Infection Prevention

Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Medicine-Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases/ Hospital Epidemiologist Infectious Diseases/ Epidemiology Virginia Commonwealth University Health System 1300 East Marshall Street PO BOX 980019 Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States of America T: (804) 828-2121 F: (804) 828-2125 Email: gonzalo.bearman@vcuhealth.org L. Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD Enterprise Epidemiologist Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital 9200 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States of America T: (414) 955-8020 Email: smunozprice@mcw.edu Daniel J Morgan, MD, MS Associate Professor, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist Epidemiology, Public Health and Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 S. Pine Street MSTF 334 Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States of America T: (410) 706-1734 Email: dmorgan@epi.umaryland.edu

HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions.- Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes.- Universal Glove and Gown Use for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE).- Isolation Precautions for Visitors to Healthcare Settings.- Bacterial contamination of the anesthesia work area: hands, patients, and things.- Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting.- New Technologies for Infection Prevention.- What is the Role of Mobile No-touch Disinfection Technology in Optimizing Healthcare Environmental Hygiene?.- Universal MRSA/Staphylococcal Decolonization for Hospitalized Patients.- Staphylococcal Decolonization in Surgery Patients.- The Surgical Care Improvement Project redux: Should CMS revive process of care measures for prevention of surgical site infections?.- Healthcare Worker Apparel and Infection Prevention.- Antimicrobial Textiles and Infection Prevention - Clothes and Inanimate Environment.-Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli - Infection Prevention Considerations.- Active surveillance cultures for MRSA, VRE, Multidrug Resistant Gram-negatives.- C. difficile Microbiome manipulation.- Air Contamination in the Hospital Environment.- Vertical versus horizontal infection control interventions.- The Role of the Hospital Epidemiologist.- Whole Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigation.- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Preparedness.- Probiotics and Infection Prevention.- Animals in Healthcare Settings.- Decolonization in Infection Control of Gram-negative Bacilli.- Testing water for Legionella Prevention.- The importance of C. difficile colonization on infection prevention.- Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel.- Controversies in Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance.- Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Outside the Intensive Care Unit.- Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach.- Donning andDoffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Is Training Necessary?.- Rapid Diagnostics in Infection Prevention.