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21 Infection Control and the Healthcare Environment

Friday, March 19, 2010: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
International South (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)
Type: Oral
Moderators:
John M. Boyce, MD and Philip Carling, MD
10:30 AM
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Acheiving Sustained Improvment in Environmental Hygiene Using a Coordinated Benchmarking in 12 Hospitals
Philip Carling, MD, Carney Hospital; Enid K. Eck, RN, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Health Systems
10:45 AM
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Terminal Decontamination of Patient Rooms by Using a Mobile Ultraviolet Light Unit
Nancy L. Havill, MT, Hospital of Saint Raphael; John M. Boyce, MD, Hospital of Saint Raphael
11:00 AM
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Beyond the “Hawthorne Effect”: Reduction of Clostridium difficile Environmental Contamination through Active Intervention to Improve Cleaning Practices
Dubert Guerrero, MD, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Med. Ctr.; Philip Carling, MD, Carney Hospital; Lucy Jury, N.P., Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center; Suresh Ponnada, M.D., Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center; Michelle Nerandzic, BS, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center; Elizabeth C. Eckstein, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center; Curtis Donskey, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
11:15 AM
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Comparison of Clostridium difficile sporicidal activity and materials compatibility of a new peracetic acid-based disinfectant and 10% household bleach
Michelle M. Nerandzic, BS, Cleveland VA Medical Center; Daniel Klein, PhD, Steris Corporation; Michael J. Pultz, BS, Cleveland VA Medical Center; Curtis J. Donskey, Cleveland VA Medical Center
11:30 AM
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Decontamination of unused, packaged consumables contaminated with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) using hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV)
Jonathan A. Otter, BIOQUELL Inc; Mike Duclos, BIOQUELL Inc; Elaine Nowakowski, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Catherine L. Passaretti, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Trish Perl, MD, MSc, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
11:45 AM
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Transfer of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms to Healthcare Workers' Gloves and Gowns After Patient Contact Increases with Environmental Contamination
Elizabeth T. Rogawski, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Anthony Harris, MD, MPH, University of Maryland School of Medicine; J. Kristie Johnson, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Kerri Thom, MD, MS, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Eli Perencevich, MD, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine and the Iowa City VA Medical Center; Mary S. Lee, BS, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Daniel J. Morgan, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine