Infection Prevention & Control Practices: Addressing Wound Care

July 16, 2024 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT

Infection Prevention & Control Practices: Addressing Wound Care

For the second presentation in NCUIH’s Incorporating Infection Control Micro-Learn Training Resources series, Dr. Bola Ogundimu, Nurse Infection Preventionist and Health Scientist at the CDC, will provide an overview of the micro-learn training suite from the CDC’s Project Firstline (PFL) related to wound care and other skin issues including PFL’s Rash Micro-Learn. Participants will hear how applying bite-sized training content can help improve staff engagement and knowledge retention. Dr. Ogundimu will also briefly address treating rashes and wounds in a field setting outside of an Urban Indian Organization (UIO), e.g., in a health tent at a powwow. One continuing nursing education (CNE) credit is available.* 

Presenter: 

Bola Ogundimu, DrPH, RN, CIC, CPHQ (she/her/hers), Nurse Infection Preventionist/ Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Prevention and Response Branch 

Objectives: 

1. Explain the concepts and benefits of using the PFL infection control micro-learn training resources at UIOs.
2. Increase awareness of available infection control micro-learn resources.
3. Discuss, outline, and incorporate the rash micro-learn at UIOs.
4. Summarize relevant CDC core IPC practices related to skin care, including wounds and rashes.

Audience: 

• UIO ED/CEOs 
• UIO Staff 

*Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) 

Cardea Services is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.​​​ Upon successful completion of this activity, 1.0 contact hour will be awarded. Successful completion of this continuing education activity includes the following: 

• Attending the entire CNE activity; 
• Completing the online evaluation; and, 
• Submitting an online CNE request.