250 - A Deep Dive Into Infection Prevention and Immunocompromised Hosts

Saturday, October 14, 2023

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

Location: 258 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

CS

Costi Sifri

University Of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States
Meghan Baker, MD, ScD

Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Costi Sifri: No financial relationships to disclose

Meghan Baker, MD, ScD: No financial relationships to disclose

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

describe the impact of multidrug resistant organisms and healthcare associated infections in immunocompromised hosts;
identify and address the infection control and patient care challenges of persistent, relapsing and repeated respiratory virus infection in the immunocompromised host;
explain molecular and genomic investigation of HAIs and outbreaks in compromised hosts

1:45 PM – 2:10 PM US ET

The Big Beasts of Health Care-Associated Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts
Speaker: Mini Kamboj, MD – MSKCC
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM US ET

Respiratory Virus Infection Prevention and Management, From the Immunosuppressed Patient to the Health Care Provider
Speaker: Gopi Patel, MD (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2:35 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

Is This an Outbreak? Novel Methods to Investigate Disease Outbreaks in Compromised Hosts
Speaker: Alexander Sundermann, DrPH, CIC, FAPIC – University of Pittsburgh