Listen as our hosts speak with guests about how technology can impact the daily work of infection preventionists, specifically using the electronic medical record (EMR) to better predict possible outbreaks, respond to them more quickly, and to better differentiate between community and hospital onset infections. Further, they discuss possible methods of improving patient outcomes while in isolation, the lack of quality evidence for effective interventions, and the need for future research in this area.
Guests: Mohamed Adawee, MSN-IPC, CIC, CPHQ and Sharon Kramer, PhD
Articles and Authors:
An Evaluation of Interventions to Improve Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients in Isolation
Sharon Kramer, PhD, Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, PhD, Robin Digby, PhD, Debra Berry, Julie Considine, PhD, Trisha Dunning, PhD, Alison M Hutchinson, PhD, Anastasia Hutchinson, PhD, Elizabeth Manias, PhD, Bodil Rasmussen, PhD, Tracey Bucknall, PhD
Mohamed Adawee, MSN-IPC, CIC, CPHQ, Lauretta Ellsworth, MPH, RRT, CIC, Chaney Manarin, MPH
Mohamed Adawee MSN-IPC, CIC, CPHQ
System Director of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology at Sparrow Health System
Mohamed Adawee is the System Director of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology at Sparrow Health System in Michigan. He has over 23 years of experience in healthcare with over 16 of those years being in infection prevention. Mr. Adawee received a master’s degree in Infection Prevention and Control and is certified in infection control (CIC) and in healthcare quality (CPHQ). He is a member of the APIC Practice Guidance Committee and uses his education and experiences to mentor infection preventionists and help them become certified in infection control. His research interests are healthcare associated infections and IP competency and development.
Sharon Kramer, PhD
Dr. Kramer is an early career researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the Centre of Quality and Patient Safety, Institute for Health Transformation at Deakin University. She has a background in physiotherapy and has worked clinically in stroke rehabilitation in the Netherlands. Her research is focused on developing and testing non-pharmacological interventions to improve fitness and increase physical activity, with a strong focus on consumer engagement. She has qualitative and quantitative research experience and has extensive experience in clinical trial designs. She has worked for several years at the Dutch and Australasian Cochrane Centres supporting and teaching researchers about Cochrane Systematic Review methods.