260 - Something for Everyone in Infection Control

Moderator(s)

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  Christopher Pfeiffer, MD, MHS

  Chief, ID Section & Hospital Epidemiologist
  Infectious Diseases
  VA Portland Healthcare System
  Portland, OR, United States

  Disclosure(s): MedPace: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Pfizer, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Terminated)

Presentations:

• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM US ET

  CLUSTER Trial An 82 U.S. Hospital Cluster Randomized Trial (CRT) to Assess the Impact of an Automated Statistical Outbreak Detection Tool and Response Protocol to Limit Hospital Transmission
  

  Presenting Author: Meghan A. Baker, MD, ScD – Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute

  Co-Author: Edward J. Septimus, MD – Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

  Co-Author: Ken Kleinman, ScD – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Co-Author: Julia Moody, MS – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Kenneth E. Sands, MD, MPH – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Neha Varma, MPH – Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  Co-Author: Amanda Isaacs, MSPH – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  Co-Author: Laura E. McLean, M.Ed. – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Micaela H. Coady, MS – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  Co-Author: Jackie Blanchard, RN – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Russell Poland, PhD – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH – University of California San Francisco

  Co-Author: John Stelling, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  Co-Author: Katherine Haffenreffer, BS – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  Co-Author: Adam Clark, BS – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  Co-Author: Taliser Avery, MS – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  Co-Author: Selsebil Sljivo, MPH – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  Co-Author: Robert A. Weinstein, MD – Rush Medical College

  Co-Author: Kimberly Smith, MBA – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Brandon Carver, BA – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Brittany Meador, BS – HCA Healthcare

  Co-Author: Caren Spencer-Smith, MIS – Optum Technology

  Co-Author: Chamaine Washington, MPH – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  Co-Author: Megha Bhattarai, MBA – Optum

  Co-Author: Lauren Shimelman, BA – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

  Co-Author: Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD – The Joint Commission

  Co-Author: Richard Platt, MD, MSc – Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  Co-Author: Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH – University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM US ET

  Hospitalizations and Antibiotic Use in the Year Prior to an Incident C. difficile Infection for Medicare Beneficiaries in Four States, 2016 - 2018
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly M. Hatfield, MSPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: James Baggs, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: Sujan Reddy, MD, MSc – CDC

  Co-Author: Rasaki Aranmolate, MD, MPH, DrPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: James Meek, MPH – Connecticut Emerging Infections Program

  Co-Author: Scott Fridkin, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Jill Szydlowski, MS – University of Rochester Medical Center

  Co-Author: Trupti T. Hatwar, MPH – University of Rochester Medical Center

  Co-Author: Ghinwa Dumyati, MD – University of Rochester Medical Center

  Co-Author: Jasmine Watkins, MS, MPH – Tennessee Department of Health

  Co-Author: Christopher Wilson, MD, MPH – Tennessee Department of Health

  Co-Author: L. Clifford McDonald, MD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: John A. Jernigan, MD, MS – CDC

  Co-Author: Alice Guh, MD, MPH – CDC
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM US ET

  Impact of MSSA Surveillance and Decolonization on Invasive Infection in the Neonatal ICU
  

  Presenting Author: Patrick J. Reich, MD, MSCI – Washington University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Geoffrey Ikpeama, MD, MPH – St. Louis Children's Hospital

  Co-Author: Angela Niesen, MPH, MSHI – St. Louis Children's Hospital

  Co-Author: Caren Liviskie, PharmD – St. Louis Children's Hospital

  Co-Author: Christopher McPherson, PharmD – St. Louis Children's Hospital

  Co-Author: Stephanie A. Fritz, MD, MSCI – Washington University School of Medicine
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM US ET

  Impact of Surveillance and Decolonization on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Rates in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  

  Presenting Author: Nahid Hiermandi, DO – Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Catherine Foster, MD – Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Krystal Purnell, MPH, CIC – Texas Children's Hospital

  Co-Author: Judith R. Campbell, MD – Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Lucila Marquez, MD, MPH – Baylor College of Medicine
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

  Persistent Bacterial Carriage and Hospital Transmission Detected by Whole Genome Sequence Surveillance
  

  Presenting Author: Alexander Sundermann, DrPH, CIC, FAPIC – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Marissa Griffith, BS – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Kady Waggle, BS – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Graham Snyder, MD, SM – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Daria Van Tyne, PhD – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Jane Marsh, PhD – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Lee Harrison, MD – University of Pittsburgh