Infection Prevention Training – Scabies, Bed Bugs and Lice in the Nursing Center Setting

As part of a nursing center's comprehensive infection control and prevention plan, it is important to make sure the center's teams are looking for the potential of parasitic infections every day. Does your staff know the differences between bed bugs, lice, and scabies? FHCA has partnered with A.C. Burke of RB Health Partners, Inc. to offer this on-demand training program to help centers identify these infections before they become widespread infestations. Early detection and prevention will make sure your teams are well prepared to identify any concerns.

Learner Objectives

Identify the differences between scabies, bed bugs and lice.
Identify measures to prevent the spread of scabies, bed bugs and lice.

No CEUs are offered for this on-demand program.

Presenters: A.C. Burke, RB Health Partners, Inc.

COST: Free to FHCA members only

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A.C. Burke, MA, CIC

Vice President of Healthcare Quality

RB Health Partners, Inc.

A.C. Burke, MA, CIC, is the Vice President for Healthcare Quality for RB Health Partners, Inc. and is the primary author for the Nursing Home Infection Prevention Program (NIPP©), NIPPing Infections in the Bud. She holds a master’s degree in health management and is Board Certified in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology. Her 20 years of experience includes creating, implementing, and managing programs that have achieved national recognition, partnership building, meeting facilitation, consensus building, and developing competency- based training curricula for healthcare workers across the continuum of care. AC has worked in public health preparedness and response roles, served as the manager of the Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention Program for the Florida Department of Health as well as the Director of Infection Prevention for Mayo Clinic Florida.