7:30-8:25 a.m.
Registration / Breakfast
8:25-9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Andrew Hennenfent
Dr. Robert Kruse
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Infection Prevention Workforce Challenges and Opportunities
Sarah Smathers
IPU Domain: Management and Communication
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Snacks and Vendors
10:30-11:30 a.m.
The Lone IPs Survival Guide for Success
Patricia Jackson
IPU Domain: Management and Communication
11:30-12:30 p.m.
Understanding Water Safety for Construction – From Design to Occupancy
Robin Quinn
IPU Domain: Environment of Care
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Lunch / Dessert with Vendors
1:45-2:15 p.m.
How to Build Water Management into your Infection Control Risk Assessment for Construction
Sarah Castro
IPU Domain: Environment of Care
2:15-3:15 p.m.
Responding to Legionella: One Hospital’s Experience
Dr. Loreen Herwaldt
IPU Domain: Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents & Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
3:25-4:10 p.m.
Legionella Investigation and Testing in Iowa
Ryan Jepson and Andy Weigel
IPU Domain: Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
4:10-5:10 p.m.
Changing the Game: Understanding Blueprints, Construction, and the Necessity of Infection Prevention
Amanda Brown, Nick Hoffman, and Christa Mardaus
IPU Domain: Environment of Care
7:15-7:55 a.m.
Breakfast/Registration
7:55-8:00 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. Andrew Hennenfent
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Disinfectants 101: Mastering the Minutia
Marc-Oliver Wright
IPU Domain: Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Infectious Disease Case Studies – A Focus on Epidemiology and Prevention!
Dr. Lisa Veach
IPU Domain: Identification of Infectious Disease Processes
10:10-11:10 a.m.
Optimizing Safety: Avoiding Pitfalls when Matching Isolation Gowns and Respitory Protection to Healthcare Settings
Jim Davis and Karen Haberland
IPU Domain: Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents
11:10-12:10 p.m.
An Ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound in Cure: The Future of Healthcare Associated Infections in Iowa
Dr. Hennenfent
IPU Domain: Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
1:00-2:15 p.m.
Annual Risk Assessment: A Key to Program Success
Lisa Caffery and Angel Mueller
IPU Domain: Management and Communication
2:30-3:30 p.m.
TB in Iowa: Statistics, Trends & Other Stuff
Shirlee Hasstedt and Allan Lynch
IPU Domain: Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents & Identification of Infectious Disease Processes