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3-4 p.m. | Session 1300


Brick by Brick: Building Ontario’s First Regional Hospital Infection Surveillance System: Technology Enhances Patient Safety


An ambitious project resulting in the implementation of an automated surveillance system linking multiple hospital corporations in Southeastern Ontario will be described. Presenters will highlight the benefits to patient safety realized by a single regional data base, common software supporting surveillance, and tracking of patients across the region.


Susan Cooper, MLT, CIC Infection Control Consultant


Public Health Ontario-Regional Infection Control Network


Janet Allen, MLT, ART, CIC Network Coordinator


Public Health Ontario-Regional Infection Control Network


3-4 p.m. | Session 1301 One Stick at a Time: A Toolkit for an Effective Healthcare Personnel Immunization Program


An effective immunization program is essential for the safety of the healthcare workforce. This session will review the results of a nationwide survey among infection preventionists regarding their knowledge, management, and implementation of an immunization program. Components of a comprehensive program will be provided in a toolkit format.


Ruth Carrico, PhD, RN, FSHEA, CIC Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Information Sciences University of Louisville


Timothy Wiemken, PhD, MPH, CIC Visiting Scholar, School of Public Health and Information Sciences Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences University of Louisville


3-4 p.m. | Session 1302 How Do We Find Them and How Do We Keep Them? Work Recruitment and Training of the New Infection Preventionist


This session will present a unique approach to recruitment and training of infection preventionists, with a focus on identifying potential successful infection preventionist candidates with non-traditional education or professional backgrounds. Career development strate- gies and mentorship systems to retain and support the early career infection preventionist will also be discussed.


Virginia Kennedy, RN, MS, CIC Principal


Infection Prevention and Management Associates, Inc.


Kelley Boston, MPH, CIC Regional Director, San Antonio, Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance


Infection Prevention and Management Associates, Inc. Kelly Holmes, MS, CIC


Director of Human Resources and Education Infection Prevention and Management Associates, Inc.


Jennifer McCarty


3-4 p.m. | Session 1303 CDC Outbreak Session 2012


This session will review recent CDC outbreak investigations of healthcare-associated infections and will highlight the process of conducting these investigations. Lessons learned from the field may be helpful in successfully managing future outbreak investigations. Useful and practical information on conducting outbreak investiga- tions will be provided.


Tara MacCannell, MSc, PhD Epidemiologist


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Concurrent Sessions


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Monday, June 4


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