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SUMMARY:Healthcare Surfaces Summit 2025: Turning Moments into Momentum for Improving Patient Safety
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever left a conference buzzing with ideas, only to watch them fizzle out in the daily grind? \nIt’s time for a change.\nWelcome to the Healthcare Surfaces Summit 2025: \nWhere Moments Become Momentum for Improving Patient Safety\nThis isn’t your typical sit-and-listen event. It’s a catalyst for real change in healthcare. Here’s what makes our summit different:\n\nAction-Oriented: We don’t just talk about issues – we identify and work on projects to create strategies aimed at increasing patient safety in healthcare environments.\nCollaborative Environment: Join a diverse group of healthcare experts, industry leaders, and scientists to tackle critical surface cleanability issues.\nLasting Impact: Form working task forces that continue throughout the year, ensuring your ideas translate into real-world strategies for improvement.\n\nKey Goals: \n\nShare, debate, and identify gaps and projects that address key issues\nIdentify needed research projects\nDevelop actionable strategies for improvement and form working task forces for the year\n\nEvent Highlights: \nKeynote Presentation: The Forgotten Ongoing Epidemic: HAI’s\nJeanine Thomas\nJeanine isn’t just a speaker; she’s a survivor and fierce advocate who founded the MRSA Survivors Network. Her powerful story and insights will spark crucial conversations as we move into our collaborative discussions and task forces. Hear her journey and gain invaluable insights into combating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Her tireless advocacy even led to working with Barack Obama to pass the Hospital Report Card Act in Illinois. Get ready to be motivated!\nAttendees will engage in the following activities: \n\nLightning Talks\nGroup Discussions\nTask Force Breakout Sessions\nAnd much more! \n\nDay & Time:\nTwo-Day Event Course:\nMonday, April 7, 2025 – 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nTuesday, April 8, 2025 – 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nEvent Pricing: \nISSA/HSI Members: $274 USD\nNonmembers: $574 USD\nHotel Information:\nSheraton Suites Chicago O’Hare \n6501 Mannheim Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018\nBook your hotel for Healthcare Surfaces Summit 2025.\n\nThank you to our 2025 Summit Sponsors:\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nInterested in sponsorship opportunities for this event? Learn more here. \n
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