54 - Even More Big Beasts in Healthcare Epidemiology

Speaker(s)

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  Brooke Decker, MD

  Director, Infection Prevention
  Infectious Diseases Division
  VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

  Associate Professor
  University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
  Springfield, Massachusetts

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

  Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director of Infection Prevention UTSouthwestern Health System
  UT Southwestern Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas

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

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE Credits

Learning Objectives:

• discuss big beasts in healthcare epidemiology
• assess the role of healthcare epidemiology for prevention of common infections

Presentations:

• 5:15pm – 6:30pm EDT

  Healthcare-associated Tuberculosis
  Sarah Haessler, MD – University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
• 5:15pm – 6:30pm EDT

  Legionella
  Brooke K. Decker, MD – VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
• 5:15pm – 6:30pm EDT

  Multi-drug Resistant Gnrs: For Better or for Worse?
  Julie B. Trivedi, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center