SGW: Associate Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Medical Director of Infection Control and Clinical Quality, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. CS: Associate Professor, Division of Infectoius Diseases, Medical Director of Infection Control, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

• 1. Overview - a general approach to the management of healthcare-associated infections ; a. Standard approach to the patient with suspected healthcare-associated infection ; b. General principles of infection control and prevention ; 2. Respiratory infections ; a. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) ; b. Aspiration pneumonia ; c. Healthcare-associated Legionellosis ; d. Healthcare-associated viral pneumonia ; e. Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; 3. Endovascular infections ; a. Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) ; b. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis ; c. Candidemia in the intensive care unit ; d. Central-line tunnel infections ; e. Intra-cardiac device infections ; f. Arteriovenous fistula and graft infections ; 4. Skin, soft tissue, and orthopedic infections ; a. Necrotizing fasciitis after surgery ; b. Varicella zoster among hospitalized patients ; c. Scabies in the hospital ; d. Prosthetic joint infection ; 5. Gastrointestinal and intra-abdominal infections ; a. Healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection ; b. Herpes simplex virus esophagitis ; c. Norovirus in the healthcare setting ; d. Post-surgical intra-abdominal abscess ; 6. Urinary tract infections ; a. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection ; 7. Infections in immunocompromised patients ; a. Healthcare-associated infection after solid organ transplant ; b. Healthcare-acquired infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients ; 8. Issues in pediatrics ; a. Sepsis in a very low birth weight neonate ; b. Bordetella pertussis in healthcare ; c. Respiratory syncytial virus in the neonatal intensive care unit ; 9. Multidrug-resistant organisms and bioterrorism ; a. The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-colonized patient ; b. Extended spectrum beta-lactamase and other highly-resistant GNR ; c. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci ; d. Bioterrorism and hospital preparedness

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