How can nursing homes stop the spread of deadly infections without isolating residents? In this episode, the hosts, Jess and Nicki, dive into Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) with experts Dr. Mary-Claire Roghmann and Stephanie Mayoryk. They explore real-world strategies for implementing EBP, overcoming staff challenges, and balancing infection control with resident quality of life. Don’t miss this insightful discussion on protecting both patients and healthcare workers!

Guests:

  1. Stephanie Mayoryk, BSN, President and Infection Prevention Consultant, Mayoryk Consulting Services LLC
  2. Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS, Professor, Infectious Disease Physician, and Hospital Epidemiologist, University of Maryland School of Medicine 

Article Link:  https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(24)00722-3/abstract

Stephanie Mayoryk, BSN

Stephanie Mayoryk is currently the president of Mayoryk Consulting Services LLC, offering Infection Prevention consultation services to healthcare, academic, and industry partners.  She has Infection Prevention expertise in various settings and has led IP program management in academic medical centers, community hospitals, long-term care, and specialty hospital environments.

Ms. Mayoryk has held leadership positions for the Association of Professionals in Infection Prevention and Control (APIC) at both the national and local level.  She has held certification by the Certification Board of Epidemiology and Infection Control (CBIC) since 2003.  She obtained her graduate degree in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Before her consulting career, Ms. Mayoryk served as the System Director of Infection Prevention for a large urban health system in Baltimore, Maryland.  She is a licensed registered nurse, with her clinical experience in the solid-organ transplant patient population.

Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS

Dr. Roghmann is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and serves as a VA Investigator, Staff Physician, and Associate Hospital Epidemiologist for the VA Maryland Health Care System. As an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist, her research focuses on preventing infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Her research was instrumental to the development of Enhanced Barrier Precautions. Dr. Roghmann’s recent study assesses the feasibility and acceptability of implementing Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) in community-based nursing homes to curb MDRO transmission.