Preventing Healthcare-Associated Adverse Events in Children: The Role of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention

Dates and Times

Start: 10/28/2026 8:00 AM
End: 10/28/2026 9:00 AM

Objectives

Describe the role of hospital epidemiology and Infection Prevention & Control (IP&C) programs in preventing healthcare-associated harm among hospitalized children.

Discuss how diagnostic stewardship strategies can improve care by reducing unnecessary testing.

Identify strategies to minimize transmission and exposure to respiratory viruses in pediatric healthcare settings.

Discuss approaches to protecting vulnerable patient populations through epidemiologic investigation and targeted prevention interventions, using mitigation of Staphylococcus aureus transmission in the NICU as an example.

Speakers

Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the The American Board of Pediatrics’s (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.