How Active Source Control of Nasal Carriage Is Reducing HAIs and Readmissions: 

A Practical Approach to Reducing HAIs and Re-admissions in a Staff Constrained World

Presenter:

Karen K Hoffmann, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC


Karen specialized in infection prevention and control for over 4 decades, serving for 24 years as the Associate Director of the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE), and is an adjunct faculty at the University of North Carolina's School of Medicine. Karen also served as the Infection Preventionist Consultant for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from 2011 to 2020. 


She is a Fellow in the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). She was the 2019 APIC President and has presented nationally and internationally. 


Karen earned her BS in Nursing from Indiana University and her Master's in Healthcare Epidemiology from the University of Virginia.



When: November 16th, Wednesday,  from 1 - 2 PM 

Where: Virtual Webinar - 1.2 CE Credits 


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