Grand Rounds: Pertussis: Historic Disease, A Persistent Threat
Join Julia Frith DNP, RN, CIC as she discuss Pertussis and the impact it has on our communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKSvIJL4SGk
KYWSS: Using Cues to Anticipate Viral Trends
Join Kentucky Infection Prevention Training Center (KyIP) and the KYWSS Environmental & Occupational Countermeasures Program Manager from the KY Department for Public Health for a free webinar. About the WebinarThe Kentucky Wastewater Surveillance System (KYWSS) is a critical tool for tracking and anticipating viral trends across the Commonwealth. By analyzing wastewater samples, KYWSS provides valuable early cues of community-level infection activity—helping healthcare providers, public health professionals, and policymakers prepare for and respond to outbreaks more effectively.This session will highlight how KYWSS works, current applications in Kentucky, and the system’s role in strengthening infectious disease surveillance and preparedness.Date: September 16, 2025Time: 12:00–1:00 PM ESTLocation: Virtual (Zoom link provided after registration)Guest Speaker: Dr. Nancy E. Johnson, DrPH, MSPH, CIHWhile this is a free webinar, registration is required. Click here to register Dr. Nancy…
Respiratory Season Readiness: Infection Prevention Tips for Healthcare Teams
Respiratory season is upon us once again, bringing an increased risk of illnesses such as influenza, RSV, and other viral infections. As an infection prevention professional, now is the time to ensure that your teams, patients, and communities are ready. Reinforce your facility’s infection prevention plan, review respiratory hygiene protocols, and help others understand the critical role of everyday precautions in limiting the spread of respiratory illnesses. Take time to assess your facility’s readiness by ensuring that respiratory hygiene stations are well-stocked with masks for patient use, signage is visible, and staff are trained to recognize and respond to respiratory symptoms quickly. Foster open communication so everyone feels empowered to report concerns and follow prevention measures consistently. Encourage vaccination among staff and patients, as immunizations remain the most effective way…
When Measles is Suspected
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Grand Rounds: What’s the Scoop with Croup
Join Randi Mullaney, MSN, PNP, a pediatric nurse practitioner with the Hospital Medicine service at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, as she discusses Croup. Including the definition, diagnostic criteria, etiology, differential diagnoses and management. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l8oFwTPNEs
Keeping New Employees Safe and Healthy
It’s a busy time of year for employee health! Recent graduates from nursing and medical school are entering the field of healthcare. These folks bring energy, skill, and new potential to your healthcare team. But before they can jump into patient care, there is an essential stop the must make: Employee Health. Employee Health (EH) plays a critical role in onboarding safely and efficiently, ensuring that new staff are protected, cleared to work, and ready to join the healthcare team. Incomplete records or missed steps can delay start dates, create patient safety risks, or lead to gaps in care. In this newsletter, we break down what new hires will likely need to meet EH requirements—and how you can help set them up for success. Here’s what your new staff must…
Grand Rounds: Feel the heat? New fever in the ICU
Join Elena Swingler, PharmD, MBA, CIDP, as she discusses patients with a new fever in the ICU through the lens of diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship. https://youtu.be/730wtYJQsc8
Grand Rounds: Statistical Process Control
Join Stephen Furmanek, MPH, MS as well discuss statistical process control. Including how statistical process control helps to view process and control variation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iZkiCsEOLg
How to Evaluate Medical Research as a Healthcare Professional
When nurses hear the word research, they often groan. They picture an array of test tubes or petri dishes and scientists hunched over microscopes. While those pictures can be accurate, we use research every day. All healthcare workers strive to use evidence-based care to provide the very best care to patients. Research is the bedrock of evidence-based practice. As the title implies, IPs strive to decrease the risk of infection and to prevent the transmission of infection to others. IPs review the data and implement guidelines and interventions based upon the research. IPs and other healthcare workers must know how to review and appraise the research. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed with all of the information. It is important to understand what was studied, how it was studied,…