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Using the CMS Infection Prevention and Control Survey Tool to Assess Your Program Webinar
The Knock Out Infections—ASC Infection Prevention Initiative invites you to attend this important webinar that will cover the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) survey tool that assists ASCs with survey preparedness for infection prevention (IP) programs. This webinar is available at no-cost to you.

At the conclusion of this webinar, attendees will be
able to:

  • Describe the components of the CMS survey tool.
  • Use the CMS survey tool to build the annual risk assessment and program plan.
  • Implement the CMS survey tool as a key part of the IP program.

When:

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
9 to 10 a.m. PT
Presenter:

Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC,
Clinical Improvement Advisor, Infection Prevention, HSAG

Continuing Education (CE): Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. is the CE provider for this event. Provider approved by the Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16578, for 1 contact hour. Pending approval. There is no charge to attend this event.

Florida Only: Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Florida Board of Nursing, Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition, Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators and Florida Board of Pharmacy for 1 Contact Hour. (CE Broker #20-699542) (pending approval).

Please Note: To verify CE approval for any other state, license, or certification, please check with your licensing or
certification board.
The CMS ASC Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet
Along with the resources we sent you last year, please use this CMS tool to assess your facility’s IP program. Completing this survey tool on your own is a great way to inform yourself as you complete your 2019 risk assessment and program plan.

Use this CMS tool to look for areas that need improvement, and come up with a plan to fix them. Be sure to document your work in your risk assessment and program plan. Remember—if you do not chart it, it never happened. Try to use that same mindset when you are completing your risk assessment and program plan. I will walk you through this CMS survey tool in our February webinar. As always, please reach out to me if you have questions or need help.
 
Thank you for your hard work to keep California ASC
patients safe.

Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC,
Clinical Improvement Advisor, Infection Prevention,
Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG)
480.287.3655 | avassallo@hsag.com
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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-02112019-01