Session: Translating Mandates, Guidelines, and Bundles into Practice: Lessons from Implementation Science (21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (April 1-4, 2011))

Saturday, April 2, 2011: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Chantilly Ballroom (Hilton Anatole)

CME Credits: 1.50

Type: Plenary Sessions

Summary: To prevent healthcare acquired infections, we must translate research findings regarding effective interventions into better routine healthcare practice. This session will examine insights from implementation science that can make this process more effective, consistent, and rapid. Specifically, the session will address the role of leadership in implementing change, bundling interventions and scaling them up across healthcare institutions and networks, and the role of human factors and systems engineering in facilitating and sustaining these improvements.

Learning Objectives:

Review key principles for implementing interventions to prevent HAIs
Describe strategies and examples derived from broad-based implementation of interventions to prevent HAIs
Assess important elements of human factors engineering to facilitate prevention of HAIs

Endorsed by:

American Hospital Association
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
Infusion Nurses Society
International Federation of Infection Control
Joint Commission
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Moderators:

Keith F. Woeltje, MD, PhD and Barbara Soule, RN, MPA, CIC

8:30 AM

The Art and Science of Implementation: The Role of Leadership and Followership in Preventing Infection
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, University of Michigan and Ann Arbor VA Medical Center

9:00 AM

Scaling up HAI Prevention Across Institutions
John R. Combes, MD, Center for Healthcare Governance

9:30 AM

Human Factors in Implementation Science
Carla J. Alvarado, PhD, Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

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