How to Protect Yourself: Use and Re-Use of PPE
Posted over 3 years ago
There is no issue that has caused greater concern for nurses related to the pandemic than the availability and use of PPE. This important on-demand webinar focuses on the current PPE guidelines and how to protect yourself.
ANA has partnered with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) to bring you this up-to-date program that will cover:
- Occupational health risks related to COVID-19
- COVID-19 modes of transmission as it is currently understood
- Isolation precautions and PPE selection and use for COVID-19
- Crisis Standards of care related to PPE use during COVID-19
- Safe re-use of PPE, including respirators and isolation gowns
Continuing Nursing Education:
1.0 Continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour is awarded for completion of this webinar. The American Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. ANA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17219