WEB065-2024
Live and recorded on Feb 22, 2024, 12 pm - 1 pm Eastern
Topic: Latent TB Program in an Acute Care Hospital EH Office
By Sarah M. Parris, MSN, RN and Elizabeth Kreikemeier
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Topic Overview:
The purpose of this presentation is to share how we established a plan to identify, educate, refer, and provide tactics to encourage treatment. We will outline our successes and barriers to establishing a program at our hospital. At the conclusion of the presentation, we hope the audience will have an understanding of how to set up a program to address LTBI in HCP.
Objectives:
1. Define Latent TB recommendations for HCP
2. List successful strategies for establishing a Latent TB program
3. List resources for implementing a LTBI program
Speaker Bio:
Sarah (Sally) Parris – is a Registered Nurse with a Masters in Nursing Administration from Marymount University. She has been the Director of Occupational Health at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia for 19 years. In her extensive nursing career, she worked in a variety of positions both clinical, educational and administrative. She is a past President of the Virginia chapter of AOHP where she also served as Vice President and member at Large. Currently, she serves as Treasurer of National AOHP and serves on the Board of Marian Homes a Northern Virginia Organization for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.
Beth Kreikemeier is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from George Mason University. Since graduating in 2008, she has worked as a critical care nurse at VHC Health in Arlington, Virginia. Over the past 15 years, she has taught various courses including rapid response and critical care strategies to new nurse residents, served as educator for night shift nurses, has worked in wound care, and is currently the coordinator of the hospital’s ALS and PALS programs. Beth most recently joined the Employee Health team at VHC in 2022 and has assisted with the hospital’s employee COVID vaccine campaign since 2020. Prior to becoming a nurse, Beth worked in the U.S. Senate.
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Type of Activity: Knowledge
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Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 17664.
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