HAI Prevention – Evidence and Interventions

Marin L Schweizer PhD^1,2

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, marin-schweizer@uiowa.edu

²Center for Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, 601 Hwy 6 W, Iowa City, IA, USA 52246

This presentation will describe Dr. Schweizer’s experiences with healthcare-associated infection prevention research and the evidence for and against these interventions. Horizontal interventions to be discussed include environmental cleaning and hand hygiene. Vertical interventions to be discussed will include interventions targeted at preventing surgical site infections and S. aureus infections.