Infection Prevention

Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPHRichard P. Wenzel Professor of Medicine-Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases/ Hospital EpidemiologistInfectious Diseases/ EpidemiologyVirginia Commonwealth University Health System1300 East Marshall StreetPO BOX 980019Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States of AmericaT: (804) 828-2121F: (804) 828-2125Email: gonzalo.bearman@vcuhealth.org  L. Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhDEnterprise EpidemiologistAssociate Professor of MedicineDepartment of Medicine-Division of Infectious DiseasesFroedtert and the Medical College of WisconsinFroedtert Hospital9200 W Wisconsin AveMilwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States of AmericaT: (414) 955-8020Email: smunozprice@mcw.edu  Daniel J Morgan, MD, MSAssociate Professor, Chief Hospital EpidemiologistEpidemiology, Public Health and MedicineUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center10 S. Pine StreetMSTF 334Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of AmericaT: (410) 706-1734Email: dmorgan@epi.umaryland.edu

• HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions.- Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes.- Universal Glove and Gown Use for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE).- Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Settings.- Bacterial contamination of the anesthesia work area: hands, patients, and things.- Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting.- New Technologies for Infection Prevention.- What is the Role of Mobile No-touch Disinfection Technology in Optimizing Healthcare Environmental Hygiene?.- Universal MRSA/Staphylococcal Decolonization for Hospitalized Patients.- Staphylococcal Decolonization in Surgery Patients.- The Surgical Care Improvement Project redux: Should CMS revive process of care measures for prevention of surgical site infections?.- Healthcare Worker Apparel and Infection Prevention.- Antimicrobial Textiles and Infection Prevention – Clothes and Inanimate Environment.-Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli - Infection Prevention Considerations.- Active surveillance cultures for MRSA, VRE, Multidrug Resistant Gram-negatives.- C. difficile Microbiome manipulation.- Air Contamination in the Hospital Environment.- Vertical versus horizontal infection control interventions.- The Role of the Hospital Epidemiologist.- Whole Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigation.- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Preparedness.- Probiotics and Infection Prevention.- Animals in Healthcare Settings.- Decolonization in Infection Control of Gram-negative Bacilli.- Testing water for Legionella Prevention.- The importance of C. difficile colonization on infection prevention.- Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel.- Controversies in Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance.- Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Outside the Intensive Care Unit.- Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach.- Donning andDoffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Is Training Necessary?.- Rapid Diagnostics in Infection Prevention.