Session: Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens in Pediatrics Endorsed by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) (21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (April 1-4, 2011))

Sunday, April 3, 2011: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Chantilly Ballroom - WEST (Hilton Anatole)

CME Credits: 2

CPE Credits: 2.00

ACPE UPN: 0072-9999-11-007-L04-P (knowledge-based)

Type: Symposia

Summary: This session will describe several important infections that are relevant to those in pediatric infection prevention in both free standing children’s hospitals and in pediatric units in a general hospital This includes peripartum infectious agents relevant to the neonate, NICU infection prevention and control guidelines, respiratory tract viruses, and tuberculosis or pediatric peritoneal dialysis infections. Examples of prevention tactics, planning and use of diagnostic test will be used to illustrate key points.

Learning Objectives:

Analyze the epidemiology of key pathogens on a peripartum clinical unit
Explain the significance and principles investigation of a single case of postpartum GAS endometritis or wound infections
Identify effective strategies for collaboration with obstetricians to prevent neonatal infections
Assess the impact of physical space and staffing levels in the NICU on HAI
Summarize isolation and other preventive strategies in the NICU for MRSA, VRE, Candida, RSV, influenza, enteroviruses
Justify the role of contact vaccinations and visitor restriction policies in the NICU
Plan how to integrate NICU infection prevention into a general hospital infection prevention plan
Determine the epidemiology of respiratory tract viruses detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Illustrate when to use PCR test results for discontinuation of contact precautions
Develop testing algorithms for respiratory viruses
Summarize the epidemiology of TB in children in the U.S.
Evaluate the role of interferon gamma response tests in children
Evaluate the role of radiologic imaging studies in diagnosis and follow-up of tuberculosis in children

Endorsed by:

Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists

Moderators:

Ann-Christine Nyquist, MD, MSPH and Thomas Sandora, MD

10:30 AM

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Recognizing and Preventing Transmission of Key Pathogens in the Pregnant Woman during the Peripartum Period: MRSA, VRE, Group A Strep (GAS), 2009 H1N1
Jeanne Sheffield, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

11:00 AM

379

Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): A New Age HICPAC Guideline
Alexis Elward, MD, Washington University School of Medicine

11:30 AM

380

Healthcare Associated Viral Infections: Not Just Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH, The Children's Hospital at Cleveland Clinic

12:00 PM

381

Tuberculosis in Children: Is Technology Our Friend or Foe?
Jeffrey Starke, MD, Texas Children's Hospital

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