Past Meetings

19th Annual Scientific Meeting
San Diego, CA
March 19-22, 2009
Sheraton Hotel & Marina

SHEA's Annual Scientific Meeting is the premier scientific meeting for healthcare epidemiologists and other individuals working in the field of healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control.  

AWARDS (PDF)

Congratulations SHEA 2009 Award Winners

SHEA Lectureship Elaine Larson, RN, PhD	SHEA Mentor Scholar Fund Award Victoria Fraser, MD
SHEA International Award Alexandre Marra, MD	SHEA Advanced Practice IP Award Barbara Soule, RN, MPA, CIC
SHEA Trainee Award Kyle Popovich, MD
SHEA Pediatric Investigator Award Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE	SHEA Investigator Award Scott Fridkin, MD
SHEA Barry Farr Award Gopi Patel, MD, MS	SHEA William Jarvis Award Evangelos Kritsotakis, PhD, MSc
SHEA Travel Awards Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MD Shelley Chang, BS Sarah Clock, PhD Hitoshi Honda, MD Mark Lustberg, MD, PhD Emily Mawdsley, MD Nikole Scalera, MD, MS Monica Sikka, MD Michael Stevens, MD Casi Wyatt, MD	SHEA International Ambassadors sponsored by 3M Healthcare Maria Cristina Ajenjo, MD Icaro Boszczowski, MD, MSc Ana Correa, MD Bijie Hu, MD Nongyao Kasatpibal, PhD, RN, MNS Linus Ndegwa, MPHE, HCS, PGD Ophth Anand Manoharan, PhD, MPH, MSc Alex Owusu-Ofori, MD Akihiko Saitoh, MD, PhD Sharmila Sengupta, MD Mohammed Youbi, MD

CALIFORNIA COURSE TO FULFILL REQUIREMENTS UNDER CA BILL S.158

• CME Application and Evaluation

CONFERENCE RECORDINGS

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (PDF)

• Expired 6/20/09. Contact info@shea-online.org with questions.

MEDIA

• Contact Valerie Deloney, SHEA Communications Manager
• Press Policy

• New Study: Environmental Cleaning Intervention Reduces Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in ICUs
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  First-Ever Study Finds Extensive Patient Sharing Among Hospitals; Could Impact Spread of Infectious Diseases
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  Pilot Study Demonstrates Effectiveness of New, Low-Cost Method for Monitoring Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Settings
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PROGRAM PLANNER

• View abstracts, speakers, and session objectives

SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE (PDF)

QUESTIONS? Contact Heather Aquilino, Meetings Assistant or Janis Flemming, Meetings Manager.

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18th Annual Scientific Meeting
Orlando, Florida

Session recordings from SHEA 2008.

Media

For press information on SHEA's Annual Scientific Meeting, please contact Monica Charleston at PCI Public Relations: mcharleston@pcipr.com, (312) 558-1770.

Abstracts

Abstracts Addendum

Submitted Scientific Papers

Sunday, April 6 at 10:30 a.m.

Surgical Site Infections

Pediatrics

Occupational Health

Community-Associated MRSA

National Surveillance Systems

Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 p.m.

Outbreak Investigations

Bloodstream Infections

Healthcare-Associated MRSA

Novel Surveillance Strategies

Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Other Than MRSA

Monday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m.

MRSA Active Surveillance Testing

Hand Hygiene

Antibiotic Use

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Critical Care

Late-Breaker Papers

Poster Sessions

Clostridium difficile	Community-Acquired MRSA	Disinfection and Sterilization
Abstracts Emerging Pathogens Molecular Epidemiology Quality Assessment Communicable Diseases Critically Ill Patients Healthcare-Acquired Pneumonia	Abstracts Healthcare Preparedness and Public Policy Antimicrobial Management	Abstracts Other Quality Assessment Product Evaluation
Fungal Infections	Intravascular Device-Related Infections	MRSA (Healthcare-Associated)
Hand Hygiene	Outbreaks and Clusters	Pediatrics and Obstetrics
Surgical Site Infections	Prevention Programs	Surveillance
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci	Viral Infections	Abstracts Infection Control in Low and Middle-Income Countries Infections in Compromised Patients Methodological and Statistical Issues Healthcare-Acquired UTIs Occupational Health
Multidrug-Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria	Abstracts Patient Safety Surveys

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17th Annual Scientific Meeting
Baltimore, MD

Session Recordings

Abstracts

The abstracts are posted in PDF format according to subject category.

Clostridium difficile
Outbreaks
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Surgical Site Infections
Use of Active Surveillance
CA-MRSA
Disinfection and Sterilization
Economic Analyses
Healthcare Preparedness
Methodological and Statistical Issues
Surveys
HA-MRSA
Outbreaks and Clusters
MRSA
Hand Hygiene
HAP and UTI
Infections in Compromised Patients
Controlled Intervention Trials
Acinetobacter
Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria
Occupational Health
Patient Safety
Pediatrics
Prevention Programs
Quality Assessment
The Environment
Late Breakers

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16th Annual Scientific Meeting
Chicago, IL

Session Recordings 

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15th Annual Scientific Meeting
Los Angeles, CA

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