Sunday, April 3, 2011: 1:00 PM-2:15 PM
	Trinity Ballroom (Hilton Anatole)
	
	
	
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				Hospital-Wide Chlorhexidine Patient Bathing Project
			
			
				
					Mark E. Rupp, University of Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					James R. Anderson, University of Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					R. Jennifer Cavalieri, University of Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					Teresa Fitzgerald, Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					Jennifer I. Kucera, University of Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					Elizabeth R. Lyden, University of Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					MaryAnn Martin, Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					Kate Tyner, Nebraska Medical Center; 
				
					Trevor C. Vanschooneveld, University of Nebraska Medical Center
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
	
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
			504
			
	
	
		
			
				World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist implementation helps decrease surgical site infection rates
			
			
				
					Silvia NS Fonseca, MD, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Sonia R. M. Kunzle, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Ivana C Lucca, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Diana Santi, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Marco A Festuccia, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Livian R M Ramos, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Mayra G A Candido, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Magda H Souza, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Francine T Alecrin, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Juliana P Machado, Hospital São Francisco; 
				
					Rodrigo Costa, Hospital São Francisco
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
	
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
			505
			
	
	
		
			
				Effectiveness of Core and Enhanced Strategies as a Method to Reduce Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital
			
			
				
					Teresa Rakoczy, RN, BSN, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview; 
				
					Christine Hendrickson, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview; 
				
					Susan Kline, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview; 
				
					Andrew Streifel, University of Minnesota; 
				
					Kimberly Varejcka-Boeser, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview; 
				
					Douglas Green, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
	
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
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				Implementation of Interactive Educational Software as an Auxiliary Educative Tool on Basic Infection Control Measures
			
			
				
					Carmela Schwartz, RN, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center; 
				
					Ilana Gross, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center; 
				
					Naomi Minster, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center; 
				
					Yafit Shemesh, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center; 
				
					Yuval Weiss, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center; 
				
					Colin Block, MD, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center; 
				
					Allon E. Moses, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center; 
				
					Shmuel Benenson, MD, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
	
 
	
	
	
	
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
			511
			
	
	
		
			
				A successful season for influenza A immunization: 2009
			
			
				
					Gulden Ersoz, MD, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases; 
				
					Ali Kaya, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases; 
				
					Sevim Karacorlu, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Community Infection Control; 
				
					Zeynep Kaya, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Community Infection Control; 
				
					Erdal Doruk, MD, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
	
 
	
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
			513
			
	
	
		
			
				Impact of the Central Line Check-list in an Intensive Care Unit of an Emergency Hospital
			
			
				
					Silma M. Cunha Pinheiro Ribeiro, PHD, Nursing School - Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil; 
				
					Edna Leite, Hospital Universitario Risoleta Tolentino Neves; 
				
					Hoberdan Oliveira Pereira, Hospital Universitario Risoleta Tolentino Neves; 
				
					Alaide Dayrell, Hospital Universitario Risoleta Tolentino Neves; 
				
					Fernando Antonio Botoni, Hospital Universitario Risoleta Tolentino Neves; 
				
					Andreza Alvarenga Werly, Hospital Universitario Risoleta Tolentino Neves; 
				
					Christiane Geralda Oliveira, Hospital Universitario Risoleta Tolentino Neves; 
				
					Suelem Grossi Barbosa, RN, Nursing School - Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
	
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
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				Modeling the Economic Value of the Distribution of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Bathing Kits for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
			
			
				
					Rachel R. Bailey, MPH, University of Pittsburgh; 
				
					Dianna R. Stuckey, University of Pittsburgh; 
				
					Bryan A. Norman, PhD, University of Pittsburgh; 
				
					Andrew P. Duggan, University of Pittsburgh; 
				
					Robert R. Muder, MD, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare Sys; 
				
					Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA, University of Pittsburgh
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
	
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
			515
			
	
	
		
			
				A System-Wide Approach Toward Device Related Infection Reduction in the ICU
			
			
				
					Sorabh Dhar, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					George Alangaden, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Dror Marchaim, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Teena Chopra, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Elaine Flanagan, MSA, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Ghulam Saydain, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Steven Tennenberg, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Ayman Soubani, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Bruno Digiovine, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Michelle Schreiber, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					M. Safwan Badr, MD, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University; 
				
					Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University