Agenda

7:30-8:25 a.m. Registration / Breakfast

8:25-8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:30-9:30 a.m. Iowa Communicable Disease State of the State

Dr. Matthew Donahue

9:30-10:30 a.m. Drug Diversion and Infection Prevention: When the Needle Hits the Vein

Jim Davis

10:30-11:00 a.m. Break with Vendors

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Candida auris: Introduction and Current Recommendations for Maintaining A Safe Patient Environment

Marc-Oliver Wright

12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch with Vendors

1:15-1:30 p.m. A Winning Performance with Adam Levine (Wound Culture Utilizing Levine Technique)

Angie Ellerbroek

1:30-2:30 p.m. Healthcare Professionals’ Processes of Care & Hand Hygiene

Dr. Loreen Herwaldt

2:30-3:30 p.m. Raise your right hand: Role of infection prevention in healthcare litigation

Catherine Kroll

3:30-3:45 p.m. Break

3:45-4:45 p.m. Infection Prevention: Navigating the Raging Sea of Rules, Requirements & Recommendations

Rebecca Battjes

7:15-7:55 a.m. Registration / Breakfast

7:55-8:00 a.m. Welcome

8:00-9:00 a.m. Keynote – Artificial Intelligence and Infection Prevention: Understanding, Applying, and Reimagining

Ruth Carrico

9:00-10:00 a.m. A Collaborative Approach to Reducing Non-ventilator Acquired Pneumonia

Angela McGonegle

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15-11:15 a.m. Outpatient Antimicrobial Use in Iowa

Dr. Erika Ernst

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. It’s a Win-Win – Urinary Tract Infection Diagnostic Excellence

Dr. Lisa Veach

12:15-1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00-2:00 p.m. Microbiology for Infection Preventionists

Alexandra Trannel

2:00-2:15 p.m. Break

2:15-3:15 p.m. Introducing the Ethical Infection Prevention and Control (EIPAC) Decision-Making Framework

Lisa Caffery

3:15-3:30 p.m. Wrap up