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• Award Winners

  • ·Award WInners

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• Oral Abstracts

  • ·Associations Between Antibiotic Stewardship Policies and Antibiotic Use in U.S. Nursing Homes

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    Mansi Agarwal, Tadeja Gracner, Andrew Dick, Patricia W. Stone

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  • ·Fungal Disease Trends in Pediatric Patients, 2016-2019

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    Emily Grohs, Andrea L. Ankrum, Alyssa Guthrie, Matthew Washam, Joshua K. Schaffzin, Felicia Scaggs Huang

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  • ·Pathogens Implicated in SSIs Following Breast Surgeries in Ambulatory Surgery Centers, United States, 2012-2018

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    Primary Invited Speaker-(CDC/NHSN): Henrietta Smith, Oral Presenter: Irene Khan, Co-Author: Daniel Pollock, Co-Author: Katherine Allen-Bridson, Co-Author: Margaret Dudeck, Presenter:  Irene Khan

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  • ·Reducing Isolation Burden – Infection Prevention and Control Initiated Flag Removal Process

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    Debra K. Apenhorst, Jenna Rasmusson, Sarah J. Bellows Mahler, Rebecca Faller, Mary Dalton, Jean E. Barth, leah M. siple

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  • ·Assessing the Efficacy of Human Papillomavirus Disinfection and the Risk of Transmission from Clinical Lesions

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    Michelle A. Ozbun, Virgine Bondu, Nicole A. Patterson, Erica C. Bennett, Rohini G. McKee, Alan G. Waxman

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  • ·Identifying Gaps in the Ambulatory Room Cleaning Process of an Academic Medical Hospital

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    Luke Draper, Todd Gschwend, Ashley Heller, Larissa Pisney

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  • ·A Needs-Assessment Survey of Healthcare Professionals Accountable for Infection Prevention and Control in Hemodialysis Setting

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    Teresa A. Fitzgerald, Kate Tyner, Margaret Drake, Sue Beach, Mark Rupp, Shelly Schwedhelm, Maureen Tierney, Muhammad Salman Ashraf

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  • ·Breaking the Cycle of Glucometer Contamination: Changing Gloves Between Fingerstick and Cleaning/Disinfecting

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    Mary E. Miller, LaKisha Kelley, Katherine Hosmer, Ashlee Hiester, Cindy M. Hou, Marianne Kraemer

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  • ·How Standard Are Standard Precautions? Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Standard Precautions at an Academic Medical Center

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    Rebecca Faller, Priya Sampathkumar, Stacy Ung

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  • ·Implementing a Program to Standardize Central Line Maintenance

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    Cassie J. Mueller

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  • ·Training Global Healthcare Providers in Quality Improvement Methodologies for Enhanced Infection Prevention and Control Outcomes

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    David Wittman, Maysam R. Homsi, Milka Vazquez, Miguela A. Caniza

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  • ·Cleanliness Is Everyone's Business – a Multi-disciplinary Approach to Improving Environmental Cleanliness in an Acute Care Medical Center

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    Benjamin D. Galvan-Anderson, Alina G. Stancovici

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  • ·Emergency Department Wait Times in NYS Hospitals on Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired C. difficile Infection

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    Danielle J. Durant

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  • ·Room Contamination by Patients Colonized with Clostridiodes Difficile

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    Jeanne A. Dickman, Zeinab I. El Boghdadly, Misty Lamprecht, Samantha M. Jaglowski, Lisa Hines, Christina Liscynesky

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  • ·Quick to Wick: External Female Catheters and Urinary Catheter Utilization

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    Ashleigh J. Goris, Kathleen M. McMullen, Gaylene M. Dunn, Rebecca S. Wade, Kathy M. Leach, Inna Lowe

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  • ·Straight from the Mini-Horse's Mouth: Potential Carrier for Opportunistic Human Pathogens

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    Anjali Bisht, Shaunte Walton, Sukantha Chandrasekaran, Omai Garner

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  • ·Using Carbon Dioxide as a Tracer Gas to Determine Air Changes Per Hour in Ambulances

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    Randall Collins, Maimuna Jatta, Hunter Sharp

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  • ·Developing an Infection Prevention Position for a Multi-Center Hospital-based Dialysis System

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    Virginia R. Bren, Julie B. Nelson

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  • ·Reducing CLABSI and CAUTI: Does the Infection Preventionist's Title Matter?

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    Jacqueline Christie, Don Wright, Paul Stefanacci

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  • ·Moving Knowledge to Action: How Can We Optimally Support Different Healthcare Settings to Reach Their IPAC Goals?

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    Kasey Gambeta, Andrea Chaplin

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  • ·Scabies, Fleas, or Bedbugs? Investigation of Skin Rashes in an Inpatient Eating Disorders Treatment Facility Unit

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    Amy Priddy, Karoline Sperling

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  • ·State of Infection Prevention and Control in Home Healthcare Agencies

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    Jingjing Shang, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Ashley Chastain, Patricia W. Stone

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  • ·A Multidisciplinary Approach to Leveraging Data and Implementing Change: A Reduction in Emergency Department Foley Catheter Insertions

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    Jennifer D. Burrell, Sara Reese, Isabella Ward, Marielle Wallace, Colleen Decker, Andy McPhearson, Elisha Nunley

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  • ·A Roadmap to Success – One Workgroup's Approach to Improving Internal Hand Hygiene Compliance in an Acute Care Medical Center

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    Benjamin D. Galvan-Anderson, Alina G. Stancovici

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  • ·Compliant or Biased? Comparing Central Line Maintenance Bundle Compliance Data Between Unit-based and Non-unit Based Observers in an Academic Hospital

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    Lydia Grimes, Heather M. Gasama, Josephine Fox, Robert Russell, Carrie Sona, David K. Warren

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  • ·Decreasing Colon Surgical Site Infections Through Multidisciplinary Engagement Using a Practice Bundle

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    Donna Nucci, Caren Lewis, Oliver Mayorga, Glenn Brady, Patrick Green, Paul Bourguignon, Nina Trambowicz, Jose Rivera-vinas

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  • ·Getting Their Attention: Using Human Factors Engineering to Design the Optimal Isolation Sign

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    Hee-won Yoon, Grayson Privette, James Won, Sarah A. Smathers, Julia Sammons, Lori Handy

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  • ·HBV Infection Prevention During Hemodialysis Outside the Dedicated Renal Unit: Issues and Implications in the Acute Care Setting

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    Susan VerSchneider, Matthew Henrich, Costi Sifri, Kambiz Kalantari, Amber Lanter, Karen Sumner

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  • ·Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections in a Major Academic Facility Using a Novel Auditing Tool

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    Elham R. Ghonim, Dorian P. Freeman

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  • ·Resident Distraction as a Strategy to Improve Perineal Care and Reduce Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care

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    Jeanette Fiveash, Ashley Moore, Morgan Smith, Madhuri M. Sopirala, Joyce Solano

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  • ·Small Patients and Tiny CAUTI Rates: Sustained CAUTI Reduction in a Children's Hospital

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    Jessica L. McClusky

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  • ·Standardization of an Ambulatory Hand Hygiene Observation Program

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    Kimberly B. Wilson, Karl Lane, Grayson Privette, Lauren N. Satchell, Lauren F. Le Goff, Lori Handy

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  • ·Internal Validation Process of Health Care-associated Infections (HAI) Data in a Group of Private Hospitals from Brazil

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    Sarita Scorzoni Lessa Pires, Ligia Abraão, Daiane Cais

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  • ·Knowing IS the Battle: Evidence-Based Infection Prevention Practices & Outcome Metrics in Nursing Homes

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    Karen M. Jones, Julia Mantey, Lona Mody

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• Poster Abstracts

  • ·Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing: Can E-Learning Be a First Step?

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    Mary Catanzaro

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  • ·Dynamic Duos and Where to Find Them: Infection Prevention and Infectious Disease Pharmacist Collaboration to Prevent Clostridium Difficile Infections

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    Patricia Sung, Linda Khatchatourian

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  • ·Incidence and Management of Candida Auris in a Skilled Nursing Home

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    Maria Larissa M. Halili, Genevieve G. Sorensen

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  • ·Infection Prevention Response to a Pediatric Patient with NDM-producing Enterobacter Colonization Without International Travel

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    Meredith Stocks, Laura Filkins, Paul Sue, Naomi Winick, Karisma Patel, Aimee Dassner, Patricia Jackson, Michael E. Sebert

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  • ·Length of Hospital Stay and Charges Attributable to Clostridioides Difficile Infections in Arizona, 2018

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    Rachana Bhattarai, Elizabeth Kim, Juan Villanueva, Kaitlyn Chorbi, Kenneth K. Komatsu

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  • ·Prevention of Candida Auris Outbreak

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    Michelle Peninger, Archana Satram, Kathy McNamara

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  • ·Sink and Drain Monitoring and Decontamination Protocol for Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

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    Lin Tang, Manal Tadros, Larissa Matukas, Linda Taggart, Matthew Muller

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  • ·What Are the Risk Factors for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Among Patients in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?

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    Haruyo Sakaki, Midori Nishioka, Katsuya Kanda

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  • ·Asking Another Way: One Health System's Experience with Assessing Ultrasound Probe Reprocessing Risks

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    Jeffrey Chludzinski, Laraine Washer, Amanda Valyko, Nicole Nomides

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  • ·Creating a Highly Reliable Respiratory Therapy Department That Meets Regulatory, Manufacturer's, and Infection Prevention Requirements

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    Christa M. Strout, Shane Blake, Ruth Bedwell, Michelle Peninger

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  • ·(WITHDRAWN)

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  • ·Evaluating the Use of Ultraviolet Light to Reduce Transmission of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Emergency Medical Service Vehicles

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    Veronica Lugo, Amanda M. Wilson, Kelly A. Reynolds

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  • ·Evaluation of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour Biodecontamination Against Clinically Relevant Presentations of Multi-drug Resistant Biofilms

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    Fergus Watson

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  • ·Evaluation of Sustained Antibacterial Effect of Alcohol-Based Disinfectant Containing Monovalent Copper Compound Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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    Yoshie Fujimori, Ayumi Fukuyo, Tomokazu Nagao, Hajime Kanamori

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  • ·Fact: Progressive Skin Prep Regimen Reduces Skin Contaminant Infections

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    Rhonda R. Kallmeyer

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  • ·Microbial Assessment of Recontamination with Acinetobacter in Patient Room Environment in Burn Units

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    William A. Rutala, Hajime Kanamori, Maria Gergen, David J. Weber

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  • ·Near Miss with a Damaged Speculum; Proof of the Criticality of Following Manufacturers' Instructions for Use

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    Ann Marie Pettis, Jason Pacino, Sherry J. Romig, Michelle Vignari

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  • ·Partnering with Central Sterile Processing Department Experts to Advance Infection Prevention Competency

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    Rachael Snyders, Carol Sykora, Carole Leone, Cassandra A. Sherman, Hilary Babcock

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  • ·Poof! Reduction of Immediate Use Steam Sterilization via Education and Transparency

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    Margaret Gilman, Joel M. Brown, Charles Vinocur

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  • ·Thinking Outside the Box: Development of an Audit Tool to Track Reusable Instruments Outside of SPD

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    Gabriela Perez

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  • ·Underestimating the Levels of Microbiological Contamination on Environmental Surfaces Within NHS Hospitals

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    Fergus Watson, John Chewins, Sandra Wilks, Bill Keevil

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  • ·Utilizing Visual Cues to Simplify the Dirty Instrument Transport Process

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    Paula F. Fritsch, Clinton Holder

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  • ·Whole-Room Hypochlorous Acid Atomizing Disinfection System on Healthcare Surface Contamination and Transfer

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    Jonathan D. Sexton, Kelly A. Reynolds, Fernanda Garavito, Brandie Anderson, Joan Ivaska

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  • ·Ambulatory Staff as Infection Control Liaisons: An Untapped Resource

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    Pamela S. Del monte, Pamela Miller, Judie Bringhurst

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  • ·Effect of Physician Documentation on Catheter Associate Urinary Tract Infection Rates at a Community Hospital

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    Sandy L. Bozarth, Supriya Mannepalli, Wanda G. Hester, Sabrina D. Broome, Stephen S. Pirkle

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  • ·Engaging Middle School Children in the C Diff Foundation's Junior Infection Fighters Program

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    Maureen P. Spencer, Teena Chopra, Dayle Skelly, Nancy C. Caralla

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  • ·Impact of Hand Hygiene Simulation Driven by Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Multidisciplinary Team on Hospital Associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Screens

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    Carol Vance, Angie Jones, Christina Pontikes, Vanessa Lesniak, Kimiberly Vuckovich, Karen Debkowski, Mary Ann Collins, Michael Tekippe

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  • ·Increasing Hand Hygiene Data Accuracy and Reducing Bias Through Standardized Education

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    Isabella Ward, Jennifer D. Burrell, Sara Reese

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  • ·Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Among Nurses with Respect to Transmission of Nosocomial Infections in Public Hospitals Throughout Trinidad and Tobago

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    Cabrini P. Foncette

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  • ·The Value of Infection Control Monitors (ICMs) in Communicating Infection Prevention Practices at a Military Treatment Facility (MTF)

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    Concepcion N. MOORE, Gabriela Lassiter

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  • ·Transitioning an Infection Prevention and Control Program to a New Outpatient Hospital-Based Cancer Center

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    Kailly Kaufmann

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  • ·An Exploration of the Potential Risks Associated with Allowing Taxidermy in Healthcare Settings

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    Mendee Livingston

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  • ·Best Friends Forever – Environmental Services and Infection Prevention's Guide to Environmental Cleaning

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    Savanna Stout, Cathy Paulus, Angela Helms, Gina Giannopoulous, Lori Loyal, Maria C. Montero, Kristy Murphy, Luis Manrique

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  • ·Building an Infection Prevention and Control Construction Portfolio to Navigate Healthcare Construction Projects

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    Cindy L. Hoegg, Sarah A. Smathers, Grayson Privette, Hillary Hei, Julia Sammons

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  • ·Continuous Temperature and Humidity Monitoring Using Sensors Within an External Male Incontinence Device over 12 Hours of Wear-time

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    Dennis P. West, Brian Ecklund, Russell K. Griggs

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  • ·It Rained What in Where? A Collaborative Approach to Improve Response and Remediation of Water Intrusions in Clinical Areas

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    Hillary Hei, Cindy L. Hoegg, Kasey McAndrew, Brian Kovacs, Robert Murray, Michael Dougherty, Lauren N. Satchell, Sarah A. Smathers

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  • ·Mold Remediation in a Critical Access Hospital

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    Pamela Douglas, Matthew Gaas

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  • ·Multidisciplinary Environment of Care Rounding to Mitigate Water Related Pathogens in the ICU

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    Mary Culbertson

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  • ·Reduced Incidence of Healthcare-associated Infections in a Long-term Care Facility by Converting to Automated Touchless Dispensing and Closed-refill Systems

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    Amna K. Handley, Yin Z. Hessefort

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  • ·The Value and Role of the Infection Control & Prevention Department During a Catastrophic Hospital Fire

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    Kerry Y. Blanchard, Leonard Mermel

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  • ·Validating a Safe Built Environment in High Risk Areas Using Air Sampling Methodologies

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    Amy K. Valencia

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  • ·Black Water Protection Bundle for First Responders and the Healthcare Environment

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    Diana A. Villaflor-Camagong

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  • ·Comparing Contaminant Transfer Potential of Repetitive Hand-to-fomite Contacts for Gloved and Ungloved Hands Using a Fluorescent Powder

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    Amanda M. Wilson, Yi Liu, Kelly A. Reynolds, Catherine Noakes, Marco-Felipe King

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  • ·Compliance with Transmission-Based Precautions: Does Influenza Season Matter?

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    Laken Chaney, Heather M. Gasama, Lisa Layman, Robert Russell, Josephine Fox, David K. Warren

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  • ·Giving Employee and Patient Safety a Shot: Healthcare Personnel Immune Status at an Urban Acute Care Hospital

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    Katie J. Palladino, Heather Dixon, Mohamed H. Yassin, Michael Scahill, Andrea L. Tremel

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  • ·Improvement in Employee Influenza Vaccination by Making It Visible, Accessible and Easy

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    Michele F. Rogers, Vincent Hsu

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  • ·Prevalence and Perception of Needle Stick Injury Among Health Care Professionals at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

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    Rahat Musroor, Shahid Saleem

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  • ·Successful Drive-thru Point-of-Distribution Influenza Vaccination Program for Veterans Affairs Medical Center Employees

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    Lisa C. Bailey, Nancy R. Barrett, Monique Thorne, Florence M. Ford, Werns Elizabeth, George Psevdos

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  • ·Effectiveness of Preventive Surgical Site Infection Bundle in Colorectal Surgery: A Collaborative Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery

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    May M. Riley, Sarah Park, John Van Speybroeck, Suzy Dedekam, Caroline Williams

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  • ·Eliminating the Hawthorne Effect: Leveraging Existing Resources for a Novel Approach to Hand Hygiene Auditing

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    Heather C. Parth, AC Burke, Melody Wu-Ballis, Gillian Algan, Brenda Smith, Sandy DiCicco, Ronnie Owen, Brandon G. Ting

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  • ·Foley Vacation Use to Reduce CAUTI in an ICU

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    Rebecca R. Clarkson

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  • ·Healthcare Consumer Hand Hygiene White Paper

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    Kathleen A. Morales, Kathleen Puri, Christine Greene

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  • ·Healthcare-associated Urinary Tract Infection (HA-UTI): A Risk Factor for Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI)? Results of a Real-world Data (RWD) Analysis

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    Timothy Kelly, ChinEn Ai, John Murray, Yan Xiong, Hanna Jokinen-Gordon

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  • ·Implementation of External Urine Collection Devices to Decrease the Standardized Utilization Ratio of Indwelling Urinary Catheters

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    Anne Reeths, Robyn Merkatoris

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  • ·Risk Factors Associated with External Ventricular Drain Associated Infections

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    Saniya S. Sabnis, Susan DiNucci, Heather Dixon, Mohamed H. Yassin

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  • ·Sustained Reduction of CLABSI in the LTAC (Long Term Acute Care) Setting with the Application of Two Strategies

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    Ursula Hamel

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  • ·System Culture Change Decreases CAUTI

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    Vanesia W. Busbee, Shannon L. Lindsay, Carol A. Mayernik, Jessica Ramey

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  • ·Tailored CHG Kits for the Pediatric Population

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    Christina Zaragoza

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  • ·Utilization of a Clostridioides Difficile Testing Algorithm to Promote Evidence-based Laboratory Testing

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    Sarah M. Bishop, Crystal Heishman, Leah Oppy, LaShawn Scott, Joyce Garr, Katrina M. Bates, Forest Arnold, James Snyder

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  • ·Zero CLABSI Is Achievable

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    Rebecca R. Clarkson

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  • ·Development of a Competency for Infection Control Nurses in Korea

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    Jongrim Choi

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  • ·Lessons Learned: Mitigating the Challenges of Urgently Threatening Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens in a Large Academic Medical Center

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    Carli A. Viola-Luqa

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  • ·Does Health Education Program Improve Malaria Prevalence Among Military Personnel in Endemic Area?

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    AHMED Al Hamdi, Ahmed Behiry, Alwalid Elzubeir, Ali Alfageeh, Theeb Al shahrani, Mefreh Darbashi, Hisham tutiyyah

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  • ·Epidemiologic Investigation of an Outbreak of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a Tertiary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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    Michal Stachura, Marie-Astrid Lefebvre

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  • ·Finding the Pearls in a Sea of Propionibacterium Acnes After Orthopaedic Hip and Knee Surgeries

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    Karen S. Croyle, David J. Weber, Lisa J. Teal, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, Sharon Thompson, Lauren M. Dibiase

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  • ·Knowledge Based Approach to Solving CLABSIs in Patients Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition...Improving Nursing Best Practice Through Direct Observation & Education

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    Josh Bord, Sarah Stanley, Kristen Liberto, Benedicta Yankey, Elizabeth Krug, Janice Rey

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  • ·Okay, No One Panic; Working up a Case of Possible Hospital Acquired V. Cholerae

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    Margaret Gilman, Lizabeth Marek

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  • ·Outbreak of Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients Highlight the Importance of a Working Partnership Between Infection Prevention and Interventional Departments

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    Amber Dellefave, Ljubica Salkic, Donna Farnsworth

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  • ·Rapid Multidisciplinary Infection Control Approach After Identification of a Hospital Acquired Mucormycosis Infection

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    Nicole Russo, Sherri Atherton, Michele Dollar, James McCarthy, Chrsitopher Pfeiffer

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  • ·Role of Sinks as an Environmental Reservoir in CPE Outbreak in a Burn Intensive Care Unit

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    Melisa Avaness, Natasha Salt, Lorraine Maze dit Mieusement, Xavier Marchand-Senecal, Jerome Leis

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  • ·Using Technology to Enhance Infectious Disease Screening During an Outbreak

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    Jordan A. Ehni, Ilka Herbison, Trevisia Anderson, Marie K. Moss, Garrison Resnick, Kevin Dugan, Jemilat Siju, Waleed Javaid, Sean Brown

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  • ·“There's an App. for That!” - A Novel Smartphone Application Streamlines Quality Surveillance for Indwelling Central Venous and Urinary Catheters

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    Benjamin D. Galvan-Anderson, Snehal Lillaney, Kenneth W. Bueltmann, Alina G. Stancovici

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  • ·Blood Culture Collection Teams Reduce Contamination Rates and Reduce Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections

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    Tami Inman, Elena Torres

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  • ·Catching CAUTIs Midstream: Impact of a Nurse-driven Infection Prevention Initiative in a Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit

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    Maimuna Jatta, Ellen M. Harvey, Meagan Griggs

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  • ·CAUTI Eradication Through System Culture Change

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    Vanesia W. Busbee, Shannon L. Lindsay, Carol A. Mayernik, Jessica Ramey

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  • ·Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection Incidence and Outcomes in a Large Autologous and Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Cohort

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    Carly Rebelo, Vishnuka Arulsundaram, Elisa Vicencio, Fahad Aljasser, Susy S. Hota, Alon Vaisman

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  • ·Contamination of Medical Scrubs Worn in a Non-healthcare Environment: A Pilot Study

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    Olivia Messina Leleck, Corey L. Boles, Rebecca K. Brewster, Alexander J. Sundermann, Laura A. Hallett, Natalie Suder Egnot, Antony D. Jones

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  • ·Creation of a Hysterectomy Bundle to Reduce Surgical Site Infections: A Standardized Approach

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    Abegail Pangan, Paula Castellano-Flynn, Donna Bowman

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  • ·Culture of Safety: An Essential Infection Prevention Strategy

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    Lilly M. Guardia-LaBar, Roger Gillespie, Marc Blumberg, Ruth Adedeji

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  • ·Decreasing Rate of CLABSI in a Long Term Acute Care Hospital

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    Donna J. Burtzlaff

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  • ·Development of a Standardize Case Review Process Across a Health System

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    Linda K. Sullivan, George Paci, Cindy Smith, Michael Aniskiewicz, Robin Heard-Albert, Carolyn Bender, Donna Nucci, Michelle N. Whitbread

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  • ·Fact or Foley: Reducing Catheter Related Urinary Tract Infections by Connecting Evidence to Drive a Multidisciplinary Urinary Program

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    Alice A. Hughes, Denise R. Thomas

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  • ·Impact of a Daily Hospital-wide Huddle on Urinary Catheter Device Utilization nd Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates

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    Alfredo J. Mena Lora, Mirza Ali, Candice Krill, Eden Takhsh, Sherrie Spencer, Susan C. Bleasdale

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  • ·Implementation of Glycemic Management to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Spinal Fusion Patients

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    Patricia Y. Steger

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  • ·Implementing a High-Consequence Infectious Disease Preparedness Program at an Urban Community Hospital

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    Jamie Rubin, Martha E. Hill

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  • ·Jointing Together: A Multifaceted Approach to Reduce Joint Surgical Site Infections in a Community Hospital Setting

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    Tory Zancocchio, Ron Nahass, Marcella O'Herlihy, Stephen Kayiaros, Sunitha John, Sharon L. Parrillo

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  • ·Mnemonic Flash Card Education Campaign Decreases Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infections

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    Elizabeth A. Jefferson, Lana Lo, Shannon Oriola

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  • ·Multi-Pronged CAUTI Reduction Strategy

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    Sarah D. Wilkerson, Devorah Overbay, Heather Haake

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Navigating Sepsis: A New Hospital's Journey

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    Elaine L. Maduzia, Jane Cherry, Courtney Gibbons, Jason R. Knight, Hammad N. Qureshi

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Process Improvement to Reduce Healthcare Associated C. difficile Infections: A Bundled Approach

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    Lisa M. Hargett, Theresa Anderson, Kimberly Shumate

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Quality Assessment and Validation of a Direct Observation Hand Hygiene Program

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    Sarah A. Smathers, Sarah Wehymuller, Lauren Le Goff, Lauren N. Satchell, Lori Handy, Julia Sammons

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reducing Catheter - Associated Urinary Tract Infection in a Major Academic Facility Using a Novel Comprehensive Tool

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    Elham R. Ghonim, Mary Ime

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reducing Operating Room Traffic Through Audits and Process Improvement

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    Jennifer Laughman, Shawnee Jones

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reduction in Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Using Unit Based Champions

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    Jamie Figueredo

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reduction of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Line Infections Through the Implementation of a Midline Catheter Program

    Page :S48

    Patricia D. Nolan

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Scoping out the Situation-One Hospital's Review of Flexible Endoscope Handling and Reprocessing Methods Within Acute Care and Ambulatory Settings

    Page :S49

    Carrie L. Cozart

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Sustained Reduction of Hospital Onset Clostridium difficile for Community Hospital Through Multimodal Multidisciplinary Performance Improvement

    Page :S49

    Susanne Stone, Thomas Mattice, Juliane Lindor, Rupangi Rastogi

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Taking a Deeper Dive; Mitigating Modifiable Risk Factors for Spinal Fusion Surgical Site Infections

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    Sherry J. Romig, Linda Greene

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Implementing Hard Stops in the Electronic Record to Decrease Hospital Acquired C-Diff Infections

    Page :S45

    Charlene Clark, Lisa Neihaus

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Universal Preoperative Antiseptic Nasal and Skin Decolonization for Reduction in SSI and Associated Costs

    Page :S50

    Celeste M. Cernich

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Using a Targeted Process to Reduce Subsequent Bloodstream Infections Related to Environmental Sources in Dialysis

    Page :S50

    Kristen Van Allen, Kristine Marino

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Using the NHSN Tap Report and Standardized Utilization Ratio to Decrease Urinary Catheter Utilization

    Page :S50

    Lacey L. Pavlovsky, Brooke Schmitt

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Vanquishing Ventilator Associated Events by Re-emphasizing Evidence Based Practices

    Page :S51

    Juliet S. Mock

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·What Is the Impact of Prophylactic Nasal Decolonization in Prevention of SSI?

    Page :S51

    Michelle Wagner, Christine Barnes, Emily J. O'Farrell, Sylvia McCauley, Tara L. Walczak-Daege, Candice Stringfield

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Multi-Faceted Approach to Reducing the SIR for Clostridioides difficile Healthcare Associated Infections

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    Lisa Rose, Amy Bills, Jana Wolfgang, Lisa Snedeker, Shawnee Jones

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Adoption of Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems in NYS Hospitals and the Impact on Hospital-Acquired C. Difficile Infection Rates

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    Danielle J. Durant, Sarah Duvall, Loretta Willis

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Central Venous Catheter Maintenance Monitoring: It's Not Just for the IV Team!

    Page :S52

    Chase V. Currie, Lisa Hymson

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Clinical and Financial Implications for Discontinuing Active Surveillance Culturing (ASC) for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus & Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in Community Hospitals

    Page :S52

    Valerie C. Payne, Connie C. Clark, Nicholas Turner

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Colonization of Environmental Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in a Newly Constructed Children's Outpatient Clinic

    Page :S53

    Henry Spratt, David Levine, June Hanks, Gary Price, Kevin Gentner, Lindsey Brunton, Charles Woods, Joel Ledbetter

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Comparison of Viable Environmental Bacterial Prevalence and Species in Outpatient General Medicine and Pulmonary Patient Units

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    David Levine, Henry Spratt, Lindsey Brunton, Joel Ledbetter, Kevin Gentner, Charles Woods, June Hanks

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Development of an Electronic Dashboard to Monitor Intra-operative Patient Core Temperatures

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    Nicole A. Colandrea, Annalisa Fischer, Ross Whitsett, Kevin M. Schuster, Shante Teel-Williams, Heather Love

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·External Validation of NHSN CLABSI Data in Acute Care Hospitals

    Page :S54

    Colleen Roberts, Katie A. Thure, Vicky Reed

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Impact of an Automated Hand Hygiene Reminder Alert on Healthcare Worker Hand Hygiene Compliance

    Page :S54

    Sarah M. Bishop, Crystal Heishman, Leah Oppy, LaShawn Scott

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Implementation of a Hospital-wide Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Program Reduces Healthcare-acquired Infections in a Level I Trauma Hospital

    Page :S55

    Stephanie Swanson, Leslie Baken, Barbara Bor

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·It Takes a Team: NHSN Validation with Internal Audit Services

    Page :S55

    Julie Mullica

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Multidrug Resistant Organism Burden in Critically-Ill Burn Patients

    Page :S55

    Gavin Harris, Jenny Ziembicki, Laura Watkinson, Heather Dixon, Mohamed H. Yassin

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Quantitative Measurement of Hand Hygiene in Ambulatory Surgery Amongst Anesthesiologists and Perioperative Nurses Using an Automated Personal Hand Hygiene System

    Page :S56

    Amna K. Handley, Lisa York

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reducing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in a Major Academic Facility Using a Novel Comprehensive Tool

    Page :S56

    Elham R. Ghonim, Juliette Ennin-Evelyn

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Significantly Improved Hand Hygiene Compliance Using Nudging and Performance Feedback Based on Data from an Automated Monitoring System

    Page :S56

    Marie Stangerup, Christiane P. Kavalaris, Michelle From-Hansen, Marco B. Hansen, Rosa Hansen, Bjørn Hesselbo, Krassimir Kostadinov, Jenny D. Knudsen

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·The Role of Molecular Testing in Identifying Carbapenemase Producing Organisms: Implications for Infection Control and Prevention Strategies

    Page :S57

    Therissa A. Grefsrud

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Think Different: Overcoming Challenges to Adopt an Electronic Blood Culture Order That Supports Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Reduction

    Page :S57

    Cathy Paulus, Luis Manrique, Savanna Stout

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Using Power BI to Inform Clostridioides difficile Ordering Practices at an Acute Care Hospital in Central Florida

    Page :S57

    Kathy Abusager, Michael Baldwin, Vincent Hsu

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• Author Disclosures

  • ·AJIC disclosures

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  • ·Nondisclosures

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• Title Index

  • ·Title Index

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• Future APIC Annual Conference Dates and Locations

  • ·Future APIC Annual Conference Dates and Locations

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