Emily Heil, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, explains how the FDA Guidance 213 and the Veterinary Feed Directive will change the use of antibiotics for growth promotion purposes in the United States.
Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, clinical pharmacy coordinator of infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses how collaboration with transplant counterparts is needed to provide optimal treatment.
Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University discusses ways to improve infection control for C. difficile in healthcare facilities.
Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, discusses how 'careful observation' can be used to decrease the number of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in the healthcare setting.
Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, discusses efforts to screen asymptomatic Clostridium difficile carriers as well as some of the barriers to implementing active surveillance and putting asymptomatic carriers in isolation.
Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University describes recent technologies that are important for infection control in hospitals.
Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, clinical pharmacy coordinator of infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, explains collaborative efforts to make up for lack of data regarding stewardship in organ transplant populations.
Sarah Krein, PhD, RN, health services researcher & research scientist at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, stresses that prevention clinicians, infection preventionists, and infectious diseases physicians should understand the principles behind human factors and how it applies in their own disciplines.
Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, outlines ways that healthcare providers can improve the prevention and management of C. difficile in post-acute care facilities.
Sarah Krein, PhD, RN, health services researcher and research scientist at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, explains the collaborative efforts of human factors engineers and infection prevention.
Sarah Krein, PhD, RN, health services researcher and research scientist at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, explains how the new concept of human factors engineering can be used in infection prevention.
Frank Drews, MS, PhD, professor of cognitive and neural sciences at the University of Utah, Department of Psychology, discusses the steps that are involved in developing a better understanding of tasks through the conceptual framework of adherence engineering.
Frank Drews, MS, PhD, professor of cognitive and neural sciences at the University of Utah, Department of Psychology, discusses how psychological analysis of human behavior has lead his team to produce adherence engineering kits that would reducing physical effort and decreasing negative patient outcomes.
Frank Drews, MS, PhD, professor of cognitive and neural sciences at the University of Utah, Department of Psychology, discusses ways in which adherence engineering can be applied to prevent infection transmission.
Matt Linam, MD, MS, medical director of Infection Prevention at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, discusses strategies to prevent infection transmission in outpatient settings.
Frank Drews, MS, PhD, professor of cognitive and neural sciences at the University of Utah, Department of Psychology, explains adherence engineering.
Matt Linam, MD, MS, medical director of Infection Prevention at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, discusses how visitors can help prevent infection transmission in pediatric healthcare settings.
Thomas Sandora, MD, MPH, hospital epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses the risk factors for healthcare associated infections in hospital settings that are unique to children.
Grace Lee, MD, MPH, associate medical director, Infection Control, Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses the current VAP bundle and its focus on infectious conditions as well as the need for a VAC bundle that will prevent other causes of VAC for patients on the ventilator.
Thomas Sandora, MD, MPH, hospital epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, provides recommendations on discussing hand hygiene amongst healthcare providers and between patients and healthcare workers.
Matt Linam, MD, MS, medical director of Infection Prevention at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, discusses the importance of isolation precautions to prevent healthcare associated infections.
Grace Lee, MD, MPH, associate medical director, Infection Control, Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses the importance of optimizing ventilator practices to minimize the risk of VAC in hospital settings.
Jeff Boyd, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, discusses how to combat copper and heavy metal resistance.
Thomas Sandora, MD, MPH, hospital epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses some up and coming pediatric healthcare associated infection prevention strategies.
Grace Lee, MD, MPH, associate medical director, Infection Control, Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses ways to prevent ventilator-associated conditions in hospital settings.
Matt Linam, MD, MS, medical director of Infection Prevention at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, describes the transmission of pathogenic organisms in pediatric hospitals.
Jeff Boyd, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, explains the metal-resistance processes of microbes.
Thomas Sandora, MD, MPH, hospital epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains the different ways to prevent bloodstream infections in children and pneumonia for children who are on ventilators in pediatric settings.
Grace Lee, MD, MPH, associate medical director, Infection Control, Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses the different causes of ventilator-associated conditions in adult populations and neonatal intensive care units.
Jeff Boyd, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, examines the effectiveness of using copper in healthcare facilities.
