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1203
Wednesday, Jun 12
1:30 pm
1203 - The State of Infection Control Among Los Angeles County (LAC) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Providers (ETC-10)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Stacy M. Hartmann, MPH, CHES – Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Christina Eclarino, RN, MSN, PHN – Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Elaine Forsyth, RN; Roel Amara, RN; Kelsey OYong, MPH, CIC; Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH; Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC – Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
Wednesday, Jun 12
1:50 pm
1203 - What’s in Your Bottle? Investigating a Pseudo-outbreak of
Burkholderia cepacia
(OIPH-18)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Tiffany Silmon, MPH, CIC – Chesapeake Regional Healthcare; Dana Chapman, RN, BSN, MPH, CIC; Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC – Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
Wednesday, Jun 12
2:10 pm
1203 - Improvements in Transmission-Based Isolation in a Large Northeastern Academic Medical Center Emergency Department (QA-25)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Azalea Wedig, BS, CIC – UMass Memorial Medical Center; Candra Szymanski, MS, RN – UMass Memorial Medical Center; Martin Reznek, MD, MBA, FACEP – UMass Medical School; Eric Brush, MD, MHCM – UMass Medical Center, Worcester MA; Melissa Pineo, MSN – UmassMemoria lMedical Center; Tessa Nimtz, MSN – UMass Memorial Medical Center; Richard T. Ellison, III, MD – University of Massachusetts Medical School; Debbie Mack, RN, CIC – University Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center; Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC – Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
Session:
1302
Wednesday, Jun 12
3:00 pm
1302 - Leading an Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative Through a Quality Improvement Collaborative Among 22 Hospitals in a Lower Middle Income Country (ASR-1)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113C
Ali A. Sabateen, infectious disease physician – Augusta Victoria Hospital; Dina Nasser, RN MPH – Augusta Victoria Hospital; Hammam J. Rjoup, MSN Pediatrics; Tahreer H. Taha, BSN; Bayan A. Ibrahim, PharmD; Abed Alra'oof Saleem, MCLS, CHS – Ministry of health; Alaa Abu Rub, infectious disease physician; Nimer M. Aldaghameen, MPH epidimiology; Ayman H. Abu Muhsen, MSN of health policies and Management; Fatenah N. naser, BSc Pharm; Musa Hindiyeh, PhD, D(ABMM); MT(ASCP) – Augusta Victoria Hospital; Carol McLay, DrPH, MPH, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Infection Control International
Wednesday, Jun 12
3:20 pm
1302 - Comparative Analysis of HCWs’ IPC Competency at Different Hospitals in Bangladesh: Success of a Multimodal Intervention for a Healthier Tomorrow (ISR-15)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113C
Lutfe Ara, M. Sc. in Microbiology – icddr,b; Md. Ehsanul Haque Tamal, Master of Statistics; Fahima Hossain, MPH; Md. Nur Haque Alam, MD.; Md. Shafiqul Alam Sarker, FRCP; Carol McLay, DrPH, MPH, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Infection Control International
Wednesday, Jun 12
3:40 pm
1302 - Lessons Learned from an International Infection Control Consultation in a Newly Built Hospital in Saudi Arabia (QA-26)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113C
Eman Chami, MHA, CIC – Henry Ford Hospital; Abigail Keskimaki, MPH, CIC – Henry Ford Hospital; Carol McLay, DrPH, MPH, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Infection Control International
Session:
1303
Wednesday, Jun 12
3:00 pm
1303 - Impact of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Diabetic Foot Infections: The Design of a New Orthopedic Department, Stringent Practices, and Diagnostic Methods (ASR-0)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Lisa Saidel-Odes, MD – Soroka University Medical Center; Elad Keren, MD; Abraham borer, MD; Ronit Nativ, RN, MPH; Lior Nesher, MD; Rivka Moshe Yosipovich, RN; Orli Sagi, PhD; Orly Shimoni, PhD; Lilia Greenshpoon, RN; Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC – University of Rochester Highland Hospital
Wednesday, Jun 12
3:20 pm
1303 - Investigation of a
Serratia Marcescens bacteremia
Cluster in a Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CICU) Utilizing Whole Genome Sequencing (OIPH-23)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Lynn Fine, PhD MPH CIC FAPIC – University of Rochester Medical Center; nicole pecora, MD PhD; heba mostafa, PhD; anna lambert, MS RN CCRN-K; charlie kline, MS RN CCRN-K; brenda tesini, MD; paul graman, MD; Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC – University of Rochester Highland Hospital
Wednesday, Jun 12
3:40 pm
1303 - Dive Deeper Than the Water (OIPH-24)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Dawn Marie Rumovitz, RN, BSN, MSN, CIC – St. Mary Medical Center; Dawn Marie Rumovitz, RN, BSN, MSN, CIC – St. Mary Medical Center; Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC – University of Rochester Highland Hospital
Session:
1503
Wednesday, Jun 12
4:30 pm
1503 - Integrating Rapid Diagnostics and Antimicrobial Stewardship for Blood Cultures Improves Antibiotic Use in a Community Hospital (ASR-3)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
David Ezdon, PharmD – Einstein Medical Center Montgomery; Janet Cahill, MT/M(ASCP) – Einstein Medical Center; Salah Qutaishat, PhD, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC – Munson Healthcare
Wednesday, Jun 12
4:50 pm
1503 - Leveraging Technology to Increase Public Awareness of the Importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship (ASR-4)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Staci Kvak, MPH, MSN, RN – Washington State Department of Health; Marisa D'Angeli, MD, MPH; Salah Qutaishat, PhD, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC – Munson Healthcare
Wednesday, Jun 12
5:10 pm
1503 - Creating Meaningful Meetings: a Rural Health Approach for Engagement in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Multidrug Resistant Organism Tracking (ASR-5)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Martha D. Jaworski, MS, RN ,CIC – Comagine Health; Susan Heppler, BSN, RN; Matthew C. Burns, BS; Salah Qutaishat, PhD, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC – Munson Healthcare
Session:
2103
Thursday, Jun 13
10:15 am
2103 - Supporting the Infection Preventionist in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Why Required Education Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg (ETC-12)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Karen M. Jones, MPH, RN, CIC – The University of Michigan; Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN; Molly Harrod, PhD; Lona Mody, MD, MSc – University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; Dorine Berriel-Cass, MA, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Spectrum Health
Thursday, Jun 13
10:35 am
2103 - Factors Associated with Infection Preventionist Turnover in Long-term Care Facilities (LPD-17)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Margaret Drake, MT,ASCP,CIC – Nebraska Medicine/ Nebraska DHHS; Regina Nailon, Phd, RN; Teresa Fitzgerald, BSN, RN, CIC; Laura K. Tyner, RN, BSN, CIC; Sue Beach, BA; Terry Micheels, MSN, RN, CIC; Mark Rupp, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center; Michelle Schwedhelm, MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Maureen Tierney, MD, MSc.; Muhammad S. Ashraf, MBBS – University of Nebraska Medical Center; Dorine Berriel-Cass, MA, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Spectrum Health
Thursday, Jun 13
10:55 am
2103 - Treat the Resident, Not the Urine: Using Patient Safety to Reduce Urinary Tract Infections and Overuse of Urine Culture in Long Term Care (ISR-16)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Theresa Haley, BS MT(ASCP) CIC – Lebanon VAMC; Suzanne Fritz, BSN, RN, CIC – Lebanon VA Medical Center; Dorine Berriel-Cass, MA, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Spectrum Health
Session:
2203
Thursday, Jun 13
2:15 pm
2203 - Multi-facility Containment of a Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Outbreak –– January 2018–July 2018 (OIPH-20)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Allison Chan, MPH – Tennessee Department of Health; Kelley Tobey, MPH, RN, CIC; Nailah Smith, DVM, MPH; Pamela Talley, MD,MPH; Alison Halpin, PhD; Gillian McAllister, BS; Erisa Sula, MS; Alicia Shugart, MA; Maroya Walters, PhD, ScM; Marion Kainer, MD, MPH, FRACP, FSHEA; Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC – Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
Thursday, Jun 13
2:35 pm
2203 - A Description of the First Candida Auris-colonized Individuals in New York State, 2016-2017 (OIPH-21)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Rafael Fernandez, MPH, CIC – New York State Department of Health; Karen L. Southwick, MD, MSc – New York State Department of Health; Crystal Green, MPH; Jane A. Greenko, RN, MPH, CIC; Eleanor Adams, MD, MPH; Richard Erazo, BS; Ronald Jean Denis, MPH; Rutvik Patel, MSW, MSc; Rosalie Giardina, MT; Sudha Chaturvedi, PhD; YanChun Zhu, MS; Lynn Leach, MS; Monica Quinn, RN, MS, CIC; Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC – Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
Thursday, Jun 13
2:55 pm
2203 - Education and Consistent Infection Prevention Practices Prevail: An Outbreak of CRE in a Long Term Acute Care Hospital (OIPH-22)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Alicia M. Pucci, RN, PHN – Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Chelsea Foo, MPH, CIC; Kelsey OYong, MPH, CIC; Merle Baron, RN BSN PHN; Amber Griffin, RN, MSN,PHN; Veronica Rosales-Herrera, MSN, RN, PHN; James McKinnell, MD; Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH; Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC – Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.
Session:
2403
Thursday, Jun 13
3:45 pm
2403 - High Occurrence of Potential Contamination Risks Observed for Pediatric Patients Receiving Rapid Fluid Boluses with Single-use Syringes (ADS-9)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Galen Robertson, MS – 410 Medical; Heather Hoff; Hillary Spangler, MD; Mark Piehl, MD, MPH; Crystal Heishman, MBA, MSN, RN, ONC, CIC, FAPIC – University of Louisville Hospital
Thursday, Jun 13
4:05 pm
2403 - Impact of Repeat Infection Timeframe on CLABSI Surveillance (ST-32)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Katie L. Williams, MS, BSN, RN – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Lauren Farrell, MS, MLS(ASCP), CIC – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Kevin McNally, BSN, RN, CPN; Sara Townsend, MS-HQS, CIC – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Lori Handy, MD, MSCE – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Julia Sammons, MD, MSCE – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Crystal Heishman, MBA, MSN, RN, ONC, CIC, FAPIC – University of Louisville Hospital
Thursday, Jun 13
4:25 pm
2403 - Development of an Infection Prevention Review Process for Clinical Trials with Oncolytic Viruses, Gene Therapy, and Other Biologic Agents (QA-31)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Carey Dombecki, MPH, CIC – Michigan Medicine; Tiffany Dogan, MPH, CIC; Rajkiran Kullar, MPH CIC; Amanda Valyko, MPH, CIC, FAPIC; Terri Stillwell, MD; Laraine Washer, MD; Crystal Heishman, MBA, MSN, RN, ONC, CIC, FAPIC – University of Louisville Hospital
Session:
3003
Friday, Jun 14
8:00 am
3003 - Effectiveness of a Cleaning Protocol on Environmental Contamination in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ASR-2)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
David Levine, PT, PhD, DPT, FAPTA – The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Henry Spratt, PhD; Mark Rowin, MD; Kay Sams, RN, BSN, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Friday, Jun 14
8:20 am
3003 - Beyond the Naked Eye: Biofilms and Microbial Diversity in Re-laundered Mops and Towels Used in Healthcare Facilities (ADS-6)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Mark Wiencek, PhD, T-CHEST – Contec, Inc.; Kay Sams, RN, BSN, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Friday, Jun 14
8:40 am
3003 - Water Safety and Management Plans: A Patient Safety Initiative That Needs Infection Preventionists (ECR-14)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Laura Morris, MT (ASCP), CIC – Special Pathogens Laboratory; Julianne L. Baron, PhD, RBP – Special Pathogens Laboratory; David Pierre – SPL Consulting; Frank P. Sidari, III, PE, BCEE – Special Pathogens Laboratory; Janet E. Stout, PhD – Special Pathogens Laboratory and University of Pittsburgh; Kay Sams, RN, BSN, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Session:
3203
Friday, Jun 14
9:30 am
3203 - Reducing Hospital-acquired Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections and Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Through a Multi-disciplinary Approach (QA-28)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Chelsea Ludington, MPH – Spectrum Health; Nicole Pahl, MPH – Henry Ford Health System; Vivek Kak, MD FACP; Dorine Berriel-Cass, MA, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Spectrum Health
Friday, Jun 14
9:50 am
3203 - Finally! an External Female Catheter Device for Women! (QA-29)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Cassandra J. Mueller, MSN, CIC, CNL – Boone Hospital Center; Cassandra J. Mueller, MSN, CIC, CNL – Boone Hospital Center; Dorine Berriel-Cass, MA, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Spectrum Health
Friday, Jun 14
10:10 am
3203 - Taking Every Precaution – an Inter-professional Approach to Reducing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in an Acute Care Medical Center (QA-30)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Alina G. Stancovici, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CIC – Advocate Aurora Health - Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Benjamin D. Galvan-Anderson, MLS(ASCP) – Advocate Aurora Health - Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Dorine Berriel-Cass, MA, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Spectrum Health
Session:
3303
Friday, Jun 14
1:30 pm
3303 - Evaluation of High-level Disinfection Processes for Linear Endoscopic Ultrasound Scopes Following New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia (ADS-7)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Emily B. Moulton, MSN, RN – Inova Fairfax Medical Campus; Regan Trappler, MPH, RN, CIC; Lucy He, MLS(ASCP)CM; Holly Taylor, MPH, CIC – Inova Health System; Deeb Oweis, RN, CNOR; Lisa K. Sturm, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Ascension
Friday, Jun 14
1:50 pm
3303 - Clinical Soil Removal from Flexible Endoscopes Is Critically Dependent on the Completeness of the Manual Cleaning Process (ADS-8)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Marco Bommarito, PhD – 3M; Lisa K. Sturm, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Ascension
Friday, Jun 14
2:10 pm
3303 - A Tale of Two Departments: How Collaboration Between Infection Prevention and Sterile Processing Departments Can Improve Patient Safety (QA-27)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Ellen Evashwick, RN BA CIC CRCST – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; sylvia Cumplido, MSN, RN, CIC – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Glen Eleby, CRCST; Teresa Washington, CRCST; Sneha Krishna, Masters of Science in Health Informatics; Matthew Almario, MPH; Alicia Hammonds-Reed, MPH; Sharon Fawcett, MSN, RN, CIC; Michael Ben-Aderet, MD; Jonathan Grein, MD; Lisa K. Sturm, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Ascension
Session:
3503
Friday, Jun 14
2:45 pm
3503 - Accidental Discharge of the Fire Sprinkler System in a Level I Trauma Center Operating Room (ECR-13)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Teresa Barnett, BSN, RN, CIC – BSWH Medical Center - Temple; William Schreier, RN CIC – Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple; William Schreier, RN CIC – Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple; Teresa Barnett, BSN, RN, CIC – BSWH Medical Center - Temple; William Schreier, RN CIC – Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple; Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Friday, Jun 14
3:05 pm
3503 - An Infection Prevention and Control Exposure Playbook: Preparing for Rapid Response (OIPH-19)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Lauren Farrell, MS, MLS(ASCP), CIC – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Cindy L. Hoegg, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC; Privette Grayson, MPH, CIC, LSSGB; Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Julia Sammons, MD, MSCE – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Friday, Jun 14
3:25 pm
3503 - Impact of Exposures and Outbreaks on Staff Nurse and Infection Preventionist Workload (ETC-11)
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 113AB
Bevin Cohen, PhD, MS, MPH, RN; Amanda J. Hessels, PhD, MPH, RN, CIC, CPHQ, FAPIC – Columbia University, School Of Nursing/ Hackensack Meridian Health; Ana Kelly, PhD RN; Lucy Chen, MPH, ASQ CSSYB; Philip Zachariah, MD, MS; Elaine Larson, PhD RN FAAN; Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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