Program Information denotes Call for Presentation Selection
Wednesday, June 10 (continued)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention
Navigating and Charting the Political
Collaboratives
Landscape
John Jernigan, MD, MS
Denise Graham
Section Chief, Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion
APIC Executive Vice President
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Washington, DC
The presenter will address the pros and cons of inter- and intra-
Lisa Tomlinson
facility collaboratives, the use of collaboration as an infection
APIC Director of Government Affairs
prevention strategy and its relation to complexity theory.
Washington, DC
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Nancy Hailpern
Healthcare Personnel Vaccination
APIC Associate Director of Government Affairs
Washington, DC
Thomas R. Talbot, MD, MPH
How can infection preventionists educate and influence policy-
Assistant Professor of Medicine and
makers and politicians to shape the political landscape for
Chief Hospital Epidemiologist
infection prevention?
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Vaccination of healthcare workers against diseases such as
influenza and pertussis, while offering personal protection
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Utilizing Product Evaluation Effectively to
against these illnesses, may also prevent morbidity and mortality
Promote Infection Prevention
for patients. The presenter will review the recommended
vaccinations for healthcare personnel and focus in-depth on
Carol Sykora, MT (ASCP), MEd, CIC
influenza and pertussis vaccination. Special attention will be paid
Infection Prevention Consultant
to the use of declination statements and mandating influenza
BJC Healthcare, Saint Louis, MO
vaccination as well as the impact of vaccination on the need for
The presenter will increase the infection preventionist’s
post-exposure prophylaxis for pertussis.
confidence in breaking through the sales rhetoric, obtaining the
pertinent facts about a product, and reaching evidence-based
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
decisions. This presentation is relevant to IPs that have recently
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Infection Control Implications of Pet Therapy
been selected or would like to volunteer to serve on the product and Service Animals in Healthcare Facilities
evaluation team for their healthcare service organization.
J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc
Concurrent Sessions
Associate Professor
Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, ON, Canada
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Animals may be commonly encountered in healthcare facilities,
Childbirth Issues for Women and Children in
including those in formal pet therapy programs, service animals,
Underserved Populations: Role for Infection
and patient and staff pets. While there are clear benefits of
Prevention and Epidemiology
human interactions with animals, there are also infectious disease
concerns. The presenter will provide an overview of the infection
Patricia I. Lynch, RN, MBA, President
control issues associated with pet therapy programs, present
Epidemiology Associates, Redmond, WA
objective data from recent studies, and outline newly-developed
guidelines for therapy programs.
Many newborns and mothers have increased risk for severe
complications of childbirth, including healthcare-associated
infections. Every year more than 4 million babies die in their
first 28 days of life; approximately 1/3 of these die of infections
acquired during the birth process. The presenter will review
several unique health challenges and how infection prevention
can improve the health status of women and children in
underserved populations.
Session is sponsored by an unrestricted education
grant from Covidien. The speaker is not sponsored.
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