Infectious Diseases

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (MCW/FH)

• Epidemiology of Saprophytic Fungi in the Health Care Environment
• Molecular Epidemiology of Nosocomial Infections in Medical and Surgical Patients
• Etiology and Microbial Pathogenesis of Biomedical Device-Associated Infections
• Identification of Patient Risk Factors and Interventional Efforts for Improving Clinical Outcomes in the Critical Care Environment
• Reduction of Sharps Injuries in the Operating Room Environment

 MCW, Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., PhD

• Evaluation of Innovative Methodologies to Reduce the Risk of Nosocomial Infections
• In-Vitro Evaluation of New Anti-infectives and Antiseptic Skin-Prep Agents
• Clinical Trials of New Anti-infectives in the Treatment of Mixed Microbial Infections