Building the Chain of Safety: Stakeholders Summit

Welcome and Introductions

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Dean, Jefferson School of Population Health

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM

The State of Safety

John Combes, MD, Senior Vice President, American Hospital Association

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM

Progress in Controlling HealthCare Associated Infections: A Historical Perspective

Richard Wenzel, MD, Former President, International Society for Infectious Diseases

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Exposure Risks and the Chain of Healthcare-Associated Infection

Amber Hogan Mitchell, DrPH, MPH, CPH, Director, Professional Education Advanced Sterilization Products, a Johnson & Johnson Company

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Overcoming barries to compliance

Janine C. Jagger, PhD, Founder, International Health Care Worker Safety Center University of Virginia School of Medicine

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Guidelines or Social Responsibility: An Impetus for Change

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Thomas Jefferson University-Program Moderator
Janine C. Jagger, PhD, Founder, International Health Care Worker Safety Center University of Virginia School of Medicine
John Combes, MD, American Hospital Association
Andrew Webber, President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Adoption of Protective Uniforms

Thomas J. Walsh, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAAM, FIDSA, Director, Transplantation-Oncology Infectious Diseases Program Division of Infectious Diseases Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York-Presbyterian Hospital

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Research on Healthcare Worker Personal Protective Equipment: Minimum Requirements for Isolation Gowns

F.Selcen Kilinc-Balci, PhD, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM