The 23rd Annual Fellows’ Course in Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention & Antimicrobial Stewardship

Session Schedule


July 7

Sunday


1:00 - 1:30 PM

Registration

Conference Center Atrium

1:30- 1:45

Welcome & Housekeeping

Chris Nyquist

1:45 - 2:30 pm

Hand Hygiene, Isolation, and Precautions

Connie Price

2:30 - 3:15 PM

Outbreak Investigation

Trish Perl

3:15-4:00 PM

Epidemiologic Methods and Counting Infections: The Basics of Surveillance

David Warren

4:00 - 4:45 PM

Managing Occupational Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens

David Henderson

4:45 - 5:30 PM

A Day in the Life of a Hospital Epidemiologist

Faculty Panel

5:30 - 7:30 PM

Happy Hour Networking with Faculty & Speakers

Conference Center Atrium and Patio

 

July 8

Monday


7:30 - 8:00 AM

Breakfast & Registration

Conference Center Atrium

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia, Ventilator–Associated Pneumonia & Respiratory Tract Infections

Mike Klompas

8:45 - 9:30 AM

Epidemiologically Important GNRs and Resistant Pathogens

Anthony Harris

9:30 - 10:15 AM

Epidemiologically Important, Resistant Gram–Positive Bacteria and Interpreting Surveillance Cultures

Brad Cutrell

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Break

Conference Center Atrium

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10:30 - 11:15 AM

Nosocomial Infections in Neonates & Young Children

Judith Campbell

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11:15 - 12:00 PM

Urinary Tract Infections

David Pegues

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch & Learn: Networking with Speakers

  • Opportunities in Antimicrobial Stewardship

  • Opportunities and Careers in Infection Prevention

  • Opportunities in Microbiology

1:30 - 2:15 PM

High Risk Infectious Pathogen- From SARS to Ebola

Angela Hewlett

2:15 - 3:00 PM

Role of the Microbiology Laboratory in Hospital Epidemiology

Dan Diekema

3:00 - 3:45 PM

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Keith Hamilton

3:45 - 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Case Study Jeopardy

Keith Hamilton

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Happy Hour Networking with Faculty & Speakers

Conference Center Atrium & Patio

July 9

Tuesday


7:30 - 8:00 AM

Breakfast

Conference Center Atrium

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Influenza, Pertussis & Other Respiratory Diseases

Chris Nyquist

8:45 - 9:15 AM

Mycobacteria | TB + NTM

James Gaensbauer

9:15 - 10:00 AM

Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

Patch Dellinger

10:00 - 10:45 AM

Bloodstream & Catheter Infections

Len Mermel

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10:45 - 11:00 AM

Break

Conference Center Atrium

11:00 - 11:45 AM

Gastrointestinal Diseases including C. difficile and Norovirus

Kerri Thom

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch & Learn: Networking with Speakers

  • Career Development

  • Opportunities in Pediatric Infection Control

  • Opportunities @ the National Institutes of Health

1:30 - 2:15 PM

Saturday with the Pager: Case Studies

David Pegues, Kerri Thom, Brad Cutrell

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Final Comments, Evaluation, Adjourn