Session: The Colonized or Infected Healthcare Worker (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

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

Regency V (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

CME Credits: 1.25

Type: Oral

Summary: Healthcare workers may become colonized or infected with transmissible pathogens such as MRSA, Salmonella sp., and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This session will assess risks of transmission of pathogens other than viral hepatitis and HIV, from colonized or infected healthcare workers to patients. Faculty will review approaches to management of the colonized or infected healthcare worker.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss risks of transmission of pathogens such as MRSA, Salmonella sp., and Mycobacterium tuberculosis from colonized or infected healthcare workers to patients.
Describe approaches to management of colonized or infected healthcare workers.
Identify controversies in healthcare worker management.

7:00 AM

382

Hilary Babcock, MD, Washington University School of Medicine

7:40 AM

383

Susan Sebazco, RN, BS, CIC, Arlington Memorial Hospital

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