Session: MRSA (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

10:30 AM

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Impact of Post-Discharge Events on Hospital Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Rates
Taliser R. Avery, BS, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine

10:45 AM

71

Impact of Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Carriage on Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Acquisition
Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine; Sheryl Rifas-Shiman, MPH, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Hilary Placzek, MPH, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Katherine Lave, MS, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Ken Kleinman, PhD, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Richard Platt, MD, MS, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

11:00 AM

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Impact of a Multi-Component Hygiene-Based Intervention on SSTI and MRSA-Associated SSTI at a Marine Corps Recruit Training Facility
Stephanie M. Morrison, MPH, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; LT Carl R. Blaesing, US Naval Hospital Okinawa; Eugene Millar, PhD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Carey Schlett, MPH, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Kenneth Wilkins, PhD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; David Tribble, MD, DrPH, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; LTC Michael Ellis, MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

11:15 AM

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Impact of a 4-Year Universal Surveillance and Decolonization Program to Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Lance R. Peterson, MD, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Donna Hacek, MT, (ASCP), NorthShore University HealthSystem; Jennifer L. Beaumont, PhD, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Susan Boehm, RN, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Toni-Mari Gonzalzles, BS, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Nita Gocht, BA, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Ari Robicsek, MD, NorthShore University HealthSystem

11:30 AM

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Results of a Veterans Affairs Initiative to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
Martin E. Evans, MD, VHA MRSA Program Office, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Rajiv Jain, MD, VHA MRSA Program Office, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Gary A. Roselle, MD, VHA Infectious Diseases Program Office, Cincinnati VA Medical Center; Stephen M. Kralovic, MD, MPH, VHA Infectious Diseases Program Office, Cincinnati VA Medical Center; Meredith Ambrose, MHA, VHA MRSA Program Office, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Loretta A. Simbartl, MS, VHA Infectious Diseases Program Office, Cincinnati VA Medical Center; D. Scott Obrosky, MS, VHA MRSA Program Office, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Ron W. Freyberg, MS, VHA Infectious Diseases Program Office, Cincinnati VA Medical Center

11:45 AM

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The Demise of MRSA at an Academic Medical Center
Michael Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Therese Duane, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Janis Ober, BSN, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Gonzalo Bearman, MD, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

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