2023 Chapter Meetings
Our hybrid chapter meetings occur every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 12:00 to 03:00 pm
Our in-person meeting location is at:
St. Jude Urgent Care Building
Conference Room C
2251 Harbor Blvd
Fullerton, CA 92835
January 10, 2023
Presentation Title: Employee Safety in Healthcare Settings
Guest Speaker: Rhona Pimentel, M.S.
Cal/OSHA Associate Safety Engineer Consultation Unity San Bernardino
Brief Overview:
Increase understanding of regulations and occupational health hazards and how to minimize/control risks in healthcare settings.
Presentation Objectives:
• Discuss regulations that apply in healthcare settings
• Discuss occupational health hazards in healthcare settings
• Discuss hazard prevention and controlHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room CClick here to join the meeting
Vendor Presentation and Lunch Provided by:
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January 2023 – Meeting Minutes
February 14, 2023
Presentation Title: Risky Behavior: MDRO’s, STD’s, and Over Prescribing Antibiotics
Guest Speaker: Chris Olson, MBA, M(ASCP)CMMLT, CIC, LTC-CIP, CPHQ
Infection Preventionist, UCHealth, Denver, Colorado
Presentation Objectives:
• Discuss short history of multi-drug resistant organisms (MRDO)
• Review bacterial resistance mechanisms
• Know what is on the CDC threat lists
• Discuss risky behavior issues, STD’s and over prescribing antibiotics
• Emergency Department (ED) and outpatient antimicrobial stewardship
• Rapid screening benefits to patients and stewardship effortsHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room C
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February 2023 – Meeting Agenda
February 2023 – Meeting Minutes
February 2023 – Powerpoint Slides
Risky Behavior: MDRO’s, STD’s, and Over Prescribing Antibiotics Presentation
March 14, 2023
Presentation Title: Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA), reducing risks during construction
Guest Speaker: Tom Jones, MA, LEED GA Principle Consultant, DT Services
Presentation Objectives:
• Understand the most common infection control hot spots during construction
• Identifying best practices with ensuring infection control compliance during construction
• Identify key changes recommended with ICRA 2.0 (ASHE)Hybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room C
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March 2023 – Meeting Agenda
March 2023 – Meeting Minutes
March 2023 – Powerpoint Slides
Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) Presentation
April 11, 2023
Presentation Title: Carbapenemase-producing organisms and Candida auris in California Healthcare Facilities
Guest Speaker: Kiara Velasquez
Presentation Objectives:
• Outline the epidemiology carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) and Candida auris in California and the US
• Present new Title 17 reporting requirements and recommendations for testing
• Discuss recent outbreaks of CPO and C. auris in California
• Describe antimicrobial resistance prevention activities coordinated by public healthHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room C
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Teleflex Arrow Midline Catheter Brochure
April 2023 – Meeting Agenda
April 2023 – Meeting Minutes
April 2023 – Powerpoint Slides
CDPH HAI Program CPO and C. auris in CA Healthcare Facilities
May 09, 2023
Presentation Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases: C.auris, Mpox, SARS-CoV-2, HPV, CRE
Guest Speaker: William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC
Presentation Objectives:
• Focus on several emerging infectious diseases, specifically COVID-19, Mpox, Candida auris, human papilloma virus, and CRE with a focus on infection prevention including the role of environmental contamination in transmission, frequency of environmental transmission, hand antisepsis and surface/device disinfectionHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room C
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May 2023 – Meeting Agenda
May 2023 – Meeting Minutes
May 2023 – Powerpoint Slides
Emerging Infectious Diseases: C.auris, Mpox, SARS-CoV-2, HPV, CRE
July 11, 2023
Presentation Title: Safe Device Reprocessing: What Keeps You Up at Night?
Guest Speaker: Donald T. Cabrera, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CFER
Presentation Objectives:
• Identify the high-risk areas in device reprocessing
• Discuss the TJC hierarchical approach
• Identify regulatory references, professional guidelines, and standards related to device
reprocessing
• Discuss recommendations and best practices to ensure safe device reprocessingHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room CVendor Presentation and Lunch Provided by:
July 2023 – Meeting Agenda
July 2023 – Meeting Minutes
July 2023 – Powerpoint Slides
Safe Device Reprocessing: What Keeps You Up at Night?
August 08, 2023
Presentation Title: The Role of Cleaning & Disinfection in Infection Prevention
Guest Speaker: Jason Kang
Presentation Objectives:
• Review gaps in cleaning and disinfection practices and how they pose a risk for patients
• Establish the relationship between improved cleaning and disinfection quality and reduction of healthcare-associated infections
• Novel technology for improving cleaning and disinfection qualityHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room CVendor Presentation and Lunch Provided by:
August 2023 – Meeting Agenda
August 2023 – Meeting Minutes
August 2023 – Powerpoint Slides
September 12, 2023
Presentation Title: Antibiotics: What IPs should know in 2023 to be a good team player
Guest Speaker: Chris Bailey, MD; Medical Director of IP for Mission, Orange Coast, Saddleback, St. Joseph Orange
Presentation Objectives:
• How the available antimicrobial agents were developed in response to evolving bacterial resistance
• How each antibiotic class attacks pathogens, may be vulnerable to resistance, and is best utilized clinically
• How the unique expertise of IPs enhances that of other members of the Antibiotic Stewardship teamHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room C
Click here to join the meetingMeeting ID: 233 016 913 040
Passcode: wZ22ndOr call in (audio only)+1 469-373-4758, 509660854# United States, DallasPhone Conference ID: 509 660 854#
Vendor Presentation and Lunch Provided by:
September 2023 – Meeting Agenda
September 2023 – Meeting Minutes
September 2023 – Powerpoint Slides
Antibiotics: What IPs should know in 2023 to be a good team player
November 14, 2023
Presentation Title: Carbapenem Resistant Organism Overview and OCHCA Response
Guest Speaker: Larry Bottorff, RN, CIC, LTC-CIP & Mi (Mimi) Le, MPH
Presentation Objectives:
• Describe why Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms (CROs) are a growing organism of concern in healthcare settings
• Identify common reservoirs where CROs may be found in the environment and healthcare setting and how to mitigate transmission
• Explain how Carbapenemase production may be transferred from one organism to another
• Describe the laboratory testing and surveillance process of carbapenemase-resistant organisms for carbapenemase detection
• Describe characteristics of carbapenemase production organisms (CPO) in Orange County (OC)
• Discuss public health implications of identifying CPOs.Hybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room C
Click here to join the meetingMeeting ID: 233 016 913 040
Passcode: wZ22ndOr call in (audio only)+1 469-373-4758, 509660854# United States, DallasPhone Conference ID: 509 660 854#
Vendor Presentation and Lunch Provided by:
November 2023 – Meeting Agenda
November 2023 – Meeting Minutes (coming soon)
Carbapenem Resistant Organism Overview and OCHCA Response