2023 Baptist Outpatient Services Infection Control and OSHA Training

This education is required for the safety of physicians and allied healthcare providers, and will educate them on the highest safety standards for occupational safety and health. Safety is focused on infection prevention and control for both employees and the community.

NOTE: BOS contracted physicians are required to complete OSHA training annually.

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Instructions

Please submit your certificates of completion to:

CritiCare Clinics, Inc.
Richard Walbert
RichardWal@BaptistHealth.net

Urgent Care Physicians of South Florida
Gabriela Picado
GabrielaPi@BaptistHealth.net

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Phone: 786-596-2398

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Target Audience

Baptist Outpatient Services Contracted Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Medical Students and other interested healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Implement infection control practices when exposed to blood and other body fluids. 
  • Utilize current Baptist Outpatient Services infection control protocols. 
  • Adhere to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for bloodborne pathogens. 
  • Utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) appropriately. 
  • Select appropriate isolation- and transmission-based precautions.
  • Implement infection prevention practices supporting hand hygiene. 
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Udasin, I. G., & Gochfeld, M. (1994). Implications of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's bloodborne pathogen standard for the occupational health professional. Journal of occupational medicine.: official publication of the Industrial Medical Association, 36(5), 548-555.
  • Hooper, J., & Martin, A. (2009). Overview of hepatitis B and C management. US Pharmacist, 34(12), 42-44.
  • Zibbell, J. E., Asher, A. K., Patel, R. C., Kupronis, B., Iqbal, K., Ward, J. W., & Holtzman, D. (2018). Increases in acute hepatitis C virus infection related to a growing opioid epidemic and associated injection drug use, United States, 2004 to 2014. American journal of public health, 108(2), 175-181.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). HIV in the United States: At A Glance. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/overview/ataglance.html.
  • World Health Organization. (n.d.). Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide. Retrieved from: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/80135/9789241501507_eng.pdf;jsessionid=A45F3180B47617B5C8E2C4EBCA73A6B5?sequence=1.
  • World Health Organization. (n.d.). Infection Prevention and Control, The Evidence for Clean Hands. Retrieved from:https://www.who.int/infection-prevention/publications/hh_evidence/en/.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
Course opens: 
01/01/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023

Philip C. Weimer, M.D.
Medical Director 
Baptist Hospital of Miami Urgent Care Centers

Lis Estevez, R.N., MPH, CIC
Infection Control Prevention Nurse
Baptist Outpatient Services

Liz Marjorie Balda, R.N., M.T., B.S., CIC
Infection Control Prevention Nurse
Baptist Outpatient Services

Philip C. Weimer, M.D., conference director of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

Lis Estevez, R.N., MPH, CIC, and Liz Marjorie Balda, R.N., M.T., B.S., CIC, faculty of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose and have indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.

Ineligible companies -- Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
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