How Can We Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship in Solid Organ Transplant Patients?
August 19th 2016Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, clinical pharmacy coordinator of infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses how collaboration with transplant counterparts is needed to provide optimal treatment.
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'Careful Observation' Can Improve Infection Prevention in Healthcare Settings
August 18th 2016Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, discusses how 'careful observation' can be used to decrease the number of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in the healthcare setting.
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Screening and Surveillance of Clostridium difficile in Healthcare Facilities
August 17th 2016Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, discusses efforts to screen asymptomatic Clostridium difficile carriers as well as some of the barriers to implementing active surveillance and putting asymptomatic carriers in isolation.
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Collaborative Efforts for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Organ Transplant Population
August 16th 2016Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, clinical pharmacy coordinator of infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, explains collaborative efforts to make up for lack of data regarding stewardship in organ transplant populations.
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Understanding the Importance of Human Factors Engineering in Relation to the Healthcare Setting
August 15th 2016Sarah Krein, PhD, RN, health services researcher & research scientist at VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, stresses that prevention clinicians, infection preventionists, and infectious diseases physicians should understand the principles behind human factors and how it applies in their own disciplines.
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Preventing C. difficile in Post-Acute Care Facilities
August 15th 2016Robin Jump, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, outlines ways that healthcare providers can improve the prevention and management of C. difficile in post-acute care facilities.
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Understanding Tasks Through the Conceptual Framework of Adherence Engineering
August 12th 2016Frank Drews, MS, PhD, professor of cognitive and neural sciences at the University of Utah, Department of Psychology, discusses the steps that are involved in developing a better understanding of tasks through the conceptual framework of adherence engineering.
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Reducing Physical Effort Decreases Negative Patient Outcomes
August 12th 2016Frank Drews, MS, PhD, professor of cognitive and neural sciences at the University of Utah, Department of Psychology, discusses how psychological analysis of human behavior has lead his team to produce adherence engineering kits that would reducing physical effort and decreasing negative patient outcomes.
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How Can Adherence Engineering Kits Help Prevent Spread of Infections?
August 10th 2016Frank Drews, MS, PhD, professor of cognitive and neural sciences at the University of Utah, Department of Psychology, discusses ways in which adherence engineering can be applied to prevent infection transmission.
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Preventing Infection and Common Causes of VAC
August 6th 2016Grace Lee, MD, MPH, associate medical director, Infection Control, Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses the current VAP bundle and its focus on infectious conditions as well as the need for a VAC bundle that will prevent other causes of VAC for patients on the ventilator.
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