CTS06 - COVID in Healthcare Settings: Transmission and Infection Prevention

Speaker(s)

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  David Nace, MD MPH

  Clinical Chief of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Chief of Medical Affairs UPMC Senior Communities
  Department of Medicine
  University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD

  Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  David Weber, MD, MPH

  Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
  Department of Medicine
  University of North Carolina
  Chapel Hill, NC

  Disclosure: PDI () : Consultant

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.00 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.00 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE Credits

Learning Objectives:

• discuss the various ways SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted
• explain different ways of preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in acute care settings
• describe how to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission in post-acute, long-term care, and assisted living facilties

Presentations:

• 3:30pm – 3:55pm EDT

  Transmission of sars-cov-2: Aerosols, Droplet, and Turbulent Gas Clouds – Navigating Through the Noise
  David J. Weber, MD, MPH – University of North Carolina
• 3:55pm – 4:20pm EDT

  Preventing sars-cov-2 Transmission in Acute Care Settings: Multiple Strategies with a Common Goal
  Erica S. Shenoy, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 4:20pm – 4:45pm EDT

  Preventing sars-cov-2 Transmission in Post-acute/long-term Care/assisted Living Settings
  David A. Nace, MD MPH – University of Pittsburgh