1-3:30 p.m. | Session 3500 High-level Disinfection, Sterilization and Antisepsis
Join an expert panel as they detail evidence-based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of patient-care medical devices, hand hygiene, as well as discuss new developments in reprocessing medical devices, and conduct a valuable question and answer segment.
Monitoring Hand Hygiene: Meaningless, Harmful or Helpful
Elaine Larson, PhD, FAAN, RN, CIC Associate Dean
Columbia University School of Nursing
Immediate Use Steam Sterilization: Moving Beyond Current Policy
Rose Seavey, RN, MBA, CNOR, CRCST, CSPDT President/CEO
Seavey Healthcare Consulting, LLC
CHG: Use in Irrigation of Wounds; Skin Antisepsis; and Patient Bathing. Is There An Infection Reduction Benefit?
Charles E. Edmiston, PhD, MS, CIC Professor Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin Hospital Epidemiologist
Monitoring and Improving the Effectiveness of Cleaning Medical and Surgical Devices
Michelle Alfa, PhD, MSc, BSc, FCCM Assistant Director, Department of Microbiology Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University of Manitoba
New Developments in Reprocessing Semicritical Items: Endoscopes, Laryngoscopes, IRC, Nasopharyngoscopes, Endocavitary Probes
William Rutala, PhD, MPH Director, Hospital Epidemiology, Occupational Health and Safety Program Professor of Medicine Director, Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Care
Errors in Reprocessing Medical Devices: Lessons Learned From Patient Exposure and Outbreaks of Infection
David Weber, MD, MPH Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1-3:30 p.m. | Session 3501
Fearless Facilitation: How to Get Everybody Talking
Engage your audience to make your message memorable. Learn to unify the group in the first four minutes, use
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activities that honor the experience of your audience, and inspire creative thinking at all levels. Find the fearless facilitator in you without overused techniques, expensive assessments or tools.
Cyndi Maxey President
Maxey Creative, Inc.
1-3:30 p.m. | Session 3502 Is Your Dialysis Unit on Board? CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Dialysis Event Surveillance
NHSN Dialysis Event surveillance is used to monitor hemodialysis outpatients for infection indicators. Part of the CMS Quality Incentive Program rule incentivizes NHSN report- ing in 2012. This workshop will help users maximize benefits of NHSN participation by providing instruction on creating and interpreting NHSN reports for quality improvement.
Alicia Shugart, MA Public Health Analyst
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Contractor to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Priti Patel, MD, MPH Medical Officer
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1-3:30 p.m. | Session 3503
Gaining Analytic Insights from NHSN for Prevention (repeat session)
This workshop will focus on analysis of HAI surveillance data from NHSN. Presenters will demonstrate the use of NHSN data in case-scenarios in order to apply analytic knowledge in assessing HAI experience, internal data quality, and HAI prevention practices.
Angela Anttila-Bivens, RN, MSN, NP-C, CIC Nurse Epidemiologist
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Margaret Dudeck, MPH, CPH Epidemiologist
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jonathan Edwards, MStat Research Mathematical Statistician The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kelly Peterson
NHSN Data Manager/Information Technologist Specialist The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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