the healthcare setting. The session participants will learn to prevent the spread of C. auris in the nursing home environment including the types of precautions that are needed and type of cleaning and disinfection products that are required to kill this pathogen in the environment.

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

• To identify risk factors for C. auris infection.
• To discuss challenges with identifying C. auris infections.
• To describe three key strategies for preventing the spread of C. auris in the nursing home..

This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 1.0 total participant hour by NAB/NCERS—Approval #20240514-1-A94364-DL and the Delaware Board of Nursing

Presenter: A.C. Burke, MA, CIC, VP of Healthcare Quality, RB Health Partners, Inc.

AC BURKE is Vice President of Healthcare Quality at RB Health Partners, Inc.  She has over 22 years of experience working in public health and healthcare. A.C. worked for the Florida Department of Health for 15 years; 5 of those years she served as the Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention Program Manager. She later was the Director of Infection Prevention for Mayo Clinic Florida before coming to work for RB Health Partners, Inc. in 2016. In her current role, she consults with long-term care facilities on infection prevention and control policies, procedures, and practices, and provides training to nursing homes and at conferences, including the 16-hour Nursing Home Infection Prevention Program (NIPP) Nipping Infections in the Bud.

​NIPP was created to meet the CMS infection prevention training required for a facility team member to be recognized as the designated Infection Prevention Control Official (IPCO).  A.C. is nationally recognized in her field and is the primary author of this program. A.C. holds a master’s degree in Health Management and is nationally Board Certified in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. She has been instrumental in the fight against COVID, supporting clients to understand and implement CDC requirements and best practices, and creating and implementing education and training.