4 - If I Built a Hospital: Designing to Optimize Infection Prevention

10/2/2019

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 151 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.75 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.75 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:

understand how design of hospitals air handling affects nosocomial infection risk
appreciate potential benefits of newer and innovative strategies to reduce infection risk from air handling system
understand how design of water infrastructure affects nosocomial infection risk
appreciate potential benefits of newer and innovative design strategies to reduce infection risk from water systems
understand how design of hospitals and hospital layout affect nosocomial infection risk
appreciate potential benefits of newer and innovative hospital design strategies to reduce infection risk
appreciate potential benefits of antimicrobial surfaces and innovative environmental disinfection strategies to reduce infection risk

Presentations:

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM
8 - The Ideal Infection Prevention Hospital: Air Handling
Shelly L. Miller, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder
1:55 PM - 2:20 PM
9 - The Ideal Infection Prevention Hospital: Water Systems
Sarah S. Lewis, MD, MPH – Duke University
2:20 PM - 2:45 PM
10 - The Ideal Infection Prevention Hospital: Layout and Design
Craig Zimring – Georgia Tech School of Architecture
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
11 - The Ideal Infection Prevention Hospital: Antimicrobial Surfaces
David J. Weber, MD, MPH – University of North Carolina

Moderator(s)

Tara Palmore, MD

Hospital Epidemiologist
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Costi Sifri, MD

Professor of Medicine Director Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention & Control
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

Speaker(s)

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Sarah Lewis, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University
Durham, NC

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Shelly Miller, PhD

Professor
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
David Weber, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Disclosure: Germitec: Advisory Board, Consultant
PDI: Advisory Board, Consultant
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Craig Zimring

Georgia Tech School of Architecture
Atlanta, GA