COVID-19 impact to hospital-acquired infections: Pivot back to prevention
Kathleen McMullen, MPH, CIC, FAPIC
Objectives:
Discuss the trends in hospital-acquired infections during the initial surges of COVID-19
Explore the causes of increased infection rates, particularly CLABSI.
Describe the implementation of effective infection prevention strategies.
REGISTER
Kathleen McMullen, MPH, CIC, FAPIC: Kathleen currently serves as the interim director of Quality and Analytics at Christian Hospital, a 300-bed community facility located in St. Louis, MO. Kathleen is Board Certified in Infection Prevention and Control and a Fellow of APIC. She is the chair of the APIC Practice Guidance Committee, an active liaison to AAMI, and has held several positions on her local APIC chapter board. She was a reviewer for the Infection Prevention Competency Review Guide and served as a mentor for the Project Protect CAUTI Prevention program with HRET. She has been a presenter at APIC, SHEA and ID Week national meetings and is the author of many IP-related papers and abstracts.