Agenda

7:30 AM – 8:20 AM Registration / Light Breakfast / Meet Vendors

8:20 AM – 8:30 AM Welcome / Meet the HAI team

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Breakout Sessions A

Session 1: Acute Care Track
Best Practices in Infection Prevention & Sterile Processing
Jill Holdsworth, CIC, AL-CIP,FAPIC, NREMT, CRCST, CHL

Session 2: LTC Track
Creating Sustainable Elements of a Successful Long Term Care
Infection Prevention and Control Program
Deb Burdsall, PhD, RN-BC, CIC, LTC-CIP, FAPIC

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Breakout Sessions B

Session 1: Acute Care Track
Closing the Gap on Infection Prevention Staffing Recommendations
Sara Reese, PhD, MPH, CIC, AL-CIP, FAPIC

Session 2: LTC Track
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
What is Enhanced about Enhanced Barrier Precautions? Case Studies Based on Real Life Questions
Deb Burdsall, PhD, RN-BC, CIC, LTC-CIP, FAPIC

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Infection Prevention: A Facility Wide Approach
Dawn Karr, RN, BSN

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Break in Vendor Hall

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Ultraviolet Light Supplemental Disinfection: Science and Practice

Marc-Oliver Wright, MT (ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Environmental Hygiene MythBusters! An Interactive Session to Distinguish Fact from Fiction

Rebecca Battjes, MPH, CIC, FAPIC

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Poster Presentations

Impact of Quality Assessment of Cleaning on Hospital Associated Infection Rates Using Digital Tool in 400-bed Acute Care Hospital in Slovakia – One Year Study.
Tatiana Izakovic, MD, MHA, CIC

Sealing the Risk: Tissue Adhesive for CLABSI Prevention & Paws for Prevention: Building Trust and Battling Burnout in Acute Care.
Kristen Beal, RN, BSN, CIC

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative Organisms and C. auris: What Infection Preventionists Need to Know

Loreen Herwaldt, MD

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM MDRO Precautions Across the Care Continuum: A Panel Discussion

Moderator – Lisa Vitale
Panelists: Sarah Castro (MPH, CIC), Jessica Ernst (BSN,RN), Kacie Garver (MSN, RN, ARNP, AGCNS-BC, CEN), Amy Leister, Elizabeth Thiele (MPH, LTC-CIP), and the Iowa HHS HAI Team

Wed

May 06

7:15 AM – 7:55 AM Light Breakfast / Registration

7:55 AM – 8:00 AM Welcome

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Read It. Evaluate It. Use It: Bringing Research to the Frontline

Sara Reese, PhD, MPH, CIC, AL-CIP, FAPIC

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Zoonotic Risks in Modern Healthcare: What Infection Preventionists Need to Know

Andrew Hennenfent

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Behind the Linen: Our Journey to In-House Hospital Laundry

Andrea Cottingham

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM State of the State of Iowa

Michael Patten

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch

1:15 PM – 3:45 PM ICRA and Construction: Empowering Infection Preventionists to Lead

Amanda Brown & Christa Mardaus

3:45 PM Wrap Up