It's Infection Prevention Week! Recognizing more of our colleagues - Michigan Medicine Headlines

It’s International Infection Prevention Week 2022 — a accidental to admit those who support our enactment harmless and healthy.

In summation to warring a pandemic, the Infection Prevention & Epidemiology (IPE) squad protects module and unit from surges successful wellness care-associated infections, measles outbreaks, during flu season, and truthful galore different day-to-day infectious battles. 

Here’s a person look astatine 2 much of these invaluable squad members!

Scott Jarson, corruption prevention analyst

• What is your relation astatine Michigan Medicine and however agelong person you held your position?
  I person been an corruption prevention expert for 4 years.
• What is the astir satisfying portion of your job?
  Working with radical successful our section to amended diligent and worker conditions and outcomes is the astir satisfying portion of my job.
• What is the astir challenging portion of your job?
  I would accidental reviewing and analyzing surveillance information and maintaining corruption power databases. This has been and volition stay a demanding task, particularly arsenic we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
• What is the 1 happening you would privation radical to cognize astir the enactment you do?
  We study everything done section wellness departments to the authorities and national government. Reporting includes communicable diseases, hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) and more. 

Sanaa Khechen, M.P.H., information analyst

• What is your relation astatine Michigan Medicine and however agelong person you held your position?
  I americium a information expert successful IPE and I person been successful this relation for astir 2 years.
• What is the astir satisfying portion of your job?
  Being capable to enactment connected absorbing projects and solving problems.
• What is the astir challenging portion of your job?
  Having to rapidly accommodate and marque changes to the ever-evolving preparedness and readying that goes into preventing infections.
• What is the 1 happening you would privation radical to cognize astir the enactment you do?
  Infection prevention affects each aspects of wellness care, and without it, it is intolerable to present prime wellness care. 

Stay tuned to Headlines passim the week for much penetration from IPE squad members!