Encore Infection Prevention and Control Surveillance Workshop For Long Term Care

EVERY ATTENDEE MUST REGISTER INDIVIDUALLY.

In the event that more than one participant is enrolled from one location, i.e. a group setting (several attendees in one room), the full title of the organization attending must be spelled out when that group is logging in to the webinar.

All participants in an educational webinar must log into the webinar room with their full name.

CERTIFICATION POINTS

IPAC Canada Members can now receive an education credit towards their CIC® recertification by attending IPAC Canada educational webinars.

This is to comply with recertification requirements of the Certification Board of Infection Control (CBIC). CBIC has approved the use of a generic certificate of completion which will be available for download at the end of the webinar.

1 IPU per hour is approved for IPAC Canada webinars.

The Certificate will be available to all participants to download.

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 0900 PT, 1000 MT, 1100 CT/SK, 1200 ET, 1300 AT, 1330 NL
Duration: 3 hours.

This webinar is for IPAC Canada Members and Non-Members.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: Friday, February 21, 2025

This is a virtual workshop, not merely a webinar presentation. Material to support participation in the activities will be shared with registrants at a later date.

Description

Surveillance databases have been developed and shared by IPAC Canada to support long-term care homes and hospitals in conducting surveillance of infections in their resident and patient populations. This 3-hour encore workshop is directed specifically to surveillance in Long Term Care. The webinar aims to provide an overview of what surveillance is, the components of a surveillance system, key elements of data analysis and presentation of results. Interactive exercises utilizing the surveillance databases and setting-specific scenarios will be reviewed and discussed to provide attendees with opportunities to apply some of the surveillance concepts presented.

Presenters

JENNIFER HAPPE holds a Master of Science in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases from the University of Calgary. Jennifer has been working in infection prevention and control for 15 years and is currently an ICP with Alberta Health Services. Jennifer is co-chair of the IPAC Canada Surveillance and Applied Epidemiology Interest Group. She is a past Board Member of IPAC Canada having held the position of Board Secretary for two terms. She also works diligently as the Co-Chair of the 2025 Scientific Program Committee and Chair of the 2026 Scientific Program Committee. These committees are responsible for developing the scientific program for the IPAC Canada national conference.

KATHERINE PAPHITIS holds a PhD in Population Medicine from the University of Guelph and a Master of Science in Epidemiology from University of London – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK). Katherine has been working in infection control for over 15 years and is currently the Enteric Zoonotic Specialist (Epidemiologist) at Public Health Ontario. Katherine is co-chair of the IPAC Canada Surveillance and Applied Epidemiology Interest Group.