Program Information  denotes Call for Presentation Selection
Monday, June 8
Concurrent Sessions
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Posters on Display All Day  Achieving Daily and Pandemic Surge
Capacity
Opening Ceremony
Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Epidemiologist, Infection Control Services
St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Christine J. Nutty, RN, MSN, CIC
Linda Scott, BSN, MA, CIC
APIC President, IC Consultant Hospital Bioterrorism Coordinator
Infection Advice, Inc., Metropolis, IL
MI Department of Community Health, Lansing, MI
Changes to the 2009 Joint Commission Infection Prevention and
Hear opening remarks from APIC’s
Control and Emergency Management Guidelines require more
President followed by the Carole
complete surge capacity plans, including the handling of an influx
DeMille Award presentation.
of infectious disease patients over an extended period of time.
The presenters in this session will review facility, local and state
planning strategies for surge capacity, case studies requiring
unexpected extended containment, and pandemic planning. This
Keynote – THINK BIG: Changing the Future
session will provide a comprehensive practical plan for handling
an influx of infectious disease patients.
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD

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Certification Board of Infection Control and
Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology,
Epidemiology (CBIC)
Plastic Surgery, and Pediatrics
Sharon Krystofiak, MS, MT(ASCP), CIC
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions,
CBIC President, Infection Preventionist
Baltimore, MD
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Pittsburgh, PA
Certification is a process designed to measure basic knowledge of
infection prevention and control and applied epidemiology. This
Dr. Carson’s inspirational life story was the subject of a
presentation discusses the methods to achieve certification and
television movie called “Gifted Hands.”
the rationale for infection prevention and control professionals to
become certified.
In his keynote address, Dr. Carson will inspire you to 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
take charge of your life and career and encourage you
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Contact Isolation Precautions: Benefit and
to dream big even in the face of obstacles. You will be
Burden
compelled to take calculated risks and achieve success.
Kathryn Kirkland, MD
This insightful and thought-provoking presentation will
Infectious Diseases
show you the keys to turning great challenges into even Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
greater triumphs. You will walk away with new concepts
The use of contact isolation for the prevention of healthcare-
to apply to strategies for a successful infection prevention
associated infections adds costs and decreases flexibility.
and control program. Evidence for contact isolation must be balanced with the
evidence of unintended negative consequences. The presenter
will propose a method of approaching isolation decisions that
10:15 AM - 1:30 PM
takes available evidence and gaps in our knowledge into account.
Exhibit hall Open
Session is sponsored by an unrestricted
education grant from L3 Communications.
The speaker is not sponsored.
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