Continuing Education Sessions

Session 20 | COVID-19 CDC Evidenced Based Infection Control Practice Changes to Sustain Resident Safety in Skilled Nursing Centers

Day: Monday, July 26
Time: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Type/Topic: Clinical/Care Practices
Level: Intermediate

Session Summary

You can change the color of your masks and you can change the PPE you wear, but you'll never change the way skilled nursing centers care. The CDC COVID-19 guidelines changed weekly and so we changed along with CDC guidance. This session will discuss evidence based infection control practices to retain in centers as best practices for resident, family and staff safety. It will also have a focus on best practice infection control search engines needed to collaborate with other stakeholders to facility/sustain change, and improve resident outcomes. Lastly, recognizing the value of advocating for health care policy reform at the state level to meet the needs in a changing COVID-19 health care environment pertinent to skilled nursing centers will be identified.

Presenters

Cynthia Gerdik

Associate Vice President of Nursing | UF Health Jacksonville

About the Presenter

Dr. Cynthia Gerdik, DNP, MBA, RN, LNHA, NE-BC, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CPHQ, RN, NHA is the Area Vice President of Nursing at UF Health Jacksonville a 700 bed medical center with a 59 bed skilled nursing center. Dr. Gerdik is an experienced nursing executive with 23 years of multidisciplinary leadership experience in adult/pediatric academic centers community-based acute care centers and skilled nursing services. Strengths include a broad clinical knowledge, and a history of leading innovation for evidenced based practices utilizing data, LEAN Six-Sigma strategies for the building of multidisciplinary teams targeting improving quality patient/resident outcomes with significant financial savings.