New York State Mandatory (NYS) Training Program Infection control training course
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Faculty & planners
Prinicipal faculty & planners
Bruce Farber, MD, FACP - (Continuing Education (CE) Course Director)
Chief Public Health and Epidemiology Officer, Medicine, Infectious Disease
Northwell Health
Jane & Dayton Brown Professor of Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Donna Armellino, RN, DNP, CIC - (CE Course Co-Director)
Senior Vice President, Infection Prevention
Northwell Health
Jeanine Weber, MSRN, CIC
AVP, Infection Prevention
Corporate, Northwell Health
Project planner & coordinator
Mary B. Strong, MA
Assistant Vice President, Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Office of Academic Affairs
Northwell Health
Project developers & managers
DxR Development Group, Inc.
1840 Innovation Drive, Suite 112
Carbondale, IL 62903
Target audience
This program was developed for physicians, nurses and all other licensed health professionals in both the clinical and community setting who are included in this mandate.
Educational goal
This course will provide the information and documentation needed to fulfill licensure requirements as mandated by NYS Department of Health and Education.
Learning objectives
After participating in this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe their professional responsibility of adhering to scientifically accepted infection prevention/control measures and consequence for non-adherence (professional misconduct).
- Summarize pathogen transmission in various health care settings and methods to prevent/control transmission of pathogens that decrease the risk of infection.
- Recognize, manage, and report suspected/confirmed infectious disease event and/or outbreaks, including events related to biological agents.
- Use resource links for infection prevention/control information, including practices for special settings.
Accreditation & credit designation
Joint accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, Northwell Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Credit designations
Physicians: Northwell Health designates this internet enduring material activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category I credits.TM Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: Northwell Health designates this internet enduring material activity for 2.5 ANCC contact hours.
Maintenance of certification (MOC):
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC part 2 points
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to the ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) MOC part 2 points
Successful completion of the CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn 2.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification (ABS CC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification (ABS CC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Disclosure policy
Northwell Health adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME-CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others, are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.
The following is a summary of disclosures pertaining to this activity:
Faculty
- Bruce Farber, MD has nothing to disclose.
- Donna Armellino, RN, DNP, CIC has nothing to disclose.
- Jeanine Weber, MSRN, CIC has nothing to disclose.
Planner & manager
- Mary B. Strong, MA, has nothing to disclose.
Method of physician participation
To receive credit, the participant must:
- Review the entire educational activity.
- Answer at least 80% of each section's questions correctly.
- Complete a program evaluation.
- Download, print and save certificate of completion.
Fees
Basic course completion: $30
Basic course completion, with AMA PRA Category 1 credits TM, ANCC credits, ABIM MOC, ABP MOC part 2, ABS CC credits: $45
Estimated time to complete activity: Approximately 2.5 hours
Hardware/software requirements
This product has been verified to be compatible with the latest stable versions of the following browsers:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Safari
- Safari on iPad
Only stable versions of these browsers are supported. Release candidates (RC), beta, and alpha versions are not supported.
Later stable versions of these browsers may work but were not available for testing at product release.
Refund policy
It is the policy of Northwell Health’s Office of Continuing Medical Education to issue a full refund to any users who encounter technical difficulty in the use of the program that cannot be resolved by the program’s support desk and that prevents the user from completing the program and earning their certificate of completion. Program support is available by clicking the help button on the program or by sending an email to [email protected]. This refund offering is available for up to 30 days after purchase. Refunds are not available after 30 days.
Security statement:
Payments are transmitted using an SSL-encrypted site.
Technical support:
Provider contact information:
DxR Development Group, Inc.
e-mail [email protected] between 9am and 5pm, Central Time
Policy on privacy & confidentiality
General information collection
The only personal information we collect through the website is the information you voluntarily provide. The only other type of information we collect is your current IP address. This IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you access the internet. It is necessary to allow communication between the different computers, which comprise the internet. This information is entered, in aggregate, into a log, which helps us track usage on our website.
Limitations on disclosures
NORTHWELL HEALTH will not release your name, address, telephone number, credit card number or email address to any third party without your consent, except when required by law or court order. If you provide information through a co-branded section of the Website (provided by NORTHWELL HEALTH and a third party), you are consenting to sharing your information with that third party and may be subject to that party’s privacy policy.
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Released: August 15, 2023
Reviewed: July 15, 2023
Program expiration: August 15, 2026