Webinar: Implementing Evidence-Based Practice Changes AND Making Them Sticky

Overview:

Clinicians must integrate evidence-based practices into patient care, including diagnostic procedures like blood cultures. However, nearly half of positive results are false due to contamination from controllable (e.g., prep errors) and uncontrollable (e.g., skin flora) factors. These errors lead to unnecessary antibiotics, complications, and nearly one million extra hospital days annually (NQF).

This webinar emphasizes the cost of diagnostic inaccuracy and introduces a proven blood culture collection bundle that reduces contamination and supports antimicrobial stewardship.

Viewers will learn how to implement and sustain best practices using change management, implementation science, and quality improvement strategies.

Webinar Objectives:

• Analyze current challenges and best practices in diagnostic stewardship, including antimicrobial resistance and blood culture sampling, to improve healthcare quality and patient safety.
• Apply principles of Implementation Science, Quality Improvement, and Change Management to effectively initiate, assess, and sustain evidence-based practices in clinical settings.

Speakers:

Tammy Johnson, RN, BS, CPM
Associate Vice President, Clinical Strategy​​​​
Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.

Chris Dellinger, MBA, BSN, RN, FAEN
Director Emergency, Trauma and ICU Services
WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center