82 - Born into Resistance: Improving Global Neonatal Health in an Era of Antimicrobial Resistance

Speaker(s)

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  Julia Johnson, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Shaun Morris, MD, MPH, DTM&H, FRCPC, FAAP

  Clinician-Scientist
  Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Nisha Thampi, MD MSc

  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
  Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.00 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.00 hours of MOC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
No CPE Credits0221-9999-20-480-H04-P

Learning Objectives:

• discuss infection prevention and control practices for reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality due to healthcare-associated infections in low resource settings
• explore community-based infection prevention approaches for reducing neonatal bacterial infections in low income settings

Presentations:

• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Community-based Strategies to Prevent Serious Bacterial Infections in Newborns in Low Income Settings
  Shaun Morris, MD, MPH, DTM&H, FRCPC, FAAP – Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Introduction: Neonatal Infections in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance
  Nisha Thampi, MD MSc – Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Preventing Healthcare-associated Infections Among Hospitalized Neonates in Low and Middle Income Countries
  Julia Johnson, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University