2024 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 09, 2024
Presentation Title: Applicability of Lean Six Sigma framework on High-Level Disinfection Process Improvement
Guest Speaker: Emily Barnard, MPH, CIC
Presentation Objectives:
• Explain high-level disinfection risks and the Lean Six Sigma process improvement framework.
• Deconstruct best practices in high-level disinfection
• Detail the initiatives to reduce pathogen transmission with endoscopy procedures, equipment, and the environment.Hybrid 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:
January 2024 – Meeting Minutes
January 2024 – Powerpoint Slides
Applicability of Lean Six Sigma on HLD Performance Improvement
February 13, 2024
Presentation Title: Infection Control Challenges in Dialysis
Guest Speaker: Danilo B. Concepcion, CBNT, CCHT-A, FNKF
Presentation Objectives:
• Discuss the unique spatial and temporal challenges unique to dialysis
• Explain the differences between outpatient and in-patient settings
• Present the areas of focus for dialysis ICHybrid 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:
February 2024 – Meeting Agenda
February 2024 – Meeting Minutes
March 12, 2024
Presentation Title: The New ST91: An Updated Standard for Flexible Endoscope Processing
Guest Speaker: Adam Okada, CRCST, CIS, CER, CHL
Presentation Objectives:
• Discuss the updated national standard, ANSI/AAMI ST91, highlighting key differences between the 2015 version and latest version
• Identify current best practices in the processing of flexible endoscopes as outlined in ST91
• Outline how engineering quality assurance parameters into endoscope processing can help to reduce Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) and Surgical Site Infections (SSI) and help to determine if an endoscope is patient readyHybrid 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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March 2024 – Powerpoint Slides
The New ST91: An Updated Standard for Flexible Endoscope Processing
April 09, 2024
Presentation Title: What a cluster! Investigating an Outbreak
Guest Speaker: Jennifer E. Jones, RN, BSN, CPEN
Presentation Objectives:
• Identify an outbreak
• Assemble a multi-disciplinary team to identify interventions
• Implement outbreak mitigation strategiesHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room CClick here to join the meeting
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May 14, 2024
Presentation Title: Understanding the Significance of Blood Culture Contamination: Impacts and Effective Solutions
Guest Speaker: Molly Hough, BSN, RN, CCRN-K
Presentation Objectives:
• Define causes and impacts of blood culture contamination (BCC)
• Describe relationship of accurate blood cultures, sepsis diagnosis, & antimicrobial stewardship
• Identify solutions to reduce BCC, and the role of leadership to achieve long term, sustained outcomes
• Outline the relationship and impact of BCC reduction and accurate quality metric reportingHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room CClick here to join the meeting
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July 09, 2024
Presentation Title: 3-Zone Strategy to Targeting Zero Harm
Guest Speaker: Natalie Duffy, BSN, RN, CCRN, VA-BC, CLSSYB
Presentation Objectives:
• The environment of care which focuses on minimizing the spread of pathogens on surfaces by using proper disinfecting products and protocols
• Human-to-human transmission which protects patients, staff, and visitors from cross contamination with access to the proper PPE, hand hygiene and education
• Clinical practice with the goal of making it easy for frontline staff to follow aseptic technique to help prevent HAIs such as CAUTI and CLABSIHybrid Meeting Format:
St. Jude Urgent Care – 2251 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92835 Conference Room CClick here to join the meeting
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September 10, 2024
Presentation Title: Metagenomic Next-generation Sequencing: The Power of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA
Guest Speaker: Pablo E Lapetina, PharmD
Presentation Objectives:
• Provide an overview of conventional diagnostic testing in infectious diseases
• Discuss metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) technology and antimicrobial resistance markers
• Review clinical evidence on use of mNGS and resources for appropriate implementation Hybrid 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:
September 2024 – Meeting Minutes
November 12, 2024
Presentation Title: Operations of Food & Nutrition-Hospital Setting
Guest Speaker: Hector Vasquez, MS, RD
Presentation Objectives:
• Describe operations of a hospital kitchen
• Identify key regulatory requirements of a hospital kitchen
• Discuss the role of staff in patient care
• Describe how department ensures complianceHybrid 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:
November 2024 – Meeting Minutes