CASA 11th Annual Infection Prevention (IP) Seminar November 7–8, 2018 The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa 686 Anton Blvd. Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Health Services Advisory Group ( HSAG) will be in attendance at this event—we look forward to seeing you there!  Non-CASA members are welcome. User account setup is required. Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC, Clinical Improvement Advisor, IP, HSAG, will be a speaker at this event. Please join us on Wednesday, November 7, at 9 a.m. for Ms. Vassallo's presentation on "Developing an IP Plan and Annual Risk Assessment," and at 4:30 p.m. for a break-out session on "One-on-One Help with IP Risk Assessment." View Brochure Join us for a live tweetchat at the CASA IP Seminar November 7–8 using the hashtags #CASAIPseminar2018 #ASCinfectionprevention

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ASCs in the Field

San Leandro Surgery Center Evaluation Outcome  When Rosalyn Mercado (San Leandro Surgery Center) agreed to become an IP in 2017, she lacked a true understanding of what the position entailed. After attending the CASA IP Seminar, Rosalyn began to grasp what it meant to be an IP and she embraced her role. Months later, San Leandro Surgery Center underwent its unannounced Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) evaluation. Though Rosalyn was still not completely confident in her abilities at the time, the end result proved San Leandro Surgery Center's ongoing IP efforts—CMS deemed the ASC “substantially compliant” without any standard violations. To learn more information, please click here .

Turning an Environmental Services Challenge into a Success When Manisha Patel completed her walk through upon joining her facility at Pacific Eye Institute, she found deficiencies across all standards, varying in severity. The environment of care walk through revealed lines of dust along cabinets in the peri-operative suits, as well as a thick line of dust around the suction cannister and tubings. She also noticed that this was true for inside the operating rooms (ORs). Her first response was one of surprise and frustration at the cleaning crew’s poor performance. To learn more information, please click here .

Upcoming Conferences and Trainings

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) ASC Intensive Training November 5–8, 2018 Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Downtown 350 W. Chestnut St. Louisville, KY 40202

California APIC Foundations in IP November 15–17, 2018 Scripps Health—Corporate Offices 10010 Campus Point Drive Building CPC (Annex) Assembly Conference Room San Diego, CA 92121

Tools & Resources

AORN Environmental Cleaning Guidelines

APIC Observation Tools Library

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Differentiation between Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting Environmental Infection Control Guidelines

CMS CMS Empowers Patients and Ensures Site-Neutral Payment in Proposed Rule

San Francisco Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Playbook EVS Optimization Toolkit

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This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group, the Medicare Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization for Arizona, California, Florida, Ohio, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication No. CA-11SOW-ASC-10262018-01