Webinar Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course
on Legionella Prevention and Control focuses on infection prevention best
practices for Legionella prevention and treatment within healthcare settings.
Speaker: Kelly Blythe, MPH
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
- Summarize basic principles of Legionella prevention
and control
- Identify unique challenges around Legionella within
Virginia
- Identify guidelines and resources for Legionella
prevention and control for healthcare institutions
- Describe the role of the infection preventionist in
legionella prevention and control within the healthcare setting
- Describe the relationship between Virginia
Department of Health and healthcare institutions around legionella mitigation
and control
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this webinar until March 13, 2027. To claim credit, please watch this video in its entirety then go to the
activity page on the VCU Health Continuing Education website.
