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Mini-Webinar:

Gain Practical Insights from Clinical Experts in the Prevention of CABSIs

Mandatory Reporting of BSIs: Are We Improving Outcomes?

On Demand Viewing Begins:
• Tuesday, March 17, 2009
• About 15 minutes long

Speaker

Carlene A. Muto, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh, Division of Infectious Diseases

Carlene A. Muto, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor, Director of Infection Control and a member of the ID Epidemiology Research Unit. She received board certification in internal medicine and Infectious Disease. She received a MS of Epidemiology during her ID training at University of Virginia. Her research interests include reduction of heath-care associated infections (HAIs). She is particularly intested in the control of , multidrug resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin resistant enterocci (VRE) and co-authored the SHEA guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant organisms.

Dr. Muto has conducted studies to better characterize issues related to the emergence of a novel strain of C. difficile. She is interested in Information Technology as it relates to electronic identification of hospital-acquired infections. She has participates in many patient safety committees and a variety of CDC related activities. She is a member of SHEA, APIC, IDSA and ASM. She has chaired the Pittsburgh Regional Health-vcare Intiative (PRHI) Nosocomial Infection Advisory Committee, served as a member of the PHC4 HAI Advisory Panel and Office of Health-care reform Patient Safety Committee. She has successfully championed a BSI initiative that has resulted in a >70% infection reduction.

Session Learning Objectives and Content Highlights

1. Provide an overview of the current state of mandatory reporting from the regulatory viewpoint in the state of Pennsylvania (first state public reporting)
2. Address what are the state-based reporting initiatives telling us?
3. Identify the lessons learned/implications relative to the outcomes achieved within your BSI prevention program at UPMC