Schedule
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30 - 8:30 am | Registration & Exhibits Open - Collect Bingo Stickers |
| 8:15 am | Conference Welcome |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
Annual Infection Prevention Risk Assessment, Plan, & Review: Tying it Together with
an Interactive Live Demonstration Rebecca will demonstrate how to tackle these critical components of an infection prevention program. |
| 9:15 - 10:00 am |
IP Role in AS The Role of an Infection Preventionist in Antimicrobial Stewardship will be an informative session highlighting the importance of infection preventionist work to antimicrobial stewardship. The session will discuss similarities between infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship. It will provide examples of how infection preventionists can collaborate with antimicrobial stewardship committees to achieve the common goal of improved patient outcomes. |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Break & Exhibits Open/Vendor Bingo - Collect Bingo Stickers |
| 10:30 - 11:15 am |
Healthcare Drains and HAIs: Challenges and Solutions This session will discuss how healthcare drains can be a reservoir for HAIs, describe recent outbreaks, and review current guidance on prevention drain-associated infections. |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: UV-C Technology for Enhanced Disinfection: Show Me the Science Healthcare environmental surfaces are known to be reservoirs for epidemiological important microorganisms. This session will describe factors associated with inadequate manual cleaning and disinfection and will describe the utilization of UV-C technology for enhanced environmental disinfection leading to reductions in bioburden and increased levels of environmental hygiene. Understanding the Significance of Blood Culture Contamination: Sara Owens will talk about the causes and impacts of blood culture contaminations. She will detail the relationship between accurate blood culture testing, sepsis diagnosis, antimicrobial stewardship & CLABSI reporting all of which affect patient outcomes and the financial health of departments/facilities. Sara will conclude the session with a discussion on solutions to reduce blood culture contaminations and how leadership contributes to long term and sustainable results. Dietary in the Game of Infection Prevention This presentation focuses on the infection prevention and control aspects of the dietary program in the healthcare setting including challenges faced and best practices related to infection control. Escape Rooms |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch - Provided |
| 1:00 - 1:45 pm |
Candida auris - An Enigmatic Fungal Pathogen of C. auris is an emerging fungus that presents a serious global health threat. This presentation discusses the history of the fungus, the reservoir, mode of transmission, and the susceptible hosts. Recent outbreaks are reviewed. Recommendations and actions to prevent and control spread will also be discussed. |
| 1:45 - 2:30 pm |
Laundry - Infection Contral a Wash? This interactive session will cover healthcare laundry infection control standards and practices. Together, we will identify common concerns and opportunities for improvement and discuss ways for promoting improvement through adaptation of standards, recommendations and best practices. |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm |
Break & Exhibits Open/Vendor Bingo - Collect Bingo Stickers |
| 3:00 - 3:45 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Implementing Ambulatory Antimicrobial Stewardship in Accordance to Joint Commission
Requirements This session will review Joint Commission requirements for ambulatory antimicrobial stewardship as well as identify strategies to fulfill the requirements and advance antimicrobial stewardship programs. Examples and lessons learned will be provided from the program at Sanford Health Fargo. Water Management in Dialysis The management of hemodialysis fluids (water and dialysate) is important for the safety of hemodialysis patients. Microbial contamination of these fluids incidences of bacteremia or pyrogenic reactions in patients during treatment and chemical contamination can lead to a number of adverse events including death. This presentation will focus on the management of the dialysis water treatment systems and preparation of the dialysate bath and the quality management systems that need to be in place to provide for the safe care of patients and to prevent patient harm from the dialysate bath and exposure to water. Emerging Diseases: Global Health is our Health Escape Rooms |
| 3:45 - 4:30 pm |
Those Carts, Caddies, and Wheels - Germs, Oh My!! Debbie Hurst, RN, CHESP, CIC Environmental cleaning in healthcare is practiced by environmental services as well as across several other disciplines including nursing and therapy. This session looks at the healthcare risk related to environmental soilage and contamination and its removal, and standard practice recommendations along with best practices for the healthcare environmental cleaning that reduces those risk . |
| 4:30 pm |
Conference Wrap Up |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30 - 8:15 am | Registration & Exhibits Open - Collect Bingo Stickers |
| 8:15 - 9:00 am |
Rebecca Battjes, MPH, CIC, FAPIC A review of basic microbiology with an emphasis on organism structure and how that structure leads to pathogenicity. We review key organisms and their relevance to healthcare. |
| 9:00 - 10:00 am |
Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms: Prevention and Response in Healthcare Settings Samuel Cincotta, MPH, PharmD Novel & Targeted Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Background and epidemiology, strategies to prevent and contain, and public health collaboration. |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Break & Exhibits Open/Vendor Bingo - Collect Bingo Stickers |
| 10:30 - 11:15 am |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: AMMI Water Standards for Reprocessing Water used to rinse medical devices has been associated with both infections and pseudo-infections. AAMI first published a technical information report in AAIM TIR 34:2007 that made recommendations for the quality water that should be used for device reprocessing. In 2023 AAMI published ST 108 Water for the processing of medical devices (2023) which defines the types of water needed to for high-level disinfection and steam sterilization. In addition, AAMI ST 91: 2021 Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities also discusses water quality in the reprocessing process and it refers back to AAM TIR 34. Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection in Dialysis This presentation begins with an overview of disinfect chemistry selection. The second half focuses specifically on environmental cleaning & disinfection considerations for high-touch, highly interactive rehabilitation and dialysis settings. EBP LTC Enhanced Barrier Precautions were first introduced to LTC in 2019. Currently there are CDC updates being finalized related to EBP. This session will look at what EBP include, any updates that are possibly coming and how to promote the adoption of the precautions in LTC facilities. Escape Rooms |
| 11:15 - 11:45 am |
What's Wrong with This? This interactive session involves “looking through the eyes of the trained Infection Preventionist” (IP) and identifying what is wrong with the examples and images reviewed related to infection prevention and control across the continuum of care. |
| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm |
Lunch & Exhibits Open/Vendor Bingo - Collect Bingo Stickers |
| 12:45 - 1:30 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Understanding Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Organisms (ESBLs) Tony Maanum, PharmD This session will be an overview of extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing organisms. There are many unique considerations and treatment choices that need to be considered when looking at ESBL organisms so it very important to develop an understanding on these topics to successfully treat patients. We will go over the scenarios in which ESBL organisms are more likely to present, the pathophysiology of how these enzymes work, the types of pathogens involved, how to identify an ESBL organism, and finally of the considerations about the treatment of ESBL organisms. This will cover guideline directed treatment, controversies in some of the treatment, and stewardship considerations when choosing antibiotics. Protecting the Patient Lifeline: Dialysis Access and Infection Risks With frequent access to the bloodstream, it is well established that dialysis patients are at a higher risk of infection. In this session, participants will identify the various types of dialysis accesses and learn about the risks of infection associated with each, as well as best practices in mitigating dialysis access infection risk. Safety Scavenger Hunt! An IPs Guide to Environmental Rounding in Ambulatory Care Open to cabinets, closets, and drawers! Look up, look down, and everywhere in between. Describe the current state of the ambulatory infection preventionist. Review common (and not-so-common) findings during ambulatory environment of care rounds. Discuss challenges unique to ambulatory settings. Escape Rooms |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm |
Jennifer Galbraith, BS ND Department of Health During this session participants will learn about the current immunization recommendations in the United States and how immunizations play a role in infection control. |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm |
Break & Exhibits Open/Vendor Bingo - Collect Bingo Stickers |
| 2:30 - 3:15 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Up to Code: Conditions for Coverage and the ESRD Network In all the pages of the ESRD conditions of coverage, the tags related to infection prevention continue to be the most commonly cited deficiencies in dialysis facilities. This session will review common areas of citation, define the role of the ESRD Network in quality improvement, and inform the participants of best practices in infection prevention in the dialysis facility, not just to satisfy the certification survey, but for improved outcomes for ESRD patients. Operating Room Turnover Cleaning & Disinfection Through the Eyes The operating room (OR) is an intimidating space for IPs of all experience levels. This session details the real-life challenges of turning over an OR in between cases. IPs will learn key cleaning & disinfection concepts and opportunities to improve this critical process. Wound Care in LTC This interactive session will look at the wound care program infection control components in LTC. Included will be discussion of common infection control opportunities for improvement (OFIs) in this type of program and review of current infection control related recommendations and best practices. Escape Rooms |
| 3:15 - 4:00 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: The Dog Days of ID: Embracing the Bark & Removing the Bite of Diagnostic Stewardship This session will introduce diagnostic stewardship, explain multi-disciplinary roles, and discuss specific disease states and potential stewardship opportunities. Rapid diagnostic tests for bacteremia, respiratory infections, and meningitis/encephalitis will also be covered. Disinfection/Sterilization Immediate Use Eye Instruments This interactive session covers basics of disinfection and sterilization processes, along with immediate use steam sterilization (IUSS). Specific discussion points for eye instrument reprocessing will also be presented. A Dog Walks into a Hospital: Infection Prevention and Control Best Practices for Animal
Visitations The prevalence of animals in healthcare settings is becoming more frequent in patient care areas such as hospitals, physician offices, rehabilitation centers, and long-term care facilities. When animals are present in healthcare settings, there is the potential for germs to spread between animals and people, demonstrating the need to have appropriate protocols and policies in place to protect patients, residents, and staff from the potential risk of infection. Escape Rooms |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm |
Water Management - How's it Flowing? Outbreaks due to water exposure have occurred in healthcare settings, these include CLABSIs, SSIs, BSIs, Valve infections, etc. These infections are due to both opportunistic pathogens of premise plumbing (eg., Legionella pneumophilla, Nontuberculous mycobacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia complex, Stenotrophomonas maltophila, etc) and MDRO sanitary plumbing. Water management for healthcare facilities will be discussed in detail and facilities will be reminded that water management is no longer about Legionella only. |
| 4:30 pm |
Closing Comments |