Preventing Infections In Critical Care Settings

June 25, 2008

Agenda

12:00- 12:15 / Welcome And Overview Of The Afternoon
Paula Griswold MS, Executive Director, MA Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
12:15-1:15 / Preventing MRSA And Other Multiple Drug Resistant Organisms:

Putting The Pieces Together

The Infection Prevention - Critical Care Connection
Lark Dupont, MSN,RN,CIC, Manager, Infection Prevention, Mount Auburn Hospital
Infection Control Measures in the ICU: A day in the life of a bacterium in the ICU
Taylor Thompson MD, Director, Medical ICU, Massachusetts General Hospital
Additional Panelists
John Silva, Environmental Services Manager, Mount Auburn Hospital
Lorri Mease, BSN,RN, Nurse Manager, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Mount Auburn Hospital
Jeannie Taylor, BSN,RN, Nurse Manager, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Mount Auburn Hospital

Panel Moderators

Paula Griswold, Executive Director, MA Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
Paul Currier MD, Associate Program Director for Procedures and Critical Care Education, Department of Medicine, and Quality Director, Medical ICU, Massachusetts General Hospit
1:15-2:05 / Approaches To Preventing Central Line Bloodstream Infection:

Teams And Training

Approaches To Training For Central Line Insertions
Paul Currier MD, Associate Program Director for Procedures and Critical Care Education, Department of Medicine, and Quality Director, Medical ICU, Massachusetts General Hospital
Four “C’s” To Conquer CLI: An Integrated Approach To Performance Improvement
Elaine C. Killough RN, MSN, CCRN, CS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, Sturdy Memorial Hospital

Additional Panelist

Mary Ellen Scales RN, Baystate Medical Center
Panel Moderators
Paula Griswold, Executive Director, MA Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
Michael Howell, MD, Director, Critical Care Quality, Associate Director, Medical Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2:05-2:25 / BREAK
2:25-2:50 /

Teamwork Prevents Surgical Site Infection

Tight Glycemic Control: A Team Approach To Preventing Medialstenial Infections

Debra Santilli, BSN, MBA, RN, CCRN, NE-BC Director of Cardiac Surgical Services, ICU, CCU and Telemetry, Charlton Hospital
Emmanuel Resendes, RN, BSN, CCRN, CBC, Resource Nurse, CICU, Charlton Hospital
2:05-4:20 / Practical Strategies To Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Why Is It So Difficult To Reduce The VAP Rate In The ICU? Changing The Culture Can Help.
Charlie O’Donnell, MS, RRT, Director, Respiratory Care, Boston Medical Center
Talking VAP: Staff identifying risk reduction strategies
Daniel Barrieau, RRT, CPFT, Director, Respiratory Care Services, Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Teams: Getting together for Change
Mary Ellen Scales, RN, MSN, CIC, Manager, Infection Control, Baystate Medical Center
VAP: Three Years of Work at an Academic Medical Center
Michael Howell, MD, MPH, Director, Critical Care Quality, Associate Director, Medical Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Additional Panelists

Elaine Killough, RN, MSN, CCRN, CS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, Fairview Hospital
Lark DuPont, MSN, RN, CIC, Manager, Infection Prevention, Mount Auburn Hospital
Panel Moderators
Paula Griswold, Executive Director, MA Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
Taylor Thompson, MD, Director, Medical ICU, Massachusetts General Hospital
4:20-4:30 / Next steps
Paula Griswold, Executive Director, MA Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors