283 - A Focus on Personal Protective Equipment: How to Optimize Use to Prevent HAIs

10/5/2019

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 146 ABC

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 0 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: no ACPE

Learning Objectives:

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

list the key considerations in design and selections of personal protective equipment
learn the importance of correcting errors of donning and doffing
describe in which experience with Ebola virus infection has improved routine practices with personal protective equipment

Presentations:

1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
2807 - Donning and Doffing: Identifying Failures to Improve Use
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins
2:10 PM - 2:35 PM
2808 - Using Lessons Learned from Ebola to Improve Everyday Practice
Jesse T. Jacob, MD, MSc – Emory University
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
2809 - Characteristics of Personal Protective Equipment: Design and Selection
Curtis Donskey, MD – Cleveland VA Medical Center

Moderator(s)

Tara Palmore, MD

Hospital Epidemiologist
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Angela Hewlett, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Disclosure: Mapp Biopharmaceutical, Inc: Research Grant

Speaker(s)

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Curtis Donskey, MD

Professor
Cleveland VA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
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Jesse Jacob, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Disclosure: CDC: Grant/Research Support, Research Grant
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Senior Director of Infection Prevention
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose