Project Firstline
November 16, 2021 -
 September 27, 2022
Select Tuesdays
12:00 PM -
 1:00 PM

COVID-19 has made crystal clear that we have disparities in our healthcare systems and those disparities combined with the critical path of the pandemic have left an emotional and physical toll on our essential frontline healthcare workers.

Our essential workers need tools to provide safe and effective care to support improved infection control practices, reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases, and build frontline worker resiliency in the face of future public health emergencies.

Join us for Project Firstline and receive up-to-date information on the latest infection control topics to keep you, your families, your patients, and your communities safe. Delivered live by experts in the field, training sessions are engaging and responsive. You will leave prepared to cope with healthcare worker burnout and stress, recognize the risks of germ reservoirs, address health care associated infections, and understand the role of public health in infection control and prevention.

The power to prevent infections is in your hands.

Series Leaders

  • Les Barta, MPA, NRP, CHSE, DirectorSimulation Program, Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Paramedic, RWJ Barnabas Health
  • Mary Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, Pharmacist, Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy  
  • Meg Fisher, MD, FAAP, Special Advisor to the Commissioner of Health, New Jersey Department of Health, Medical Director of Clinical & Academic Excellence, Monmouth Medical Center 
  • Liza Marmo, APN-C, RN-BC, BSN, MSN, AGPCNP-C, Nurse Practitioner, ID Care 
  • Joshua Raymond, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Associate Professor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Geriatric Fellowship Program and Medical Director, CentraState  
  • Stephanie Szylar, APN-C, RN, MSN, Nurse Practitioner, ID Care  

Learning Objectives

After participating in ECHO, providers will be able to:

  • Recall foundational principles and strategies of infection prevention and control measures.
  • Apply IPC best practice principles and strategies in provider work settings to protect themselves, their patients, and the community from infectious disease threats.
  • Collect tools to help every healthcare worker gain confidence to apply infection prevention and control principles in their work setting to protect themselves, their patients and the community from infectious disease threats.
  • Develop collaboration among frontline healthcare providers to increase knowledge and tool sharing with local infection control experts.

Continuing Education Accreditation

To view the CE Accreditation for CME, CNE, CPE, LNHA/CALA and Social Work Credits, click here.

Sessions

Healthcare Worker Burnout: A Link to Healthcare Associated Infections 
Tuesday • May 03, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Worker Stress & Burnout 
Tuesday • May 10, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Introduction to Reservoirs: Where Germs Live 
Tuesday • May 24, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
What Does it Mean to Recognize a Risk? 
Tuesday • June 14, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
The Invisible Danger: How Germs Make People Sick 
Tuesday • June 28, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
 Mosquito, Tick, and Foodborne Germs & Illnesses 
Tuesday • July 12, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) 
Tuesday • July 19, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) 
Tuesday • August 02, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Surgical Site or Wound Infections 
Tuesday • August 16, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs)  
Tuesday • August 30, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
 Healthcare Worker Protection: Injection Safety & Recommended Vaccines 
Tuesday • September 13, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
How to Engage your Community in Infection Control:  The Lasting Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic 
Tuesday • September 27, 2022
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM