Session: Infection Prevention and Control: Setting the Research Agenda for the Next Decade (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

Friday, March 19, 2010: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Centennial Ballroom (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

CME Credits: 1.50

Type: Oral

Summary: Evidence-based interventions are critical to effective prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. This symposium will outline critical information gaps in the epidemiology and pathophysiology of HAIs, and recommendations for closing them. Special attention will be paid to antibiotic resistance among the ESKAPE bacteria.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss existing gaps in knowledge in basic epidemiology and pathophysiology of HAIs.
Describe current progress and future challenges in the development of a research plan to combat nosocomial infections caused by ESKAPE pathogens —Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella species, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species.
Discuss the European approach to infection prevention research.
Discuss how to conduct studies that might help optimize the implementation of infection control interventions that are known to be effective.

Moderators:

John Jernigan, MD, MS , Robert Sherertz, MD and Claudia Steiner, MD

8:30 AM

Critical Knowledge Gaps in Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Healthcare-Associated Infections
David Henderson, MD, National Institutes of Health

8:50 AM

Progress and Challenges in Implementing Research to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens
Louis B. Rice, MD, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

9:10 AM

Infection Prevention Research in Europe: Recent Advances and Future Priorities
Stephan Harbarth, MD, MS, Geneva University Hospital

9:30 AM

Implementation Science: How to Jumpstart Infection Prevention
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, University of Michigan and Ann Arbor VA Medical Center

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