CDI Prevention Collaborative Workshop
Doubletree Hotel, Westborough, MA
March 29, 2011
AGENDA
Time
7:45-8:15
8:15-8:25
Session
Breakfast and registration
Welcome and plan for the day
Faculty
8:25-9:00
Ten months in: What have we
accomplished and what’s next?
Susanne Salem-Schatz, ScD
Health Care Quality Initiatives
CDI Prevention Collaborative Director
9:00-10:30
SESSION 1:
Getting everyone involved in C. difficile
prevention: practical strategies
Clostridium-Difficile Reduction Utilizing an
Interdepartmental Team Approach
Noble Hospital
Paula Griswold, MS
Executive Director
Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
NOBLE HOSPITAL
Mary Jane Lamb, RN, BSN
Infection Preventionist
Susan St.Jean, BCRN
Clinical Nurse Manager
No Butts About It, Let’s Wipe It Away
St. Vincent’s Hospital
ST.VINCENT HOSPITAL
Debra Berube MS RNC CIC
Director of Infection Prevention
A Story of Three Women
Harrington Hospital
HARRINGTON HOSPITAL
Heather L. Briere, MS, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Ann Beaudry, BSN
Nurse Manager Maternal and Child Services
Sue Valentine, RN, CNOR
Director, Infection Prevention
10:30-10:50
10:50-12:30
BREAK
SESSION 2 Hot Topics
1. Environmental Services Leaders in
Infection Prevention
2. C. difficile Screening and
Identification Myths: fact or
fiction
3. Small group conversation
12:30-1:30
LUNCH
COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL
Daniel English
Director of Environmental Services & Service Excellence
Linda Riley, MEd, RN, CIC
Manager, Infection Prevention
Lisa Davidson, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine
Sharon Benjamin, PhD
Alchemy
Collaborative Consultant
1:30-3:15
Antibiotic Stewardship:
A Necessary Piece to the Puzzle of
Improving Patient Outcomes and
Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections
Kenneth R. Lawrence, BS, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist: Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center
Local Efforts
MetroWest Medical Center
METRO WEST MEDICAL CENTER
Colleen Grocer RPh, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator
Marlborough Hospital
A Team Approach to Antibiotic
Stewardship
Toronto East General Hospital
MARLBOROUGH HOSPITAL
Vibha Sharma, MD
Medical Director, Infection Control
Infectious Disease Consultant
Tim Yang, RPh
Director of Pharmacy
TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL
Jeffery Powis, MD, FRCP, MSc
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Infection Control Officer, Infectious Diseases Consultant
Yves Crehore, RN
Organizational Safety Specialist, Quality & Organizational
Safety
Sue Gill, BSc Phm, RPh.
Antimicrobial Stewardship and HIV Pharmacist
Department of Pharmaceutical Services
3:15-3:30
3:30-3:50
3:50-3:55
BREAK
Your C. difficile Prevention Practice
Opportunities
Close
Facilitated Discussion