29 - Tackling Antibiotic Resistance and Healthcare-associated Infections Around the Globe: Prevention and Surveillance Strategies

Thursday, September 30, 2021

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM EDT

Moderator(s)

Alex Kallen, MD MPH

Branch Chief
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Fernanda Lessa, MD, MPH

Medical Epidemiologist
Division of Bacterial Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Speaker(s)

Angela Dramowski, PhD MD FCPAED MMed (PAED) Cert Paed ID DCH

Associate Professor and Head of Clinical Unit: General Paediatrics
Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Marcelo Pillonetto, PhD

Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance Lab
Laboratorio Central de Estado do Parana
Curitiba, Brazil

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Olivia McGovern, PhD MS

Epidemiologist
Respiratory Diseases Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Alex Kallen, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Fernanda C. Lessa, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Angela Dramowski, PhD MD FCPAED MMed (PAED) Cert Paed ID DCH : I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Marcelo Pillonetto, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Olivia L. McGovern, PhD MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE credits

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the impact that systems to detect important resistance phenotypes and the carriage of resistant organisms can advance multidrug-resistant organism prevention and control efforts
discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with the use of molecular diagnostics to describe the spread of resistant pathogens
review the approaches and barriers to healthcare -associated infection prevention in low-to middle-income countries

Presentations:

Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention Initiatives for Neonates in Resource-limited Settings
Speaker: Angela Dramowski, PhD MD FCPAED MMed (PAED) Cert Paed ID DCH – Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital
Seq-ing Answers: Use of Molecular Detection Technologies to Understand the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance
Speaker: Marcelo Pillonetto, PhD – Laboratorio Central de Estado do Parana
Using Detection to Drive Prevention: A Multi-country CRE Detection and Containment Strategy in South America
Speaker: Olivia L. McGovern, PhD MS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention