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Program Overview: The Reality Check Sessions at the 4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Annette H. Sohn ,
Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran  and
William R. Jarvis
Annette H. Sohn*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia
Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia
William R. Jarvis
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mailstop E-69, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Abstract

The 4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections provided a unique forum to assess opinions regarding current infection control controversies. The “Reality Check” sessions were a special portion of the conference where attendees expressed their opinions on these issues and heard varying viewpoints from noted experts. Using an Audience Response System (ARS), individual audience members cast their votes during seven different sessions. Although systems such as the ARS have been used during other conferences, there are no published accounts to date describing audience viewpoints on infection control topics. An overview of the “Reality Check” sessions follows.

Type
From the 4th Decennial International Conference
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 11 , November 2000 , pp. 742 - 744
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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