The American Academy of Pediatrics is thrilled to share with you the AAP Infection and Prevention Control ECHO program lecture recordings as a part of Project Firstline. Project ECHO is a telementoring program designed to create communities of learners by bringing together primary care practices and an expert team using didactic and case-based presentations, fostering an “all teach, all learn” approach.
Lecture recordings will be posted here after each session.
Infection Prevention and Control Ambassador ECHO Session Recordings
AAP Infection Prevention and Control Chapter Ambassadors formed an ongoing collaborative to collectively address state-level IPC coordination that includes a focus on pediatrics and identifying opportunities in the state to increase partnerships to improve the health of children.
Infection Prevention and Control Ambassador ECHO Session Recordings
Session 6: Getting Involved in Regional Preparedness Coalitions
Nicolaus Glomb, MD, MPH, FAAP, discusses Regional Pandemic Preparedness Networks (RPPNs), how Ambassadors can engage with RPPNs, and the benefits of regional collaboration through Regional Centers of Excellence (RCOEs).
Session 5: Engaging Local Health Departments and Community Partners
Erin Laird, MPH, discusses how to partner with local health departments and provides strategies to identify and engage community partners, engage non-traditional partners, identify what Ambassadors can be doing in terms of communicating with their communities and understanding the audience to communicate effectively.
Session 4: Partnering with State Health Departments to Ensure Pediatric Representation in Outbreaks
Martha Ngoh, MPH, discusses the role of state health departments in infection prevention and control and outbreak response, describes hospital associated infections and antibiotic resistance partner networks and partnership opportunities at the state level and how to partner with state health departments.
Session 3: Identifying Needs and Training Others on Pediatric-Specific Infection Control
Christopher Prestel, MD, FAAP, shares the tools available to conduct a gap analysis of infection prevention and control practices, identifies where providers can make an impact and how to leverage resources and partnerships to improve infection control at a local and regional level.
Session 2: Identifying and Supporting Communities that are Under-Resourced
Mikeisha Oldson, MPH, shares strategies for engaging and communicating with rural and under-resourced areas, as well as ensuring diversity in planning and assistance.
Session 1: Project Firstline and ECHO Overview
Learn about Project ECHO, Ambassador Program and the goals of Project Firstline.
Infection Prevention and Control ECHO Session Recordings
Session 8: Where Are We Now: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Michael Bell, MD and Robin Warner, MD, FAAP review the lessons learned during the pandemic and share infection prevention and control best practices for pediatric settings.
Session 7: The Physical Environment
Kara Brooks, MS, LEED AP BD+C and Jonathan Flannery, MHSA, FACHE, FASHE discuss how the physical environment impacts infection prevention and control, and the role providers may play in improving air quality and ventilation.
Session 6: Telehealth Triage: A Tool for Preventing Disease Transmission
Steve Caddle, MD, FAAP discusses the current AAP telehealth policy and best practices for telehealth utilization and shares strategies to triage and eliminate the risk of disease transmission.
Session 5: Infection Control Practices Before, During, and After Administering Vaccines
Amy Kolwaite, ARNP, MS, MPH, discusses strategies for safe administration of vaccines and why having safe administration practices is important in health care settings.
Session 4: Risk Communication
Hailey Nelson, MD, FAAP discusses strategies to communicate about infection prevention and control with colleagues, patients and families.
Session 3: Hand Hygiene/Cleaning and Disinfecting
Michael Bell, MD, discusses why hand hygiene and cleaning and disinfecting are important in health care settings.
Session 2: Practice Policies and Education for Mitigation
Renuka Verma, MD, FAAP discusses best practices for screening and testing for respiratory diseases, as well as current isolation and quarantine guidance.
Session 1: Maximizing Office Efficiencies to Reduce Transmission During Respiratory Season
H. Dele Davies, MD, MS, MHCM discusses the current landscape of respiratory virus season and shares strategies for engineering and administrative controls and improved workflow to reduce transmission in the health care setting.
Infection Prevention and Control ECHO: Risk Recognition and Communication Session Recordings
Session 1: Basics of Infection Transmission
Dr. Michael Bell, CDC Deputy Director, shares information about how COVID-19 is transmitted and discusses infection control practices.
Session 2: Epidemiology Routes of Transmission
Dr. Renuka Verma, Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician & Pediatric Residency Program Director at Monmouth Medical Center, discusses routes of general infection transmission including COVID-19 transmission scenarios.
Session 3: Standard and Transmission Based-Precautions
Dr. Ashlesha Kaushik, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Medical Director at Unity Point Clinic discusses infection prevention and control recommended precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Session 4: Principles of Using PPE Safely
Rhonda Hough, DNP, MBA, MSN, CPNP-AC discusses proper use and recommendations for personal protective equipment (PPE) and current recommendations for vaccinated individuals in health care settings and in the community.
Session 5: Recognizing Risk in Your Daily Work
Dr Steve Caddle, MD, MPH, FAAP discusses how to recognize and mitigate risk of infection transmission among health care personnel, including fully-vaccinated health care professionals.
Session 6: Why Triage is Important During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr Hailey Nelson, MD, FAAP discusses the strategy of triage in workflow to eliminate the risk of transmission.
Session 7: Applying Current IPC Guidance for COVID-19 at your Job and Facility
Dr Steve Krug, MD, FAAP discusses how to assess infection and control practices and how to apply current guidance in your health care facility.
Session 8: Risk Communication & Infection Control – Practical Advice for Clinicians
Nicole Coffin, MA, discusses risk communication principles and the importance of communicating about infection prevention and control practices.
Upcoming ECHO Sessions
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Additional Resources
CDC Project Firstline Resources
FAQs: COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control
AAP COVID-19 Resources
Last Updated
07/22/2022
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics