7:30-8:25 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast/Vendor Exhibits
8:25-8:30 a.m.
Welcome by Dr. Hennenfent
8:30-9:30 a.m.
Leadership in Infection Prevention: What type of leader are you?
Timothy Bowers
Domain: Management and Communication
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Developing the Infection Preventionist Across the Healthcare Continuum: Promoting Competency and Advancing Practice
Lisa Caffery, Angel Mueller, and Deborah Burdsall
Domain: Management and Communication
10:45-11:15 a.m.
Snacks/Vendor exhibits-firm
11:15-12:15 p.m.
Patient Care Processes and Infection Prevention: An Innovative Mixed Methods Approach to Minding Our Knowledge and Practice Gaps
Dr. Loreen Herwaldt, Jaqueline Silva, and Emily Chasco
Domain: Education and Research
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Lunch/Dessert with vendors
1:45-2:45 p.m.
The ABCs of AMR: The Modern Landscape of Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr. Andrew Hennenfent
Domain: Identification of Infectious Disease Process
2:45-3:00 p.m.
Snack/break
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Changes and Challenges Implementing Enhanced Barrier Precautions: New Approaches
Deborah Burdsall
Domain: Preventing/ Controlling Transmission of Infectious Agents
7:15-7:55 a.m.
Breakfast/Registration
7:55-8:00 a.m.
Welcome by Dr. Hennenfent
8:00-9:00 a.m.
How the Iowa HHS HAI Program is Working to Elevate Infection Prevention and Control in Iowa
Dr. Andrew Hennenfent
Domain: Management and Communication
Domain: Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Mitigating Risks of Processing Reusable Medical Devices in Ambulatory Care Settings
John Whelan
Domain: Cleaning, Sterilization of Medical Devices and Equipment
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Break/Snack
10:15-11:15 a.m.
You Have Identifed a Hospital-Acquired Infection, Now What?
Kim Overbeck
Domain: Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
11:15-12:15 p.m.
Strengthening the Collaboration with ESRD Network 12
Roma Heater
Domain: Management/ Communication
Domain: Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Diagnostic Stewardship and Antibiotic Allergy De-labeling - Important tools for Infection Prevention
Dr. Lisa Veach
Domain: Identification of Infectious Disease Processes
2:00-2:15 p.m.
Break/Snack
2:15-3:15 p.m.
Common Infection Prevention and Control Deficiencies in Healthcare Settings
Vicki Worth and John Osborne
Domain: Management/ Communication