by Kelsey Olson | Sep 5, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Bacteria hitchhike and latch on to surfaces and hands, so reducing this risk, must be part of an organization’s Infection Prevention Control program. Infections in our older adult population have high mortality rates and contaminated environmental surfaces is...
by Kelsey Olson | Aug 26, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The North Dakota State University Center for Immunization Research and Education is excited to welcome Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, as its third guest presenter in Bringing the Experts to You: A Webinar Series on Vaccines. In this webinar, Dr. Hotez will discuss COVID-19...
by Kelsey Olson | Aug 22, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
On August 16, we were fortunate to have a panel of four local experts discuss immunizations and vaccinations in our communities. The panel answered a series of questions, which included: What does data show us about immunization rates of influenza, pneumococcal and...
by Kelsey Olson | Aug 18, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
The COVID-19 Community Level tool from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used,...
by Kelsey Olson | Aug 18, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Quality Care Coalition
Attend the upcoming Current Issues in Vaccines webinar to learn how to interpret and employ new or updated vaccine information and how to discuss vaccine-related information with patients and family members and explain considerations related to the COVID-19 booster...
by Kelsey Olson | Aug 11, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Patient Safety
CDC is offering a series of weekly one-hour web-on-demand videos that will provide an overview of vaccination principles, general best practices, immunization strategies, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them....
by Kelsey Olson | Aug 9, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
Although significant vaccine-related advancements have been made in the United States, adult vaccination rates still remain low overall, especially among racial and ethnic minority populations, who have been shown to be less likely to be vaccinated against certain...
by Kelsey Olson | Jul 26, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Immunizations, Uncategorized
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine is to be used as another primary series option for adults ages 18 years and older. Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available in the coming weeks, is an...
by Kelsey Olson | Jun 30, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Project Firstline offers trainings on infectious disease prevention and is designed to give frontline healthcare workers the knowledge to perform daily duties with confidence. The goal is to make sure as many healthcare workers as possible have access and complete...
by Kelsey Olson | Jun 27, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Jessica Danko shared her knowledge and expertise on the topic of infection control in respiratory therapy practices on June 21, via a Webinar hosted by Great Plains QIN. Danko has a wealth of knowledge in respiratory care and healthcare management. Her systemic...
