273 - The Not So Little Beasts of Pediatric Health Care Epidemiology

Saturday, October 14, 2023

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Location: 153 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Danielle Zerr, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Med. Dir. Infection Prevention
University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA, United States
Felicia Scaggs Huang, MD, MSc

Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, United States

Faculty(s)

Lisa Saiman, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics; Department of Infection Prevention & Control
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY, United States

Slides
Aaron Milstone, MD, MHS (he/him/his)

Professor
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, United States

Slides
Larry Kociolek, MD, MSCI (he/him/his)

Attending Physician
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Danielle M. Zerr, MD MPH: AlloVir: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Felicia Scaggs Huang, MD, MSc: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

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

identify preventive strategies for RSV to beneficially impact healthcare-associated RSV infections in children;
describe the epidemiology and prevention of S. aureus disease in neonatal and pediatric critical care settings;
identify practical strategies for maximizing pediatric hospital capacity during respiratory viral surges

Presentations:

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM US ET

The Problem of HAI RSV: Will New Therapeutics Make a Difference?
Speaker: Lisa Saiman, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
3:40 PM – 4:05 PM US ET

Controlling Staphylococcus aureus in High-Risk Hospitalized Children
Speaker: Aaron Milstone, MD, MHS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
4:05 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Increasing Capacity Safely When the House Is on Fire
Speaker: Larry K. Kociolek, MD, MSCI (he/him/his) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago