Symposium:
173. Mists, Rays, and Robots – Environmental Cleaning in the 21st Century
Friday, October 28, 2016: 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Room: 393-396

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

  • define new strategies for environmental infection prevention
  • describe current issues in assessment of environmental cleaning
  • describe current concepts of environmental cleaning unique to the long term care setting

Target Audience: Academicians, Clinicians, Epidemiologists, Fellows, Healthcare workers, Hospital administrators, Hospital epidemiologists, Infection preventionists, Infectious diseases pediatricians, Infectious diseases physicians, Lab personnel, Members-in-training, Microbiologists, Researchers

Tracks: Adult ID, Epidemiology and Infection Control

Moderators:  E. Yoko Furuya, MD, MS, Columbia University Medical Center and David J. Weber, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health

Presentations:
2:00 PM
1662
What are the Best Ways to Assess Environmental Cleaning?
Jennifer Han, MD, MSCE
2:25 PM
Q&A
2:30 PM
1661
Review of Environmental Infection Prevention Strategies – What is the Current State of the Evidence?
Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA

2:55 PM
Q&A
3:00 PM
1663
Application of Novel Environmental Infection Prevention Measures in Long-Term Care
Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD

3:25 PM
Q&A

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.5 knowledge-based contact hours 0.15 of pharmacy CE

ACPE Number: 0221-9999-16-266-L05-P

Disclosures:

E. Y. Furuya, None

D. J. Weber, Clorox: Consultant , Consulting fee

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