The Role of Sanitation in Prevention of Infection, Sepsis, and Antimicrobial Resistance
Recorded On: 04/26/2023
Description:
This session was part of the Sepsis Alliance AMR Conference 2023.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene are critical for disease prevention – both in community and healthcare settings. Ensuring that safe water, proper sanitation, and adequate hygiene practices are in place reduces the risk of infection, which can lead to sepsis, while also combatting antimicrobial resistance by preventing infections in the first place. In this webinar, learn about the relationship between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and how you can use proper sanitation techniques to help prevent infection and sepsis.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the session, the learner should be able to:
- Describe the relationship between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and its impact on human health;
- Outline the role of WASH in the prevention of sepsis and AMR;
- Explain how WASH and infection prevention / control efforts can reduce the transmission of pathogens, including actions both healthcare professionals and the general public can take.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Lindsay Denny, MPH
WASH and Health Consultant
UNICEF
Lindsay Denny, MPH, is a global health and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) expert, currently working as a consultant for UNICEF-HQ on the Healthy Environments for Healthy Children Team, where she leads the Climate Resilient, Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare Facilities initiative. She also runs the WASH in Healthcare Facilities Community of Practices through Emory University’s Center for Global Safe WASH and is the Health Associate for International Refugee Council (IRC) WASH. Lindsay has worked on the WASH and health nexus from a variety of vantages points, including research, advocacy, education, and implementation. Formerly based in the Philippines and Cambodia, she has provided support to countries across the world to improve WASH conditions in their healthcare facilities. Lindsay graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in Physiology & Neuroscience and completed her Master of Public Health at Boston University, with a focus on international health and infectious and non-communicable diseases.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.0 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 0.75 contact hours.
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