Session: Infections in Critically Ill Adult Patients (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

10:30 AM

741

Multicenter Evaluation of a Novel Surveillance Definition for Complications of Mechanical Ventilation
Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School; Yosef Khan, MD, Ohio State Medical Center; R. Scott Evans, MS, PhD, University of Utah; James F. Lloyd, BS, University of Utah; Kurt Stevenson, MD, Ohio State Medical Center; Matthew Samore, MD, University of Utah; Richard Platt, MD, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute

10:45 AM

742

The Use of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Standardized Infection Ratios for Intensive Care Units Benchmarking (REA-RAISIN Network, France 2004-2007)
Anne Savey, MD, MSc, CClin Sud-Est; Benoit Tressieres, MSc, CClin Sud-Est; Louis Ayzac, MD, MSc, CClin Sud-Est; Alain Lepape, MD, CClin Sud-Est; Jerome Tanguy, Institut de veille sanitaire; Pascale Bernillon, PhD, Institut de veille sanitaire; Bruno Coignard, MD, MSc, Institut de veille sanitaire; Working Group Raisin-REA, CClin Sud-Est

11:00 AM

743

A Need for Early Tracheostomy (Trach) Placement: Differences in Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) and Pathogens with Duration of Ventilation
Jennifer L. Arndt, MS, CIC, University of Michigan Health System; Benrong Chen, PhD, University of Michigan Health System; Carol E. Chenoweth, MD, University of Michigan Health System

11:15 AM

744

Reduction of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Using Real-Time Course Correction via a Ventilator Bundle Compliance Dashboard
Thomas R. Talbot, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Devin S. Carr, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; C. Lee Parmley, MD, JD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Barbara E. Gray, RN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Anna M. Ambrose, RRT, MHA, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Sharon L. Mullins, RN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; John M. Starmer, MD, MMHC, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

11:30 AM

745

Interventions to Reduce UTIs in the Critical Care Setting
Janis Ober, BSN, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Kakotan Sanogo, MS, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Therese Duane, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Gonzalo Bearman, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Michael Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

11:45 AM

746

Chlorhexidine (CHG) Bathing Reduces Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infection (HA-BSI) and Blood Culture Contaminants (BC-Contam): A Multiple Hospital Study of ICU and Respiratory Care Patients (Pts)
Marisa A. Montecalvo, MD, Westchester Medical Center, Department of Infection Prevention and Control; Donna McKenna, NP, MS, Westchester Medical Center, Department of Infection Prevention and Control; Mack Lynda, RN, Westchester Medical Center, Department of Infection Prevention and Control; Robert Yarrish, MD, Sound Shore Med Ctr; Guiqing Wang, MD, PhD, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Department of Pathology; Janet P. Haas, DNSc, Westchester Medical Center, Department of Infection Prevention and Control; Norine Dellarocco, RN, MSN, Sound Shore Med Ctr; Addie Rosenthal, RN, MS, Mt Vernon Hospital; Barbara Savatteri, RN, Hudson Valley Hospital Center; Anita Watson, RN, MSNed, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center; Quihu Shi, PhD, New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice

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