Session Information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), IPC professional societies and Project ECHO are hosting a weekly webinar series for IPC in healthcare settings. Speakers from CDC, WHO, and IPC professional societies around the world will focus on practical advice and implementation considerations for IPC for COVID-19. These 90-minute sessions will give equal time for presentations and for answering questions. IPC professionals, Ministry of Health staff, partner organizations, and any interested healthcare workers are encouraged to participate. Sessions are every Thursday May 14th - August 6th.
Interpretation is available in Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Portuguese
Session Topics
- Triage of COVID-19 patients: Operational Considerations and Practical Examples
- Healthcare facility readiness and monitoring
- Healthcare worker risk assessment, monitoring, and other staff considerations
- Assessing SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers and inpatients
- Cleaning and disinfection in the context of COVID-19
- WASH in healthcare settings in the context of COVID-19
- Limiting the introduction of COVID-19 in healthcare settings
- Rational use of personal protective equipment and emergency strategies
- Advice on the use of medical and non-medical masks
- IPC in nursing homes and long-term care settings
- Considerations for SARI treatment centers
- Post-mortem considerations in context of COVID-19
Session Archive
July 9, 2020 - Operational Considerations for Optimizing Personal Protective Equipment Use during COVID-19- Slides: PPE for healthcare personnel during care of COVID-19 patients - Altaf Ahmed, Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute, Pakistan
- Slides: Reprocessing N95 Masks - Silvia Acosta-Gnass, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, USA
- Slides: Personal Protective Equipment: Regulatory and Supply Challenges during COVID-19 in the Region of the Americas - Alexandre Lemgruber, Health Technologies Management, PAHO
- Slides: Operational Considerations for Optimizing PPE use during COVID-19 – Molly Patrick, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Slides: Operational Considerations for the Management of Visitors in Non-US Healthcare Facilities - Carolyn Herzig, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Slides: Limiting the Introduction of COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings - Carlos Magno Fortaleza, Sao Paulo State Univeristy, Brazil
- Slides: Limiting the Introduction of COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings - Namita Jaggi, Artemis Hospital, India
- Slides: Environmental cleaning and disinfection in hospitals in the context of COVID-19: Brazil – Maria Clara Padoveze, School of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo
- Slides: Environmental cleaning and disinfection in South Africa – evidence or ritual – Shaheen Mehtar, Infection Control Africa Network and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town
- Slides: Environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities in the context of COVID-19 – Molly Patrick, US CDC
- Slides: Dr. Joao Toledo, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Slides: Burial Practices During COVID: Role of autopsies and limitations - Dr. Adebola Tolulope Olayinka, WHO Nigeria
- Slides: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Humanitarian Settings - Oran Finegan, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Slides: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Response to COVID-19 – Frank DePaolo and Jason Graham, MD
Session Resources:
- Slides: Operational Considerations for the Identification of Healthcare Workers and Inpatients with Suspected COVID-19 – Matthew Westercamp, PhD, BSN, US CDC
- Slides: Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Health Care Workers (HCW) and Inpatients – Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Nag, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
- Slides: Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Healthcare Workers – Silvia Figueiredo Costa, MD, PhD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Slides: Monitoring and Investigating COVID-19 Infection in HWs: The Nigerian Experience – Tochi Okwor, Nigeria Center for Disease Control
Additional Q&A from Panelists
Session Resources:
- Slides: Experiences from the Field, India – Dr. Pratibha Singh, UNICEF
- Slides: WASH in Healthcare settings in the context of COVID-19: Mozambique – Ana Cardoso, MISAU and Corrie Kramer, UNICEF Mozambique
- Slides: WASH in health care facilities: why it is important and what can be done – Maggie Montgomery, WHO
Session Resources:
- Slides: Global Guidance and Operational Considerations for Management of Healthcare Workers Exposed to COVID-19 - Amber Vasquez, MD, MPH, US CDC
- Slides: Healthcare Worker Risk Assessment and Monitoring - Anna S. Levin, University of Sao Paulo
- Slides: Health Workforce in the COVID-19 Response - Giorgio Cometto, WHO
- Slides: Protecting the Healthcare Workforce in the Context of COVID-19 : The Israeli Strategy - Mitchell J. Schwaber, MD, MSc, MOH State of Israel
Session Resources:
- Slides: IPC Monitoring and Facility Readiness for COVID-19, Benedetta Allegranzi, MD
- Slides: Monitoring Facility Readiness for COVID-19 in non-US Healthcare Settings, Paul Malpiedi, MPH, CDC
- Slides: COVID-19 National Cancer Grid and Tata Memorial Centre Response, C S Pramesh, MS, FRCS
- Slides: Facility Readiness Assessment for COVID-19 Using Electronic Tools: Lessons from Kenya, George Owiso, Country Representative, I-TECH Kenya
Session Resources:
- Slides: Practical IPC Considerations in the Fight Against COVID-19 - Fernanda Lessa, MD, MPH, US CDC
- Slides: Experience of a center in Brazil - Ícaro Boszczowski, University of Sao Paulo
- Slides: Example from an Indian Tertiary care hospital - Dr. Purva Mathur, AIIMS, New Delhi
- Slides: Operational Considerations for Triage of Suspected COVID-19 Patients in non-US Healthcare Settings - L. Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav, MD, PhD, US CDC
| Learning Name: | Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series |
| Description: | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), IPC professional societies and Project ECHO are hosting a weekly webinar series for IPC in healthcare settings. |
| URL: | https://echo.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tY840l7cQFiaPnoxXEdTZg |
| Cost: | Free |
| Venue: | Online |
| Contact: | https://echo.unm.edu/contact-us |
| Registration: | Open |
| Status: | Not set |
| Date started: | Friday, 17 July 2020 |
| Date finished: | Saturday, 18 July 2020 |