Friday, March 19, 2010: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Regency VI-VII (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)
Oral
Moderators:
Teresa C. Horan, MPH
and
Marion Kainer, MD
10:45 AM
77
Challenges to Inter-Hospital Comparisons of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Rates in Orange County, California
Melissa N. Kuo, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine;
Taliser R. Avery, BS, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute;
Christopher M. Nguyen, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine;
Kristen Elkins, BS, Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine;
Hildy Meyers, MD, MPH, Epidemiology and Assessment Program, Orange County Health Care Agency;
Michele Cheung, MD, MPH, Epidemiology and Assessment Program, Orange County Health Care Agency;
Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
11:00 AM
78
New York State Hospital-Acquired Infection Reporting System: Survey of Post-Discharge Surveillance Practices for Surgical Site Infections
Carole Van Antwerpen, BSN, CIC, New York State Department of Health;
Kamal Siag, MBSS, MPH, New York State Department of Health;
Diana Doughty, RN, MBA, CIC, New York State Department of Health;
Kathleen Gase, MPH, CIC, New York State Department of Health;
Peggy Hazamy, BSN, CIC, New York State Department of Health;
Boldt Tserenpuntsag, DrPH, New York State Department of Health;
Marie Tsivitis, MPH, CIC, New York State Department of Health;
Rachel Stricof, MPH, CIC, New York State Deptartment of Health, Hospital Acquired Infection Reporting
11:15 AM
79
Assessing Inter-rater Reliability (IRR) of Surveillance Decisions by Infection Preventionists (IPs)
Jeanmarie Mayer, MD, University of Utah School of Medicine;
Janelle Howell, MPH, MHA, University of Utah School of Medicine;
Tom Green, PhD, University of Utah School of Medicine;
Michael Rubin, MD, PhD, IDEAS Center;
William R. Ray, University of Utah School of Medicine;
Brian Nordberg, BS, University of Utah School of Medicine;
Candace L. Hayden, MSPH, University of Utah School of Medicine;
Pat Nechodom, MPH, University of Utah School of Medicine;
Matthew Samore, MD, IDEAS Center
11:30 AM
80
Can electronic algorithm (EA) surveillance for central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) improve comparisons of CLABSI rates between hospitals?
Michael Y. Lin, MD, MPH, Rush University Medical Center;
Keith F. Woeltje, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine;
Yosef M. Khan, MBBS, MPH, Ohio State University Medical Center;
Joshua A. Doherty, BS, Washington University School of Medicine;
Tara B. Borlawsky, MA, Ohio State University Medical Center;
Kurt B. Stevenson, MD, MPH, Ohio State University Medical Center;
Bala Hota, MD, MPH, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County;
Robert A. Weinstein, MD, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Rush University Medical Center;
William E. Trick, MD, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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