Legionella Prevention & Control (July 2023)

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.