Saturday, April 2, 2011: 1:00 PM-2:15 PM
Trinity Ballroom (Hilton Anatole)
Abstracts
253
MRSA Decolonization--Clarian Health Partners' Experience
Amy B. Kressel, MD, MS, Indiana Univ Schl of Medicine;
Douglas H. Webb, MD, Clarian Health Partners;
Lauren L. Fish, BN, CIC, Clarian Health Partners;
Jennie L. McVey, RN, CIC, Clarian Health Partners;
Suzanne Tolliver, Clarian Health Partners
255
Using Automated Orders to Facilitate MRSA Screening and Decolonization
Amy B. Kressel, MD, MS, Indiana Univ Schl of Medicine;
Douglas H. Webb, MD, Clarian Health Partners;
Lauren L. Fish, BN, CIC, Clarian Health Partners;
Jennie L. McVey, RN, CIC, Clarian Health Partners;
Suzanne Tolliver, Clarian Health Partners
258
Evaluation of Strategies to Reduce Hospital Acquired (HAI) Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission and Infection
Alexis Raimondi, MS, RN, CIC, Beth Israel Medical Center;
Brian Koll, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Marie Moss, MPH, RN, CIC, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Barbara Smith, RN, CIC, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center;
Eloisa Santos, RN, CIC, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center;
Patricia Friedmann, MS, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Nancy Nugent, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Richard Smith, CIC, Long Island College Hospital;
David Crimmins, RN, CIC, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Angela Gabasan, RN, CIC, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center;
Maureen Kreider, MSN, RN, CIC, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Eileen Abruzzo, RN, CIC, Long Island College Hospital;
Kathryn Stanak, RN, CIC, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
William Riley, MD, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Emilia Sordillo, MD, PhD, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center;
Douglas V. Sepkowitz, Long Island College Hospital;
Clarinda MacLow, Beth Israel Med Ctr;
Barry Kreiswirth, PhD, Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey;
Bruce Polsky, MD, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
261
Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthcare Workers of Intensive Care Unit in Four Hospitals in Nicaragua
Isabel Baldizón-Ibarra, MD, Hospital Metropolitano Vivian Pellas;
Andrés Espinoza-Briones, MD, Hospital Metropolitano Vivian Pellas;
Claudia Martínez-Rojas, BMLS, Hospital Metropolitano Vivian Pellas;
Salvador Rizo-Centeno, BMLS, Hospital Metropolitano Vivian Pellas;
Carlos Quant-Durán, MD, Hospital Roberto Calderón;
Guillermo Porras-Cortés, MD, Hospital Metropolitano Vivian Pellas
262
Study of Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Creep in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates at a Community Hospital
Aarthi Narasimhan, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, UCSF-Fresno;
Graciela Faiad, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, UCSF-Fresno;
Ali Rashidian, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, UCSF-Fresno;
Marisa Mendez, PharmD, Department of Infectious Diseases, UCSF-Fresno;
Shobha Sharma, DO, Department of Infectious Diseases, UCSF-Fresno;
Vijay P. Balasubramanian, MD, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,UCSF-Fresno;
Naiel Nassar, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, UCSF-Fresno
263
Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) creep among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): A literature review
Jarrett Amsden, PharmD, Butler University;
Iftekhar Kalsekar, PhD, Butler University;
Smita Kothari, PhD, MBA, Astellas Pharma US, Inc;
Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, Washington Health Center;
Marya Zilberberg, MD, MPH, EviMed Research Group, LLC
264
Absence of MRSA Transmission in Adult Intensive Care Units Without Isolation of Colonized Patients
Robert F. Luo, MD, MPH, Stanford Hospital & Clinics;
Alexandra Madison, MPH, CIC, Stanford Hospital & Clinics;
Niaz Banaei, MD, Stanford Hospital & Clinics;
Lucy Tompkins, MD, PhD, Stanford Hospital & Clinics
265
Evaluating the economic value of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) testing: A Stochastic Simulation Model
Rachel R. Bailey, MPH, University of Pittsburgh;
Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh;
Paul J. Ufberg, DO, MBA, University of Pittsburgh;
G. Jonathan Lewis, DO, MPH, University of Pittsburgh;
Ronald Voorhees, University of Pittsburgh;
Lee H. Harrison, MD, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr;
Alyssa Willig, University of Pittsburgh;
Maria M. Brooks, PhD, University of Pittsburgh;
Robert R. Muder, MD, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare Sys;
Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA, University of Pittsburgh
267
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevalence in a Residents' Population
Pascale Trépanier, MD, Service de microbiologie-infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon Hôtel-Dieu de Québec;
Claude Tremblay, MD, Service de microbiologie-infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon Hôtel-Dieu de Québec;
Annie Ruest, MD, Service de microbiologie-infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
268
MRSA and Hand Hygiene Education: Perceptions and Practices of Healthcare Workers at VA Spinal Cord Injury Centers
Charlesnika T. Evans, PhD, MPH, Department of Veterans Affairs and Northwestern University;
Jennifer Hill, Department of Veterans Affairs;
Marylou Guihan, Department of Veterans Affairs;
Timothy Hogan, PhD, Department of Veterans Affairs;
Amy Chin, MS, Department of Veterans Affairs;
Kenzie Cameron, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University;
Amy Kerr, MS, Department of Veterans Affairs
269
Linking Phenotypic Categorization of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Cases with Genotypic and Clinical Characteristics
Rachel Tumin, BS, BA, The Ohio State University Medical Center;
Shu-Hua Wang, MD, MPH-TM, The Ohio State University Medical Center;
Preeti Pancholi, PhD, The Ohio State University Medical Center;
Yosef Khan, MBBS, MPH, The Ohio State University Medical Center;
Lisa Hines, RN, CIC, The Ohio State University Medical Center;
Kurt B. Stevenson, MD, MPH, The Ohio State University Medical Center
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