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Mandatory Reporting of Hospital Infections: Steps for Success
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Panelists:
Patrick J. Brennan, MD, Chair, Healthcare infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services;
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of
Pennsylvania
Medical School, Philadelphia, PN
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Denise Cardo, MD, Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion,
National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA
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The Honorable Durell Peaden Jr., MD, JD, Florida State Senate,
Tallahassee, FL
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Moderator: Rima Khabbaz, MD, Acting Deputy Director, National Center
for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Speaker Biography
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the principal causes of hospital-acquired infections as well as trends in the resulting morbidity and mortality;
- Profile the main policy and legal approaches states are considering to reduce the threat of hospital-acquired infections; and
- Describe the merits of alternative approaches to reporting hospital-acquired infections against standard criteria.
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