Artificial Intelligence: Can it Assist the Infection Preventionist with Surveillance?

Session Description: Surveillance of both processes and outcomes is a fundamental element of infection prevention practice. It is also one of the most time consuming and resource intensive activities and requires specialized knowledge and clinical acumen. Further, workforce shortages and influx of new personnel requiring targeted and ongoing education, training and competence assessment result in further stress on this important process. Artificial Intelligence has provide new avenues for information that should be explored. This session will provide some introductory information regarding AI and its potential uses as an assistance to the infection preventionist. Using surveillance approaches, NHSN definitions, case scenarios, and a pilot project outcomes, AI will be explored and demonstrated.