Session: Electronic Surveillance in Infection Prevention (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

Saturday, March 20, 2010: 7:00 AM-8:20 AM

International North (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

CME Credits: 1.25

Type: Oral

Summary: This session will provide discussion of the desirable features and potential pitfalls of commercial software to consider when evaluating various infection control support software systems. The discussants will provide a sound conceptual framework of what electronic surveillance can and cannot do as an important factor to consider in such an evaluation. The session will not directly compare commercial products.

Learning Objectives:

Review up-to-date research evaluations of computer-assisted infection detection.
Evaluate desirable features of software support for infection detection.
Identify potential pitfalls of software support and methods to overcome them.

7:00 AM

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William Trick, MD, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

7:40 AM

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Keith Woeltje, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine

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