121 - Tackling the Big Beasts of Healthcare Epidemiology

10/4/2019

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 207 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: 0221-9999-19-360-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

explain methods for preventing spread of Candida auris
discuss the value of surveillance and prevention of central line infections in the outpatient setting
discuss the importance of preventing MDRO transmission across healthcare settings

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
955 - Tracking and Preventing Complications of Central Lines in Outpatient Settings
Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc – Michigan Medicine
10:55 AM - 11:20 AM
956 - There and Back Again: The Role of Post-Acute-Care and Care Transitions in Controlling the Spread of MDROs
Ghinwa Dumyati, MD – New York Rochester Emerging Infections Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
957 - Infection Control Measures for the Prevention and Control of Candida Auris
Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD, MPH – CDC

Moderator(s)

Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO

Professor of Pediatrics
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Disclosure: Oregon Health Authority: Consultant

Speaker(s)

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc

Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Ghinwa Dumyati, MD

Professor
New York Rochester Emerging Infections Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD, MPH

Medical epidemiologist
CDC
Atlanta, GA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose