Infection Prevention and Antibiotic Stewardship for Hospitals

Overview:

This session will provide hospital, critical access hospital and rural emergency hospitals information about the CMS condition of participation for infection prevention and control, and antibiotic stewardship and the latest interpretative guidelines. This session also will discuss the use of the CMS infection control worksheet, 2022 interpretative guidelines and commonly cited deficiencies.

Objectives:

• Describe the new CMS requirements and interpretative guidelines for an antibiotic stewardship program.
• Describe the new CMS requirements and interpretative guidelines for an infection prevention and control program.
• Identify examples of commonly cited infection control standards.

Presenter: Nancy Ruzicka, BS, RPh, MBA, MJ, CHC, Ruzicka Consulting

Nancy Ruzicka has experience teaching and assisting hospitals and other healthcare facilities in understanding applicable Federal and State laws, rules, regulations and interpretative guidelines. Her experience also encompasses teaching all levels of healthcare staff in understanding compliance and HIPAA requirements. Nancy has been a frequent speaker for the Iowa Hospital Association on EMTALA and Conditions of Participation for hospitals and critical access hospitals.

Nancy’s previous experiences include Director of Integrity & Compliance and Privacy Official at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines; Director of Regulatory Compliance at UnityPoint Health and over twenty years of experience with Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. Nancy received her MJ in Health Law, MBA and BS in Pharmacy from Drake University, Des Moines. She is certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) and maintains her Iowa pharmacy license.