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Where the bugs are: Full coverage of APIC in Fort Lauderdale
January 12th, 2015
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2402A New, National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-associated Events: Challenges and Opportunities (2402)
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9-387A Quality Improvement Project on Hand Hygiene Compliance and Its Impact on Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (9-387)
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9-415A Quantitative Survey of 205 Healthcare Professionals to Assess Perceived Importance and Actual Practice of Hand Hygiene Guidelines (9-415)
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3404A Revolving Door? Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus Between Correctional Facilities and the Community (3404)
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3201A TB Infection Control Training and Implementation Package for HIV Clinics and Out-patient Clinics in Resource-limited Settings, Zambia and Botswana (3201)
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3002A View Across the Pond: Europe's Challenges and Successes in Reducing Healthcare-Associated MRSA Infections (3002)
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1305Addressing Myths About Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Education Campaigns as a Way of Maximizing Compliance Across All Healthcare Settings (1305)
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3202Alphabet Soup: From KPC to NDM and Beyond - Updates from the Expanding World of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) (3202)
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2401Are You Prepared for 13 Measles Patients at Your Facility? A Minnesota Children's Hospital Response to a Measles Outbreak (2401)
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3500Behavior Change Models; from Theory to Practice (3500)
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3000Behind the OR Doors; What Every IP Needs to Know (3000)
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2203Best Care & Infection Prevention Model: An e-mentorship Experience (2203)
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1600Best Ways to Keep the IC Committee Functional (1600)
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1205Bridging Sciences: Infection Prevention and Patient Safety (1205)
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3103Building Progressive Knowledge from NHSN Analytic Insights (3103)
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2201Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, One Unit’s Journey to Drive Down Infection Rates (2201)
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1202Central Line Blood Stream Infections: Impacting Change at the Bedside (1202)
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3102Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance in 2013: Using the New National Healthcare Safety Network Definitions Correctly (3102)
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3402Guts and Glory: Update on 2013 CLABSI Definitions (3402)
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3700Closing Plenary - Viral Forecast for Pandemic Prevention (3700)
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2301Navigating the Spotlight: Using Transparency to Build and Retain Trust (2301)
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3003Comparing Hand Hygiene Monitoring (3003)
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10-445Control and Containment of a Norovirus Outbreak in a Skilled Nursing Facility Unit (10-445)
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2502Control Strategies for CRE (2502)
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1501Current Challenges and Emerging Evidence in Infection Prevention in Adult and Pediatric Long-term Care Facilities (1501)
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2400Cutting to the Heart of Surgical Site Infections (2400)
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3101Designing and Building to Ensure Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare: A Trip Through the Tower (3101)
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1603Developing the IP Competency Model: Proficient and Advanced (1603)
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1304Variation in Observed Infection Control Practices in the NOTICE Project (1304)
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2204Dialysis: HAI Prevention & the Environment (2204)
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1302Do Consumers Know, Understand, or Care About Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Rates? (1302)
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1204Environmental Cleaning Toolkit: Standardizing Training to Enhance Capacity for Cleaning (1204)
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2302Essentials for Analyzing HAI Data in NHSN (2302)
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2405Exploring the Ethics of Isolation and Quarantine: A Visit with Typhoid Mary (2405)
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1301Exploring the Updated Infection Surveillance Definitions for LTCFs (1301)
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3401Eyes on NICU - Potential Varicella Outbreak (3401)
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2404Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA): Sterilization & Disinfection (2404)
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1400Home Health Challenges and Hospice Complexities in Developing an Infection Prevention Program (1400)
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2403Hospital Compare and other CMS Websites - How to Interpret and Use the Data (2403)
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3100How to Manage Managing (3100)
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2-262Impact of Electronic Monitoring and a Hand Hygiene Improvement Program on Compliance Rates (2-262)
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3301Implementation Science: Getting the Science to the Bedside (3301)
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3501Implementing a Multi Disciplinary Approach to Managing MDRO (3501)
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2300Infection Prevention in Emergency Departments: A Workshop to Identify Barriers and Successful Strategies (2300)
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3403Infection Preventionists as Evaluators: Building Evaluation Capacity to Enhance Professional Competence (3403)
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3600Infectious Complications of Blood Transfusions (3600)
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1201Initiatives Engaging Nursing Homes in C. difficile Prevention: Local, State and National Perspectives (1201)
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3401IsoCool: A Pediatric Patient and Family Friendly Isolation Awareness Quality Improvement Project (3401)
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3203Law and Order (3203)
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1303Learn, Act, Improve, Spread: Levers for Quality Improvement in HAIs and Improving Population Health (1303)
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1401Learning from Defects: Surgical Site Infection Defect Analysis (1401)
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1502Legionella in 2013: A New Paradigm for Prevention (1502)
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1300Lessons from the Hybrid Room (1300)
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1201Long-term Care and Public Health: A Collaborative Project to Decrease Healthcare-associated Infections in Kentucky (1201)
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1505LTAC Infection Prevention (1505)
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1500Meeting CMS Requirements for Coverage of Infection Control at Ambulatory Endoscopy Centers (1500)
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2000Horizontal versus Vertical Interventions in Prevention Healthcare-Associated Infections (2000)
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2001NECC Outbreak (Meningitis) (2001)
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3204New Technology in Environmental Cleaning and Evaluation (3204)
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3502NHSN - CAUTI - How to Report and Apply the CAUTI Definitions (3502)
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1402NHSN - Lab ID Event Reporting for C. difficile and MRSA Bacteremia (1402)
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2303NHSN - SSI - How to Report and Apply the NHSN SSI Definitions (2303)
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3503NHSN - VAE (3503)
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1602Infection Prevention in Outpatient Oncology Care (1602)
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1000Opening Plenary: Infection Prevention Through the Decades (1000)
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3004Optimizing the EVS-IP Partnership to Prevent Infection (3004) This session is sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Clorox. The speaker is not sponsored.
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2202Outbreak Investigation in Healthcare Settings (2202)
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3300Preventing Ventilator-associated Respiratory Infections: Bundles, Devices, Medications and Future Strategies (3300)
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3005Public Reporting: Humanizing the Numerators (3005)
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3405"Really? They're Doing What??" -- How to Approach Unusual Events in Infection Prevention (3405)
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1200Resources for Safe Sterile Processing in Ambulatory Health Centers and Ambulatory Surgery Centers (1200)
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2205Safe Injection Practice Campaign: Is Knowledge Enough? (2205)
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1601Safe Injection Practices (1601)
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3602Semmelweis and His Impact on Infection Prevention in 2013 (3602)
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2503On the Cutting Edge of HAI Prevention Research: What’s New, What’s Next, What’s Over the Horizon? (2503)
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2002Simulation Session: Collaboration Between the Perioperative Nurse and Infection Preventionist (2002)
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3200SIR and NSQIP (3200)
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1504Sterilization Process Failures: Investigation and Prevention (1504)
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3001Surveillance and Clinical Definitions of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP): Controversies, Gold Standards, and Outcomes (3001)
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2500Tackling Challenging Infection Control Problems When Evidence is Lacking (2500)
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3603TB Testing 2013 (3603)
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2501The Mysteries Behind the Door Inpatient and Outpatient Dialysis (2501)
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3601Top 10 Pearls of Evidence: Celebrating the Science in Our Year of the Ruby (3601)
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3400Transplant Infection Risk and Prevention (3400)
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3205Update on Occupational Health (3205)
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1203Using Statistical Graphics in Infection Prevention (1203)
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1403Using Your Infection Prevention Risk Assessment to Energize Your Program (1403)
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1503Validation of HAI Data at the State and Local Level (1503)
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3605What the Pregnant Healthcare Worker Should Know to Reduce the Risk of Infection (3605)
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3303Winning the Battle on C difficile (3303) This session is sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Clorox. The speaker is not sponsored.
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2200Your Ambulatory Center: Exceeding Survey Expectations by Engaging Staff in an Evidence Based Quality Improvement Program (2200)
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