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ADS 25 - An Infection Preventionist Driven Early Warning System Reduces Hospital Onset Clostridioides difficile Laboratory Identified Events

ADS 27 - Gut Guardians: Harnessing Probiotic Drinks as a Shield Against C. Diff Invaders

ADS 28 - Streamlining Diagnosis, Enhancing Stewardship: The REFLECT Mnemonic Helps Facilitate Decision-making in Clostridioides difficile Testing, Reducing Incidence and Preventing Harm

ADS 29 - Targeted Surveillance and Intervention Effect Analysis of CRO in Inpatients of a Tertiary teaching Hospital in China for 7 Years

DS 30 - An Investigation of Surgical Site Infections with Serratia Marcescens

DS 32 - Healthcare Worker Knowledge Gaps Regarding Disinfectant Wipes in a Network of Ambulatory Clinics

DS 34 - Investigation of a Reprocessing Breach in an Ambulatory Care Clinic

DS 35 - Preventing Contaminated Surgical Instruments in the Sterile Field: Early Intervention with Operating Room Involvement

DS 36 - Sustained Reduction of Microbial Burden and Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Impact in Skilled Nursing Facility Through Advanced Photocatalysis (AP) Technology

DS 38 - The Scoop on Scopes: Microbial Culturing and Borescope Examination of Endoscopes to Increase Patient Safety in an Acute Care Hospital

DS 39 - Transmission of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase Producing Escherichia coli Through a Gastroscope From an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Procedure

ETC 41 - Accelerated Skill Building: Using the APIC Competency Model to Train Infection Preventionists in a Unique Fellowship at a Multi-hospital System

ETC 42 - Adapting to the New Age of Infection Prevention Education via Gamification

ETC 43 - Assessing Burnout, Resilience, Happiness, and Physical Activity Among Infection Preventionists: Insights from a Pilot Study to Drive Well-being Interventions

ETC 45 - Don't Gamble with Your Safety

ETC 46 - Engaging Physician Learners in Covert Hand Hygiene Observations: A Pilot Educational and Infection Control Initiative

ETC 48 - From Dull to Dynamic: How to Create Sticky and Flexible Infection Prevention Education Using Adult Learning Principles

ETC 50 - Implementation of Bloodstream Infection Surveillance of All Vascular Access Devices and Notification Process in a Large Academic Medical Center

ETC 51 - Implementing Enhanced Standard Precaution (ESP) and Its Impact in a Skilled Nursing Facility

ETC 52 - New IP. Who Dis? Reforging Relationships and Infection Prevention Outreach Amid High Facility Staff Attrition

ETC 53 - Strengthening Healthcare Outcomes Through a Rigorous and Sustainable Infection Prevention Training Program in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi

ETC 54 - The Impact of National Surveillance Training on the Knowledge of Infection Preventionists in the United Arab Emirates

ETC 55 - Unmasking Safety: Innovations in Validating PPE Doffing Protocols with Bacteriophages

ETC 56 - Use of Gamification to Identify Gaps and Educational Opportunities in Infection Prevention Practices in a Large Academic Medical Center

ETC 57 - Using Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Framework to Assess and Improve Bundle Compliance

EP 58 - An Ounce of Prevention to Prepare Adult Family Home Owners for Future Epidemics

EP 59 - Evolution of Infection Prevention and Control Policies and Processes in U.S. Home Health Care Agencies

EP 61 - Implementing Equitable and Efficient Measles Entry Screening to Reduce Exposure Risk

EP 62 - Infection Prevention Resource Impact to Screen Patients Exposed to Carbapenemase-producing Organisms While Admitted to a Tertiary Acute Care Hospital

EP 63 - Management of a New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-producing Escherichia coli Outbreak and Large-scale Exposure Event Associated with Endoscopes

EOC 65 - Are Sinks in the Operating Theatre Clean?

EOC 66 - Can the Environmental Microbial Burden Be Reduced Without Increasing Staffing Resources?

EOC 68 - Cluster Investigation of Environmental Fungal Pathogens & Implementation of Risk Reduction Strategies in an Intensive Care Burn Unit

EOC 69 - Construction and Children: The Perfect Pair for Bacterial Contamination in Clinics

EOC 70 - Development of Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) Tools That Include Water Management for Construction

EOC 72 - Hand Hygiene: Do Our Hand Sanitizers Measure Up?

EOC 74 - Keeping Our Babies Safe: Reducing Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Incidence in an Infant Special Care Unit

EOC 75 - Routine Maintenance Treatment of Hospital Water Systems with Monochloramine Effectively Controls Legionella Growth

ISR 78 - Does Skin and Nasal Decolonization Reduce Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections?

ISR 79 - Early Hospital Onset Clostridioides Difficle: Do Not Wait to Test. Findings from a Systemwide Hospital Chart Review

ISR 80 - Eliminating Infection Prevention Barriers in Cardiac Surgery with Implementation Strategies

ISR 81 - Healthcare-associated COVID-19 Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

ISR 82 - Implementing an Innovative Tool for Rounding in Locations with High Level Disinfection

ISR 83 - Limited Mobility as a Risk Factor for Urinary Tract Infections in Home Care Patients

ISR 84 - Management of a Multi-facility Outbreak of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) Producing New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) in North Texas

ISR 85 - Navigating Infection Challenges: A New York City Intensive Care Unit’s Triumph over Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections with Precision

ISR 87 - Timing of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) and Non-cauti Hospital-onset Urinary Tract Infections – Implications for Mitigating Infection Risk

ISR 88 - Two Years of Zero Harm: A Multi-faceted Approach for Achieving Two Years Without a Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)

ITS 91 - Automation of Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) to Reduce Manual Work and Support Targeted and Flexible Analysis of Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs)

ITS 93 - Cost Burden of Spine Fusion Surgical Site Infections Using a Nationwide Claims Database

ITS 94 - Employing Proactive Surveillance Using an Electronic Health Record-based Screening Technology for Clostridioides difficile to Mitigate Healthcare-associated Infections

ITS 95 - Harnessing the Power of Robotic Process Automation for Efficient and Effective Workflow of Infection Preventionists

ITS 96 - Hospital-based Infection Prevention Communication Site Utilizing a Web-based Application

ITS 100 - Reducing Multi-drug Resistant Organism Infection Status Burden in a Pediatric Urologic Patient Population

ITS 101 - Results of a 2-year Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance Program for Caesarean Sections (C-sections) at a Community Hospital

ITS 102 - Utilizing a Data-driven Approach to Develop Nurse-driven Indwelling Urinary Catheter Removal and Urinary Retention Management Protocols

LDPM 104 - Creation of an Infection Control for Emergency Responders (ICER) Collaborative and Training Hub: Challenges, Needs, and Progress in Year 1

OHW 105 - Automating Communicable Disease Exposure Follow-up

OHW 106 - Bivalent 2022-2023 SARS-CoV-2 booster uptake is high among healthcare workers at a comprehensive cancer center

OHW 108 - Lessons Learned from the Selection and Implementation of Sharp Disposal Containers in a Pediatric Hospital

OHW 109 - Which Topics Matter in the Use of Personal Protective Equipment Among Healthcare Personnel Since the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

PHHP 111 - Lessons Learned from a Measles Outbreak in a Pediatric Population in Ohio

QAPI 114 - A Flowing Success: A Comprehensive Indwelling Urinary Catheter Management Algorithm

QAPI 115 - A Structured Approach to Infection Control Coverage of Outpatient Clinics Facilitates Consistent Quality Evaluations and Feedback Delivery

QAPI 116 - Addition of Nasal Mupirocin to Chlorhexidine Baths for Prevention of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bloodstream Infections

QAPI 117 - An Automated Screening Strategy to Identify and Isolate High-risk Patients with Candida Auris Colonization upon Admission to Hospital

QAPI 118 - Can Achieving High Hand Hygiene Compliance in the Hospital Be Sustainable, Reliable, and Affordable?

QAPI 119 - Can Limiting Foley Insertions in the ED and Utilization in the ICU Reduce Cautis?

QAPI 121 - Closed Systems: are Conventional Arterial Line Monitoring and Sampling Systems Contributing to Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI(s)?

QAPI 124 - Effect of Education and Performance Feedback to Eliminate Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections on an Internal Medicine Unit

QAPI 125 - Emphasis on Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in an Attempt to Decrease Hospital Clabsis

QAPI 126 - Enhancing SSI Reviews Through Secure Electronic Data Capture

QAPI 127 - Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Modified Screen-and-treat Pre-operative Decolonization Protocol Driven by Patient-reported Staphylococcus aureus History

QAPI 129 - How an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway for Colorectal Patients Improved Patient Outcomes

QAPI 130 - Impact of a Reverse Testing Algorithm and Multidisciplinary Approach on Reducing Healthcare Facility-onset Clostridioides difficile Infections

QAPI 131 - Impact of Device Standardization to Prevent Hemodialysis Catheter Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections (HD-CLABSI) in a Large Healthcare System

QAPI 132 - Implementation of a Surveillance Program for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Vaccination Status

QAPI 133 - Implementation of Admission Screening for Candida Auris to Prevent Exposure and Spread

QAPI 134 - Implementation of Evidence-based Guidelines to Reduce Colorectal Surgery Site Infections

QAPI 135 - Improved Leadership Engagement and Injection Safety Through Standardized, Structured Action Planning

QAPI 137 - Improving Denominator Data for Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Surveillance

QAPI 139 - Infection Prevention Device Data Overlay Tool to Support Reductions in Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infections and Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections

QAPI 140 - Infection Prevention Partners in Intensive Care Units: Participating in Multidisciplinary Rounds Decreases Clabsis and Central Line Utilization Rates

QAPI 142 - Journey to Zero CLABSI and a Reduction in Device Utilization with a Dedicated Vascular Access Team

QAPI 143 - Modifying Multi-drug Resistant Organism Admission Screening to Improve Policy Compliance

QAPI 144 - Multiprong Interventions, Organizational Behavioral Changes, and Ongoing Monitoring Reduce Dental Unit Water Line Biofilm Growth

QAPI 145 - New Ways to Decrease Central Line Utilization Rates

QAPI 148 - Prospective Surveillance of Indwelling Devices Decreased Rates of Bloodstream and Urinary Tract Infections

QAPI 149 - Quality Initiative to Improve Intraoperative Normothermia to Reduce Hysterectomy Surgical Site Infections

QAPI 151 - Reducing Hysterectomy Surgical Site Infections Through Updated Best Practice Guidelines for Vaginal/abdominal Skin Preparation

QAPI 152 - Relaunch of Electronic Monitoring System to Sustain Hand Hygiene Opportunities and Compliance

QAPI 154 - Significant Reduction of Device-related Hais Through Creation of HAI Steering Committee

QAPI 155 - Systematic Approach to Decrease Device Utilization by Assessing Urinary Catheter Appropriateness and Alternative Devices

QAPI 156 - The Addition of Nasal Antiseptic to Universal Decolonization Programs Reduces Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in Intensive Care Units

QAPI 158 - The Role of Universal Decolonization and Standardized Dressing Changes in Preventing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections

QAPI 159 - The Tracheostomy Task Force: A Collaborative Approach to Improve Tracheostomy Maintenance and Care Compliance

QAPI 160 - The Use of Midline Catheters in Place of Central Venous Catheters for Vasopressor Administration to Reduce Central Line-associated Bacteremia

QAPI 162 - Utilizing Human Factors and System Design Approach Improved Isolation Compliance at a Community-based Acute Tertiary Care Facility