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Little Patients, Big IPC Challenges in Pediatric Facilities
Because they are designed to treat young patients who are typically accompanied by caregivers, pediatric facilities often face unique infection prevention and control (IPC) challenges. Join us for a discussion of how to approach some of these challenges, including children with suspected infectious diseases and respiratory virus screening for birthing parents and caregivers of NICU patients. Different facility types have different IPC challenges and needs, and IPC experts are not always readily available. Yet IPC is everyone’s responsibility and is expected as standard of care.
Elizabeth Butler, MD
Elizabeth Butler, MD attended medical school at University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed her residency through Brown/Hasbro Pediatric Residency. She now works as a primary care pediatrician in Rhode Island.
... Show MoreJoseph McBride, MD
Joseph A. McBride, MD, is an adult and pediatric infectious disease physician and researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. McBride practices a wide range of infectious disease including general adult/pediatric infectious disease, HIV medicine, transplant infectious disease, and tropical medicine. Dr. McBride is the medical director of UnityPoint-Meriter Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship programs in Madison, WI. Dr. McBride’s medical education and residency training was at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine prior to his ID fellowships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
... Show MoreMargaret Fitzpatrick, MD
Margaret Fitzpatrick, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Fitzpatrick is an Infectious Diseases physician and researcher at the University of Colorado and the VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System in Aurora, CO. Her research work studies the epidemiology and prevention of multidrug-resistant organisms and healthcare associated infections in high-risk patients, such as those in rehabilitation and post-acute long-term care.
... Show MoreMichelle Doll, MD
Michelle Doll, MD, is the System Hospital Epidemiologist for VCU Health System and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at VCU School of Medicine. She is the Medical Co-Director of the Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center. Dr. Doll holds a Master of Public Health degree from VCU and is a member of the Virginia Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Group.
... Show MoreErica Kaufman West, MD
Erica Kaufman West, MD, completed her undergraduate degrees at Valparaiso University in Indiana. She received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She finished her Internal Medicine residency and her chief resident year at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She stayed to complete her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the West LA VA/Cedars-Sinai/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center program. She has been working in the Midwest since then, focusing on acute inpatient as well as outpatient care in HIV, Hepatitis C and wound care. She now works as the AMA’s Director of Infectious Diseases while maintaining her clinical practice.
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