For our
American friends last Thursday was Thanksgiving. For some, the excitement of Black
Friday may have been more alluring as it kicks off the holiday shopping season. This is of course followed by Cyber
Monday....I tried shopping but gave up.
The internet was just too slow for my instant gratification personality.
In Canada there is a new movement starting – Giving Tuesday. The day after Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is
the opening day of the giving season - a day dedicated to giving back.
American friends last Thursday was Thanksgiving. For some, the excitement of Black
Friday may have been more alluring as it kicks off the holiday shopping season. This is of course followed by Cyber
Monday....I tried shopping but gave up.
The internet was just too slow for my instant gratification personality.
In Canada there is a new movement starting – Giving Tuesday. The day after Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is
the opening day of the giving season - a day dedicated to giving back.
In the spirit of Giving Tuesday,
I thought I would share a list of the free Webber Training Teleclasses that
were given throughout 2015. As noted in
past blogs, the Teleclass Education by Webber Training is an international lecture
series on infection prevention and control topics. The objective is to bring
the best possible infection prevention and control information; to the widest
possible audience; with the fewest barriers to access.
| Date
|
Title of Teleclass
|
Speaker
|
| Jan. 14th
|
Spotlight on the future of healthcare-associated infections – A case study to inform global actions |
Dr. Raheelah Ahmad, UK
|
| Feb. 25th
|
WHO guideline and systematic review on hand hygiene and the use of chlorine in the context of Ebola |
Dr. Joost Hopman, The Netherlands
|
| March 11th
|
Using the core component of infection control during the Ebola outbreak |
Dr. Sergey Eremin, WHO
|
| May 5th
|
10 Years of WHO Clean Care is Safer Care; Why you should be a part of the social pandemic that is Safe Lives: Clean Your Hands |
Prof. Didier Pittet, WHO
|
| May 13th
|
Understanding consumer perceptions of HAI and hand hygiene through a global survey |
Claire Kilpatrick, WHO & Dr. Maryanne McGuckin, USA |
| May 21st
|
Is your phone bugged? The role of mobile technology in infection control |
Richard Brady, UK
|
| June 3rd
|
Preventing infections in healthcare workers: Strategies and challenges |
Bruce Gamage, Canada
|
| June 15th
|
The Power of Influence
|
Michael Grinder, USA
|
| June 16th
|
Using infection prevention and control resources wisely in Africa |
Prof. Shaheen Mehtar, South Africa
|
| June 25th
|
Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in resource-limited settings |
Dr. Gayani Tillekeratne and Dr. Mariah Obino |
| June 28th
|
Healthcare infection control lesions learned from recent outbreaks |
Dr. Ryan Fagan, USA
|
| June 29th
|
Natural ventilation in healthcare facilities |
Linda L. Dickey, Dick Moeller and Russell N. Olmsted, USA |
| Sept. 3rd
|
Is mandatory influenza vaccination for healthcare workers the best way to protect our patients? |
Dr. Michael Gardam, Canada
|
| Sept. 24th
|
Evidence vs. Tradition: Examining the evidence of bathing to reduce HAI’s |
Kathleen Vollman, USA
|
| Sept. 28th
|
What did the Romans ever do for us? |
Carole Fry, UK
|
| Sept. 29th
|
Faecal transplant to treat Clostridium difficile disease
|
Dr. Jonathan Sutton, Wales
|
| Sept. 29th
|
Debate – Selective decontamination of the gut |
Dr. Cliff McDonald, USA and Prof. Jan Kluytmans, The Netherlands |
| Sept. 30th
|
The emergence of MERS: From animal to human to human |
Prof. Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia
|
| Oct. 14th
|
The use of social media in support of global infection prevention and control |
Jules Storr and Claire Kilpatrick, WHO |
| Nov. 5th
|
Demystifying the CIC® certification examination
|
Roy Boukidjian and Linda Goss, USA
|
| Nov. 17th
|
The role of water as a vector in the transmission of infections in hospitals |
Dr. Jimmy Walker, UK
|
| Dec. 3rd
|
HIV treatment as prevention: The key to an AIDS-free generation |
Prof. Julio S.G. Montaner, Canada
|
| Dec. 17th
|
Examining the “unmentionables” – Sanitation and the global agenda |
Rose George, UK
|
For more information on Webber Training, including a full
list of the upcoming Infection Prevention and Control Teleclasses for 2016 and
to access these free teleclasses, please visit www.webbertraining.com.
I hope many of you will take the opportunity to listen to
these teleclasses and share them with your colleagues! Perhaps next year Giving Tuesday will become
a bigger event then Black Friday or Cyber Monday. In these troubled times it’s certainly a nice
dream to hope for!
these teleclasses and share them with your colleagues! Perhaps next year Giving Tuesday will become
a bigger event then Black Friday or Cyber Monday. In these troubled times it’s certainly a nice
dream to hope for!
Bugging Off!
Nicole
