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TOPIC: Breakthrough in the Contagiousness Paradox: The Myth of 98.6F and 100.4F

ORIGINAL BROADCAST DATE: April 18, 2024 

Description

Recognizing the challenge of the spread of infection in the workplace and its impact on employee absenteeism and health, it has been long understood that infections transmitted by employees in hospitals, and senior living facilities affect the staff, patients, and visitors with, at times, dire consequences. In manufacturing, just one contagious employee can create multiple absences for prolonged periods following the transmission, impacting productivity and costs.

This Masterclass presents a breakthrough in employee health and safety, introducing new technology, protocols, and processes in how we determine contagiousness in the workplace.  This paradigm shift in thinking emphasizes body temperature as the earliest indicator of contagiousness rather than a late indicator and how using a person’s known body temperature can be a near-perfect indicator of contagiousness or lack thereof at the moment.

The session will highlight the significant third-party data analysis conducted that demonstrates how this new wellness protocol algorithm works and is verified through PCR positive testing and absenteeism data, with the ultimate outcome of reducing spread in the workplace in ways that are non-disruptive to employer and employee.

Key Learning Objectives

1. Explain the role of temperature in predicting contagiousness in the workplace.
2. Explore the data that validates temperature as a more reliable prediction of contagiousness than current methods.
3. Define a process for implementing a wellness protocol based on temperature in the workplace.

Educational Credits 

• All Nurse participants who attend the live session will earn 1 CE (Continuing Education) credit.

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SPEAKERS

Rik Heller (President/CEO @Wello Inc)

Since the 1990s, Rik has pioneered wireless sensing and machine learning, licensing groundbreaking intellectual property to companies like Apple for AirTag® and Tile®. Campus-wide networks using these technologies are now commonplace in sectors like telecom, semiconductor manufacturing, and hospitals, automating manual tasks associated with Nurse-Call systems.

Doing business as FreshLoc Technologies, Wello expanded into nationwide hospital campuses monitoring temperature, humidity, and room pressure. Wello then introduced a daily automated check-in system propelled by the awareness of the Ebola near outbreak in Dallas and recent pandemics to combat Hospital Acquired Infections.

Building upon welloStationX, the company recently developed and is announcing an AI-driven protocol coupled with its fully automated FDA Class II thermometry medical device. Proven, this protocol instantly identifies and grades symptomatic contagious employees from mere allergy-like sufferers. As well, it will also identify asymptomatic contagious individuals in seconds. The protocol advises non-disruptive methods of reducing by as much as 95% workplace contagion burden. Wello Inc. is showcasing the seminal benefits of workplace health and epidemiology. With thousands of stations deployed, this new protocol can even promise a significant reduction in community-spread diseases.

Shari Solomon (President @CleanHealth Environmental, LLC)

Shari L. Solomon, Esq. is president of CleanHealth Environmental, LLC. CleanHealth provides infection prevention, industrial hygiene and OSHA training and consulting services geared toward facility personnel and vendors responsible for infection prevention, cleaning and disinfection, and facility operations and maintenance practices. Ms. Solomon possesses more than 20 years of environmental consulting and federal regulatory experience.  An attorney by trade, combined with her experience in the industrial hygiene field with a focus on infection prevention, Shari holds a unique expertise and understanding of liability prevention techniques, offering clients practical and valuable risk management solutions.

Ms. Solomon is a Designated Trainer under the Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician Program (T-CHEST) from The Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) of the American Hospital Association as well as a member of Durable Coated Fabrics Task Force, affiliated with the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID). Shari is a Certified Indoor Environmental Consultant (CIEC) through the ACAC and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctorate from The Catholic University of America.