IMPACT Grand Rounds

Susan Huang, MD, MPH
“Evidence for Reducing Infections, Hospitalizations, and Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens in Nursing Homes Through Universal Nasal Decolonization and Bathing with Chlorhexidine”

Susan Huang, MD, MPH, is a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, and the medical director of epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine Health. Dr. Huang studies healthcare-associated infections with a focus on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). She was a member of the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory for Pragmatic Clinical Trials to prevent MRSA disease and other healthcare-associated infections. She also studies the regional prevention of MDROs in hospitals and nursing homes through epidemiologic studies as well as simulation models. Dr. Huang has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and previously served as a member of HICPAC (federal guidelines committee for infection prevention), and on the technical expert panel for infection prevention and care transitions between acute and long-term care facilities for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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About IMPACT Grand Rounds
The IMPACT Collaboratory hosts free webinars on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 12 noon ET addressing issues conducting embedded pragmatic clinical trials on non-pharmacological interventions for people living with dementia and their care partners. If you are not yet on our mailing list, join here to receive IMPACT updates and reminders. Registration is not required, and a recording of the webinar and a companion podcast will be available the week following the event on our website, impactcollaboratory.org.