Webinar Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course
on Candida auris focuses on infection
prevention best practices for Candida
auris prevention and treatment within healthcare settings. Topics include epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Candida auris, barriers to laboratory
identification, environmental cleaning and disinfection best practices, and
recommendations for notifying public health of suspected or confirmed cases.
Speakers: David Weber, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA, FRSM and Shaina Bernard, PharmD
Target Audience
Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who
are or will be directly involved in infection prevention activities in their
facilities. These are infection prevention professionals who have participated
in and gained considerable knowledge through specialized infection and control
training and have minimal to moderate practice or fieldwork experience with
infection prevention and control concepts.
Audience examples: Intermediate to Proficient Infection
Preventionist, Intermediate to Proficient HAI/AR/IPC staff, Intermediate to
Proficient Healthcare/Public Health Epidemiologist, Infectious Disease
/Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pharmacist.
Overall Learning Objectives
- The epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance
of Candida auris
- Barriers to laboratory identification with C. auris
- Environmental cleaning and disinfection best
practices for the elimination of C. auris
in the healthcare environment
- Recommendations for notifying public health of
suspected of confirmed cases
- The current response of C. auris at the state level
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this webinar until March 13, 2027. To claim credit, please view the video in its entirety then visit the
activity page on the VCU Health Continuing Education website.
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