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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Disease Control hosted a Infection Prevention Symposium focusing on antimicrobial stewardship and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). The purpose of this symposium was to promote education, communication, and collaboration within the Philadelphia healthcare community for the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance. By the end of the workshop, attendees better understood how healthcare professionals can intervene and work together to decrease the transmission of CRE/multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) across the continuum of care.

The Infection Prevention Symposium was held on Wendesday, October 30, 2013. The agenda is below and contains a links to the PDF version of the Powerpoint presentations used by each presenter during this Symposium.

AGENDA

8:00-8:30 AM	Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:40AM	Welcome, Opening Remarks Donald Schwarz, MD, MPH; Health Commmissioner and Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH)
8:40-9:40AM	Antimicrobial Stewardship Neil Fishman, MD; Director of the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control and Director of the Antimicrobial Management Program University of Pennsylvania Health System
9:40-10:00AM	Break
10:00-11:00AM	Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Epidemiology and Prevention Alice Guh, MD, MPH; LCDR, US Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
11:00AM-12:00PM	Is the inanimate environment a significant contributor to the spread of CRE in healthcare settings? Mary Hayden, MD; Director, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology Rush University Medical Center
12:00-1:00PM	Lunch
1:00-2:00PM	Breakout Session 1 How, Where, and What: Do I have a CRE Outbreak in my Care Setting? What Next? Judith O’Donnell, MD; Hospital Epidemiologist; Director, Department of Infection Prevention and Control and Healthcare Epidemiology Penn Presbyterian Medical Center / University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Jennifer Sears, MPH; Surveillance Coordinator Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) Identifying CRE Infections and Interpreting CRE Laboratory Results Alan Evangelista, PhD, D(ABMM); Director of Microbiology, Virology, and Molecular Diagnostics St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Management of CRE Infections: the good, the (mostly) bad, and the ugly Thomas Fekete, MD; Vice-Chair of Medicine and Section Chief of Infectious Diseases Temple University School of Medicine
2:00-2:15PM	Break
2:15-3:15PM	Breakout Session 2 Best Practices for CRE and MDRO Control in Acute and Long-term Settings Alice Guh, MD, MPH; LCDR, US Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Antimicrobial Stewardship: Pediatric Applications Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD; Director, CHOP Antimicrobial Stewardship Program The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3:15-3:30PM	Break
3:30-4:30PM	Panel Discussion: Case Study Q & A Moderator: Ami Patel, PhD, MPH; Career Epidemiology Field Officer Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Panel: Alice Guh, MD, MPH; LCDR, US Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Judith O’Donnell, MD; Hospital Epidemiologist; Director, Department of Infection Prevention and Control and Healthcare Epidemiology Penn Presbyterian Medical Center / University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Kathy Micklow, BS, MT, M(ASCP), CIC; Infection Control Preventionist Albert Einstein Medical Center Sandy Baber, RN, BSN; Clinical Educator, Infection Prevention Aristacare at Meadow Springs Roberta Simpson, RN, BSN; Director of Nursing Aristacare at Meadow Springs
4:30PM	Closing Jennifer Sears, MPH; Surveillance Coordinator Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH)