Kara M. Jacobs Slifka, MD, MPH

Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, United States

Dr. Jacobs Slifka is an infectious diseases physician and medical epidemiologist in the Prevention and Response Branch within CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. In her role at CDC, she leads the long-term care team focused on improving infection prevention and containing and preventing the spread of infectious diseases in the post-acute and long-term care settings through collaboration with health departments and partners, guidance and educational material development, and outbreak response.

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

Presentation(s):

• 266 - Can We Fix the “Long-Term” Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Prescribing Woes in Long-Term Care?

  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

• 2330 - A Whole New World: IPC in Diverse Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings Beyond Nursing Homes, Issues and Solutions

  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  3:40 PM – 4:05 PM US ET