Episode 66: July 23, 2020 - SHEA and INS Collaboration Podcast - Working together to address COVID-19 Challenges

Collaboration During COVID-19. Infusion Nurses Society in Collaboration with Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). In this episode, Dr. Sara Keller and Dawn Berndt discuss a collaboration between Hospital Epidemiology and Infusion Nursing.

Sara C. Keller, MD, MPH, MSHP

Assistant Professor of Medicine Infection Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Sara C. Keller, MD, MPH, MSHP, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also Associate Faculty in the Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr Keller's research interests focus on improving the quality of care of patients receiving parenteral antibiotics outside the hospital, measures and outcomes among patients with central venous catheters in the home, and improving ambulatory antimicrobial stewardship. 

Dawn Berndt, DNP, RN, CRNI®

Dawn Berndt, DNP, RN, CRNI® serves as the INS Clinical Education and Publications Manager. She has been an active INS member and a CRNI® since 2005. Dr. Berndt served on INS’ National Council on Education and on the INS board of directors as a director-at-large from 2017 to 2018. Prior to joining the INS team, she worked for 13 years as a clinical nurse specialist for infusion and as nurse manager of the infusion center, the venous access team, and the RN response team at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Berndt holds a doctor of nursing practice in clinical leadership from the Henry Predolin School of Nursing at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin and a master’s of nursing education from the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing.

Guests: 
• Sara Keller, MD, MPH, MSHP – Moderator
• Dawn Berndt, DNP, RN, CRNI® 

Abstract: 
We’re all in this Together: COVID-19 Allies in Infection Prevention
We’ve joined the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) for an episode of their Allies in Infection Prevention Podcast. This podcast series focuses on collaborative efforts, as well as opportunities for different disciplines to address and confront the COVID-19 pandemic.
Take a listen to Working together to address COVID-19 Challenges.

Resources:
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). https://www.shea-online.org/ 
Infusion Nurses Society (INS). www.ins1.org 

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