Poster Abstract Presentation Information
Abstract
Number
6294
Poster Title
Evaluation of susceptibility to mono and combination
therapy of blood or respiratory pathogens from an inner
city hospital
First Name
Frank E.
How are Patients with Clostridium difficile (CDI) Infection
being treated in the Hospital? Are we Following the
6346
Treatment Guidelines in Managing CDI?
Neha
Last Name
Session
Palmieri
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Alang
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6482
Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of bitherapy on
Moroccan patients treated from hepatitis C
Ghassan
El Malki
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6525
Use of Web-based Reporting to Prioritize Regional
Antibiotic Resistances in the Outpatient Setting
Wayne
Mathews
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6528
Relationship between Hospital Charges and Pneumonia
Quality Index for Pneumonia in US Hospitals, 2012
Wayne
Mathews
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6536
Procalcitonin Kinetics as an Early Predictor for Extended
Antibiotic Therapy in Patients with Staphylococcus
aureus Bacteremia
Ryan
Pack
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6596
Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use and Documentation
Assessment in Nine U.S. Nursing Homes
Nicola
Thompson
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6636
Effect of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Multidisciplinary
Patient Review on the Reduction of Hospital Onset
Clostridium difficile Infection
Corinne
Zink
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6656
Assessment of Local Antimicrobial Stewardship
Activities: a Call for Collaboration
Jennifer L.
Gutowski
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6699
A systematic consult program increases testing of
patients for Legionella pneumonia
Brooke K.
Decker
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6700
Systematic Legionella Water Sampling: 2 Years of
Comprehensive Data
Brooke K.
Decker
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6708
Impact of Activity and the Environment on Hospital Air
Particulate Counts and Fungal Aerocontamination
Trevor
Van
Schooneveld
6770
Does Electronic Stewardship Work?
Barbara
Lambl
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6775
Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in Michigan LongTerm Care Facilities
Anurag
Malani
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6782
Progression of Liver Disease in Chronic Hepatitis C Viral
Infection among Saudi Patients in Jeddah
Naeema A
Akbar
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6787
Survey on Clostridium difficile laboratory testing
methods in Northeast Ohio: a shift from conventional to
nucleic acid amplification tests?
Ken Koon
Wong
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6817
Could modified disk diffusion coupled with Maldi be a
useful tool for antimicrobial stewardship?
Sindhu
Mohandas
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6819
The Impact of Contaminated Urine Cultures in the
Inpatient Setting
Thomas
Talbot
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
6821
Environmental legionellosis: a consequence of
competing organizational programs?
6833
The Role of Leadership for Antibiotic Stewardship within
the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety
(SEIPS) Model
6849
Clostridium Difficile Infection: Agreement between an
Automated Algorithm and Medicare.gov HospitalCompare Reporting
6852
Using Modified Multiple-Locus Variable-Number
Tandem Repeat Analysis (MMLVA) in Clostridium difficile
Infection (CDI) Surveillance In An Ontario Hospital
6869
Adherence to Clostridium difficile Treatment Guidelines
Improved after Intensification of an Antimicrobial
Stewardship Program with Trends toward Shorter
Length of Stay and Lower Mortality at a Veterans Affairs
Health Care System
Summary of Molecular Typing Results for a large
Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI), Ontario
Canada
6892
Sustained Reduction of C. difficile Over Three Years
Using a Multi Modal Strategy
6906
Engaging Internists to Champion Antimicrobial
Stewardship on the Wards
6916
Urine-Specific Ampicillin Breakpoints to Improve
Treatment of Enterococcal Urinary Tract Infections
6919
Cost Savings and Antimicrobial Optimization Associated
with Piloting of a Prospective-Audit-With-Feedback
Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) Model at a Nonfreestanding Children's Hospital
6921
The culture of antibiotic-prescribing among inpatient
physicians: a qualitative assessment
6856
Crnich
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Mary Jo
Knobloch
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Xiaowu
Sun
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Freda
Lam
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Leo A.
Dobronski
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Camille
Achonu
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Judy
Moy
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Priya
Nori
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Seema
Mehta
Thursday Poster
Presentation
J. Michael
Klatte
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Daniel
Livorsi
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Christopher
6966
Pediatric Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Attributable to
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Provider Attitudes Toward Fecal Microbiota
Transplantation
6977
Topic Modeling Applied to Infection Prevention Related
Social Media Posts
6978
Implementation of Ultraviolet Room Disinfection to
Reduce Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infections
6994
Developing a System to Track Antibiotic Consumption at
an Academic Medical Center
J Daniel
Markley
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7002
Curbing Antimicrobial Resistance: Do Physicians Receive
Adequate Training About Antibiograms?
Priyasheelta
Nand
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6957
Sarah B.
Klieger
Marci
Drees
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Cody
Haag
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Cody
Haag
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
7007
Increase of NDM producing Carbapenem Resistant
Klebsiella pneumoniae infections
Candevir Ulu
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7020
Introducing Two Infection Scores to Evaluate Overall
Hospital Performance in Infection Prevention Efforts
Mohamad G.
Fakih
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7026
Effect of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Care Bundle for
Patients Hospitalized with Clostridium difficile Infection
Paul
Brumley
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7047
Objective Surveillance Definitions for Severe Sepsis and
Septic Shock Based on Electronically Available Clinical
Markers
Chanu
Rhee
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7093
Parental Knowledge and Perceptions regarding
Antibiotic Use in the Era of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Michelle
Yvonne
Spencer
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7122
Correlation of Clostridium difficile (CD) Enzyme
Immunoassay (EIA) Testing Results with Clinical Signs
and Symptoms of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
Jennie H.
Kwon
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7126
Availability of Rapid PCR Testing for Chlamydia and
Gonorrhea Significantly Reduces Unnecessary Empiric
Treatment in Adults Presenting to an Urban ED
Larissa
May
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7137
The frequency of Clostridium difficile colonization and
transmission in an intensive care unit (ICU)
Daniel
Morgan
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7142
Rhinovirus/Enterovirus Respiratory Tract Disease in the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Marla Y.
Johnson
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7154
Modeling the clinical impact of adding Actoxumab and
Bezlotoxumab (MK3415A) to standard of care on
recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection among patients
65 years old in the United States
Vimalanand S
Prabhu
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7163
Coinfections in severe influenza: Incidence and risk
factors among 507 U.S. patients, 2013-14
Michael
David
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7168
An Intervention to Decrease Acquisition of Clostridium
difficile Spores on Hands during Removal of
Contaminated Personal Protective Equipment
Sirisha
Kundrapu
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7173
Preventing Transmission of Clostridium difficile: Is the
Answer Blowing in the Wind?
Venkata
Sunkesula
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7185
A statewide antimicrobial use surveillance: different
outcomes for different health administration systems
Icaro
Boszczowski
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7190
Electronic Request System within the Antimicrobial
Stewardship in a Public Pediatric Hospital: Influence on
Consumption
Mirta
Acuna
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7225
Benefits and Consequences of a Pharmacist Driven
Vancomycin Dosing Program
Judith M.
Strymish
Thursday Poster
Presentation
7226
Infection Risk from Hospital-level Transfer Policies: A
Network Analytics Approach
Lofgren
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Aslıhan
Eric T.
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
7233
The Causes Of Post-Operatıve Menıngıtıs: The
Comparıson Of Gram-Negatıve And Gram-Posıtıve
Pathogens
7242
Behice
Kurtaran
Thursday Poster
Presentation
Clostridium difficile colonization in Infants in a Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit
Michelle
Science
Thursday Poster
Presentation
6554
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pseudooutbreak related
to a contaminated bronchoscope
Stephanie
Smith
Friday Poster
Presentation
6585
Novel ReaSLR method Vs Conventional method for
decontamination and concentration of sputum samples
for Mycobacterium tuberculosis microscopy and culture
Sheetal
Verma
Friday Poster
Presentation
6620
Discontinuation of Contact Precautions with the
Introduction of Universal Daily Chlorhexidine Bathing
James A.
McKinnell
Friday Poster
Presentation
6634
Surveillance of hospital-associated infections and
antimicrobial resistance in Egypt – steps toward national
implementation of surveillance
Maha M
Talaat
Friday Poster
Presentation
Philip
Carling
Friday Poster
Presentation
Mehmet A.
Tasyaran
Friday Poster
Presentation
Fernanda
Maria Vieira
Pereira
Friday Poster
Presentation
Singh
Friday Poster
Presentation
Donahue
Friday Poster
Presentation
6661
6664
6668
Acenitobacter baumanii Environmental Epidemiology:
Culture Methods Impact Findings
Antimicrobial resistance of carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae Responsible for Nosocomial
Infections
Investigation of the compliance with standard
precautions of nurses: Comparison between Brazil and
Hong Kong
A Novel Systems-Based Molecular Assay for Direct-FromSample Detection of Carbapenem Resistant
6675
Enterobacteriaceae
Pragya
Differences in influenza vaccination coverage among
health care personnel (HCP) by vaccination-related
attitudes and employer vaccination promotional
6682
activities
Sara M.A.
6765
Incidence and Outcomes Associated with VancomycinResistant Enterococci Infections (VREI) in the US: a
Systematic Literature Review
Hsiu-Yin
Chiang
Friday Poster
Presentation
6774
Evaluation of Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of
Hospital-Associated Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus
(VRE) faecalis and faecium Causing Bacteremia
Geehan
Suleyman
Friday Poster
Presentation
6788
Clinical Outcomes and Cost Analysis in Patients Treated
with Ceftaroline-fosamil versus Vancomycin or
Daptomycin in an Outpatient parenteral antibiotic
therapy (OPAT) setting for Staphylococcus aureus Acute
bacterial skin and skin structure infections
Samia
Arshad
Friday Poster
Presentation
6803
Workplace Interventions Associated With Influenza
Vaccination Coverage in Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Black
Friday Poster
Presentation
Carla L.
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
6809
Health System-wide Intervention on the Use of High
Vancomycin (VAN) Serum Trough Levels is not
Associated with a Reduction in Mortality in Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Blood Stream
Infection (BSI)
Ana Cecilia
Bardossy
Friday Poster
Presentation
6820
The Impact of Discontinuing Routine Contact
Precautions for Endemic MRSA and VRE on Healthcare
Associated Infection Rates and Costs
Elise
Martin
Friday Poster
Presentation
6829
Detection and Prevalence of Adenoviral Conjunctivitis
among Hospital Employees Using Real-time Polymerase
Chain Reaction as an Infection Prevention Tool
Irene C.
Kuo
Friday Poster
Presentation
6863
Multidrug-Resistant Gram Negative Rods Bloodstream
Infections: An Early Intervention has a Significant Impact
in the Outcomes of Cancer Patients
Nobuyoshi
Mori
Friday Poster
Presentation
6865
Risk Factors Contributing to 30-Day Mortality in
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Blood Stream Infections (BSI)
Pedro
Ayau Aguilar
Friday Poster
Presentation
6868
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Bloodstream Infection (BSI): Association between Strain
Types and Mortality
Guillermo
Sanchez
Rosenberg
Friday Poster
Presentation
6886
Ebola Virus Preparedness at a Federally Qualified
Healthcare Center
Brendan M.
De Marco
Friday Poster
Presentation
Norihisa
Yamamoto
Friday Poster
Presentation
Ana Cecilia
Bardossy
Friday Poster
Presentation
Michihiko
Goto
Friday Poster
Presentation
Pamela
Hartman
Friday Poster
Presentation
Myrtle Allison
Green
Friday Poster
Presentation
6896
6901
The Utilization of LAMP against Nosocomial Infections: a
Case of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Outbreak in Osaka, Japan
Eliminating Contact Precautions (CP) for Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) as a Hospitalwide Intervention
6938
Incidence and Susceptibility Trends for Carbapenems,
Fluoroquinolones, and Aminoglycosides among
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Blood Isolates: A Nationwide
Cohort Study at Veterans Health Administration System
Evaluation of Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of
Hospital-acquired and Healthcare-associated MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Causing
Bacteremia
6942
Ebola Deep in the Heart of Texas: A Pre-Hospital
Prospective on Prevention
6945
Cost impact of Adopting PCR-based Active Surveillance
to Discontinue MRSA Contact Isolation for Patients
Admitted to Medical-surgical Units
Marci
Drees
Friday Poster
Presentation
6970
Public Perceptions of Risk of Ebola and Attitudes Toward
a Theoretical Ebola Vaccine
Marci
Drees
Friday Poster
Presentation
6933
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
6972
6987
Antibiotic Resistance Among Gram-negative Bacilli
According to Institutional Antibiograms: a Survey of the
SHEA Research Network
Do results of surveillance cultures influence the choice
of empirical antibiotics among patients with clinical
infections caused by carbapenem-resistant
Acinetobacter baumannii?
6993
Empirical Assessment of Long-Term Care Facilities:
Infection Prevention Policies and Strategies
Linking High-throughput Whole Genome Sequencing to
a Centralized Database with ‘ARMoR-D': A Model for the
National Strategy to Combat Antibiotic Resistant
Bacteria
7012
Outbreak of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacter
cloacae at a Large Tertiary Hospital in Japan: Success of
Problem-Oriented Working Group and Multidimensional
Infection Control Approaches
7018
Eleven Year Trends in Antimicrobial Non-Susceptibility
among Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in the Veterans
Health Administration
7025
The Changing Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin
Resistant Staphylococcus aureus During a Period of
Longitudinal Surveillance
6988
7051
Frequency of Nosocomial Influenza Cases and
Vaccination Coverage in a Tertiary Hospital. 2012-13
Season vs 2013-14 Season
Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae at an Academic Tertiary Medical
Center
Clinical Characteristics, Antimicrobial Resistance and
Outcomes Associated with Staphylococcus spp.
infections
7060
A challenge of healthcare Waste Management (HCWM)
at Cairo University Hospital (CUH) from 2000- 2014
7070
Degree of Knowledge of Standard Precautions in
Physicians at the Beginning of their Medical Specialty
7035
7038
7077
The Ebola Disinfection Booth: Evaluation of an Enclosed
Ultraviolet Light Booth for Disinfection of Contaminated
Personal Protective Equipment
Pseudo-outbreak of Aspergillosis at a Tertiary Care
Hospital
7085
The resistance iceberg: Awareness of patient
colonization with Klebsiella pneumoniae
carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (KPC) in
7071
Drees
Friday Poster
Presentation
Rossana
Rosa
Friday Poster
Presentation
Victoria
Haag
Friday Poster
Presentation
Lesho
Friday Poster
Presentation
Kei
Yamamoto
Friday Poster
Presentation
Jennifer
McDanel
Friday Poster
Presentation
J Bradford
Bertumen
Friday Poster
Presentation
José Luis
Mendoza
García
Friday Poster
Presentation
Amber M
Vasquez
Friday Poster
Presentation
E. C.
Krummenauer
Friday Poster
Presentation
Jehan
El Kholy
Friday Poster
Presentation
Isidra
Tenza Iglesias
Friday Poster
Presentation
Myreen E.
Tomas
Michelle
Doll
Friday Poster
Presentation
Friday Poster
Presentation
Michael Y.
Lin
Friday Poster
Presentation
Marci
Emil
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
the intensive care unit (ICU)
7089
7096
7102
7103
Epidemiology of Blood Stream Infections caused by
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at a
Tertiary Care Hospital in New York
Attitudes Toward and Compliance with Infection Control
Policies and Cough Etiquette Among Healthcare Workers
During the Influenza Season
Persistence and transmission of carbapenemaseproducing Enterobactericeae among hospitalized
patients
Yasmin
Friday Poster
Presentation
Makiko
Yoshida
Friday Poster
Presentation
Kyu-Ri
Kim
Rami
Sommerstein
Friday Poster
Presentation
Friday Poster
Presentation
Thomas
Lodise
Friday Poster
Presentation
Friday Poster
Presentation
Mohamad
7107
Ebola Risk Perceptions among Healthcare Workers
Association between inappropriate empiric treatment
(IT) or delayed appropriate treatment (DAT) and health
outcomes among patients (pts) hospitalized with
infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP): How long
is too long?
7108
Degree of Satisfaction of Healthcare Workers with the
Training Received on the Use of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) for the Care of Patients with Suspected
Ebola Virus Disease (EVE)
José Luis
Mendoza
García
7127
Chlorhexidine only Works if Applied Correctly: Use of a
Simple Colorimetric Assay to Provide Monitoring and
Feedback on Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine Application
Curtis J
Donskey
Friday Poster
Presentation
Guerrero
Friday Poster
Presentation
Christopher
Pfeiffer
Friday Poster
Presentation
Lisa
Pineles
Friday Poster
Presentation
Meghan A.
Baker
Friday Poster
Presentation
Zachary S.
Henney
Friday Poster
Presentation
7144
Utility of a Single Nasal PCR Assay in Predicting Absence
of Skin and Environmental Contamination in Patients
with Past Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Impact of a Multi-Regional Collaborative to Enhance
Infection Prevention and Communication Across the
Continuum of Care
7159
Assessment of bacterial transfer to and from hospital
surfaces by ungloved vs. gloved hands
7136
Dubert
7165
Automated Outbreak Detection of Hospital-Associated
Infections
Trends in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Across 164 US Acute Care Facilities from January 2008June 2014
7171
The Use of Daily Reporting to Improve MRSA Screening
Compliance in a Behavioral Health Facility
Emily
Magee
Friday Poster
Presentation
7175
Establishing a Mass Prophylaxis Clinic During a Hospital
Scabies Outbreak
Caitlin
Adams
Friday Poster
Presentation
7164
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
7176
Multidrug Resistant Organism Cluster Associated with a
Contaminated Bronchoscope in a Medical ICU (MICU) at
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
7189
The Changing Epidemiology of Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
7195
Incidence of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase E.coli
and Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections in the US: a
Systematic Review
7199
Developement of Electronic Decision Tress in ED Triage
After Measles Outbreak
Metzger
Friday Poster
Presentation
Jane
Gould
Friday Poster
Presentation
Jennifer
McDanel
Friday Poster
Presentation
Patricia E
Lafaro
Friday Poster
Presentation
Amani A.
El Kholy
Eric T.
Lofgren
Friday Poster
Presentation
Friday Poster
Presentation
Rebecca
Pierce
Friday Poster
Presentation
Amy
7206
Reducing the incidents of needlestick injury in two
tertiary hospitals in Egypt
The Impact of Hospital Infection Control on Containing
Ebola
7209
Impact of decolonization treatment and treatment
failure on MRSA transmission in the NICU
7211
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL DURING EBOLA
OUTBREAK IN LIBERIA: FROM GUIDELINES TO REAL LIFE
Lul
Raka
Friday Poster
Presentation
7212
Costs and mortality with healthcare-associated resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections
Richard E.
Nelson
Friday Poster
Presentation
7214
Results of an Active Surveillance Program to detect
Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae
7217
Challenges in an Influenza Outbreak in a Psychiatry Unit
7222
A Multidisciplinary Effort to Decrease VancomycinResistant Enterococci (VRE) Transmission in Solid Organ
Transplant Patients: Potential Effects of CHG Bathing
7234
Infectious Diseases Consultation and Staphylococcus
aureus Bacteremia Outcomes: a Systematic Review
7201
Priya
Sampathkumar
Marilou
Corpuz
Friday Poster
Presentation
Friday Poster
Presentation
Mary Anne
Sotelo
Friday Poster
Presentation
Dana Suzanne
Mazo
Friday Poster
Presentation
Edward
Nwanegbo
Friday Poster
Presentation
Dubert
Guerrero
Friday Poster
Presentation
Khetam
Hussein
Friday Poster
Presentation
7243
Surveillance of Gram Negative ESBL+ infection in a
Southern Texas Hospital
Recurrence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus Infections Among Patients in the Same
Household
7245
Risk Factors for Recurrence of Carbapenem-Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae Carriage: Case Control Study
6291
PICC associated Blood stream infections: analysis of host
and device factors
Turki
Alkully
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6458
Improvement of hand hygiene as an effect of
implementation of regional monitoring of alcohol-based
hand rub consumption
Tamayo
Watanabe
Saturday Poster
Presentation
7239
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
6526
Species Based Comparison of Disease Severity and Risk
Factors for Disseminated Candida Infections in Pediatric
Patients
Hawkshead
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Carter
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Bernardo
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Mohamed H
Yassin
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Kazuaki
Jindai
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Jay
6650
Changing Our Safety Culture: How Our Hand Hygiene
Improvement Initiative is Leading the Way
Using a Systems Engineering Framework to Examine
Implementation of Best Practices for the Prevention of
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections in the
ICU-complex in The Medical City, Philippines – A Pilot
Study
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP): Descriptive
Review at a Large Academic Medical System (9 Hospitals
Data)
6671
Analyzing the process of implementing Pulsed-Xenon
Ultraviolet Light for Environmental Disinfection
6683
Expanded Gram-negative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
(EGNAP) Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Hip
Arthroplasty and Spine Fusion Patients
Joseph
Bosco
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6717
Reducing Risks for Touch Contamination and CLABSI
with Innovative Connector (SmashCap)
Lilly
Immergluck
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6751
Pitfalls and Unexpected Benefits of an Electronic Hand
Hygiene Monitoring System
Shira I
Doron
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Schaffzin
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Schaffzin
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Jennifer M.
Parra
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Matthew
Linam
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Teresa
Caya
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6607
6633
Elizabeth
Marja
Standardizing Pre-Operative Care To Control Surgical Site
6807
Infection Among Pediatric Neurosurgical Patients
Joshua K
6808
Parental Perceptions Influencing Adherence To Surgical
Site Infection Prevention Protocols
Joshua K
6837
A Multi-Interventional Approach to Reduce the
Incidence of CLABSIs in an Acute Care Pediatric Setting
Sustained Improvement in Healthcare Worker Hand
Hygiene Behavior by Application of Error Prevention
Principles
Expanding Daily Chlorhexidine Bathing Beyond the ICU:
A Work System Analysis of Hospital-wide
Implementation
6857
What Are the Impacts of Surgery Site Infections (SSI) in a
Pediatric Hospital?
Milagros
Gonzales
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6893
THE EFFICACY OF AN AUTOMATED ULTRASOUND PROBE
DISINFECTOR AGAINST HIGH-RISK HUMAN
PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18
Craig
Meyers
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6897
Hawthorne Effect in Relation to Hand Hygiene
Performance at a Large Chinese Teaching Hospital
Wenzhi
Huang
6900
Breast Implant Project for Improvement
Ihab
Saab
6810
6814
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
Associations between ventilator bundle components and
ventilator-associated events, length-of-stay, and hospital
6910
mortality
Michael
Klompas
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Deshpande
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Melanie A.
Gavin
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Anthony
Baffoe-Bonnie
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6915
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Daily Cleaning Practices
in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Setting Using an
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) Bioluminescence Assay: Is
your ICU Clean?
6917
Compliance with proper surgical scrub technique; a need
to observe and improve
6932
Risk Factors for and Outcomes of Catheter Associated
Urinary Tract Infections with Resistant Gram Negative
Bacteria in a Tertiary Care Hospital
6940
Risk Factors for Secondary Bacteremia in Patients with
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Laurie J.
Conway
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6950
Who Cleans What? Evaluation of Terminal Cleaning of
Electronic Components and Equipment Items in Hospital
Rooms Using a Fluorescent Targeting System
Mark E
Rupp
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6969
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections in the
Oncology population; a comparison of inpatient and
outpatient infections
Stephanie
Smith
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6986
Teaching Infection Control Longitudinally in an
Integrated Medical Program
Muhammad
Halwani
Saturday Poster
Presentation
6991
Achieving Zero! A High Reliability Organization (HRO)
Approach to CLABSIs in the NICU
Katherine
Geiser
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Brendan M.
De Marco
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Camila
Marques
Santos
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Amy
Hughes
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Preeti
Mehrotra
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Tamara Leah
Remington
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Mireille
Dekker
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Ana Cecilia
Bardossy
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Michael E.
Sparks
Saturday Poster
Presentation
7009
Patient Reported Hand Hygiene Observations: A Project
Conducted at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center
Business Case of Zero Central Line-Associated
Bloodstream Infections in NICU: Impact of a Quality
Improvement Program
7034
Improving Environmental Cleaning in a Community
Hospital with TRU-D UVC Technology
7036
Clinical Utility of Pre-implantation Homograft Cultures in
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
7044
Epidemiology of Candidemia at a Tertiary Canadian
Hospital 2004-2013
7003
7048
7052
7055
Measuring Health Care Worker's Compliance to Hospital
Uniform Policy
Impact of the 2015 NHSN Surveillance Definition on
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Rates
Molecular Level Impact of a Brief Intervention on
Cleaning Outcomes in an Evidence-based Design
Hospital
Abhishek
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
7057
7063
Efficacy of a HAIs Prevention Program Based on the
Surveillance of the Degree of Compliance with Standard
Precautions: Results of the First Year
Effectiveness of UV-C radiation as an adjunct
environmental disinfectant to reduce key hospitalacquired infections
José Luis
Mendoza
García
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Cody
Haag
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Heather
Schacht
Reisinger
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Valerie L. S.
Ocampo
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Emily
Magee
Saturday Poster
Presentation
7075
Variation among Hand Hygiene Programs in the
Veterans Health Administration
Implementation of the Enhanced CDC Guidelines for
Hepatitis C Virus Screening at a Federally Qualified
Healthcare Center
Modifying Infection Prevention Practices to Meet the
Needs of the Patient Population in a Behavioral
Healthcare Facility
7100
The Relation Between the Compliance with an
Intervention Bundle and the Incidence of Central Line
Associated Bloodstream Infections
Emma A.
Smid
Saturday Poster
Presentation
7101
Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Providers and Patients:
Knowledge, Perceptions and Experience on Active
Patient Participation
Bonita E
Lee
Saturday Poster
Presentation
7111
Impact of Bundled Infection Prevention in a Hospital in
Southern Brazil
E. C.
Krummenauer
Saturday Poster
Presentation
7114
The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous
Catheters (MAGIC)
Vineet
Chopra
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Vineet
Chopra
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Venkata
Sunkesula
Saturday Poster
Presentation
LaToya
Forrester
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Christina
Liscynesky
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Jennifer
Cadnum
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Salah
Qutaishat
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Jennifer
Cadnum
Abigail L
Carlson
7067
7073
7132
Use of Designated Nurse PICC Teams by U.S. Hospitals: A
Survey Based Study
Four Moments for Patient Hand Hygiene: A PatientCentered, Provider-Facilitated Model to Improve Patient
Hand Hygiene
7138
Improving Compliance with Environmental Cleaning;
Implementing and Sustaining an Environmental Cleaning
Monitoring Program
7139
Ultraviolet Light for Patient Room Disinfection PostTerminal Clean
7147
Examining the Shelf life of a Peracetic Acid Based
Cleaner Disinfectant After Activation
7148
Effect of an Environmental Hygiene Bundle on Reduction
of Healthcare Pathogens on High Touch Surfaces in
Patient Rooms
7124
7151
7155
Not All Efficacy Testing is Created Equal: Effect of
Variation in Test Methods on Performance of an
Ultraviolet Radiation Room Disinfection Device
Urine Culturing Practices in a Large Academic Medical
Center
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Poster Abstract Presentation Information
7156
Is Glitterbug Good Enough? Comparing Fluorescent
Lotion to Bacteriophage MS2 for Assessment of
Contamination of Personnel during Personal Protective
Equipment Removal
7170
Mycobacterium avium complex Pseudo-Outbreak
Investigation in Patients Undergoing Bronchoscopy
7172
Central venous catheter colonization in a Brazilian
University Hospital
7178
Implementing a Comprehensive Infection Prevention
Program in a Multi-site Ambulatory Care Group Practice
7192
Improving Catheter Maintenance to Decrease Catheter
Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections Via a Novel
‘All Hands on Deck' Approach for Hand Hygiene
Compliance
7194
Validation of HAI Surveillance Data – Where Do We
Begin?
7198
A Novel Method for Recovery of Healthcare Associated
Pathogens from Contaminated Gloves
7208
Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection after Gastric
Surgery: a Five Years Prospective Analysis
7213
Risk factors for surgical site infection after arthroplasty
of hip: to include general anesthesia into a modified
NNIS risk index improves risk prediction
7223
7229
7186
Tomas
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Judith
O'Donnell
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Amanda Salles
Margatho
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Karen
Vigil, MD
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Myreen E.
Jayne P
Emily
Emily
Lee
SickbertBennett
(Vavalle)
SickbertBennett
(Vavalle)
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Jennifer
Cadnum
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Carlos E. F.
Starling
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Carlos E. F.
Starling
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Surface contamination in outpatient clinics before and
after routine cleaning
Robert
Brandon
Hulette
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Strategy to Alert
Providers to a Unique Infection Control Risk
Melissa
Ignacio
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Gohil
Saturday Poster
Presentation
Introducing A Central Line Insertion Site Assessment
(CLISA) Staging Tool to Standardize Appraisal of High Risk
7232
Insertion Sites
Shruti
7235
Understanding Nursing Perceptions and Barriers to Daily
Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bathing of Hospitalized
Patients
Shruti
Gohil
Saturday Poster
Presentation
7236
Evaluation of Atomized Disinfection Product for
Decontamination of Non-Critical Items and Portable
Medical Devices
Dubert
Guerrero
Saturday Poster
Presentation