Presenter: Lakshmi Srinivasan, MBBS, MSTR
Overview:
Innovation in Quality Improvement for CLABSI
prevention
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Lakshmi Srinivasan is a neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She
completed medical training at Madras Medical College in India. She pursued her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She also obtained a Master of Science in Translational
Research from the University of Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on design and conduct of
patient oriented research studies.
Her prior patient-oriented research has involved technologies for diagnosis of neonatal
infections, measurement of cytokines and Damage Associated Molecular Patterns, and gene
expression profiling and genome wide associations to better understand genetic risk and
expression in neonatal disease states. She has performed context-specific analyses of clinical
risk factors for central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in high risk units, and is
currently defining risk adjustment strategies for pediatric CLABSI. In collaboration with
investigators in infectious diseases and neonatology, she is leading projects examining
Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infections in the NICU using whole genome sequencing
and geospatial analysis, to drive infection prevention strategies in the NICU. She also co-leads a
project on shotgun sequencing of central venous catheter derived blood samples for early
detection of CLABSI.
Dr. Srinivasan leads the CHOP hospital-wide CLABSI prevention team, sepsis QI and
antimicrobial stewardship efforts within CHOP’s NIICU, and co-leads the CHOP Pediatric Sepsis
Program research node. She also co-leads subgroups in national consortia – the Children’s
Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Infectious Diseases Focus group, and the Solutions for
Patient Safety (SPS) Disparities Improvement Workgroup. Her overarching goal is to drive
innovative strategies to enhance the prediction and prevention of infections in complex patient
populations, such as in quaternary Children’s Hospital NICUs.
Financial Disclosures:
Lakshmi Srinivasan, MBBS, MSTR has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Steven Seidner, MD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Credits:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hour)
Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hour)
MOC-2 credit (1.00 hour)
Target Audience:
Pediatric Doctors and Providers
Faculty, residents, health care providers; medical students and trainees.
Accreditation:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.