• 2016, Dec. 14th:   Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms - Reporting and Health Dept. Engagement.  Kentucky Joint House & Senate Health and Welfare Committee Committee.  -- Kevin Kavanagh MD, MS    Download PDF of Slides

     

  2015, Dec. 16th:   Reportable Diseases and Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria.  Kentucky Joint House & Senate Health and Welfare Committee Committee.  -- Kevin Kavanagh MD, MS    Download Slides and Documents

    

• 2015, Jan. 13th:   Regulation KAR 902 2 020. Reportable Disease Surveillance.  Kentucky Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee. -- Kevin Kavanagh MD, MS

• 2014, Nov. 19th:  Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms & Hospital Acquired Conditions.   Kentucky Joint House & Senate Health and Welfare Committee Committee.  -- Kevin Kavanagh MD, MS

      

• 2014, Mar. 13^th:  Healthcare Acquired Infections & Multi-Resistant Drug Organisms:   State of Kentucky House Committee on Health & Welfare.  -- Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS     This is a short rebuttal to testimony given on Mar. 6th, 2014.

   

• 2014, Mar. 6^th:  Healthcare Acquired Infections & Multi-Resistant Drug Organisms:   State of Kentucky House Committee on Health & Welfare.  -- Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS     View High Definition Video

  

• 2014, Jan. 9^th:  Healthcare Acquired Infections & Multi-Resistant Drug Organisms:   State of Kentucky House Committee on Health & Welfare.  -- Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

 

• 2013, Jun. 19^th:  Healthcare Acquired Infections:   State of Kentucky Joint Senate & House Committee on Health & Welfare.  Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

• 2013, Feb. 14^th:  Healthcare Acquired Infections & Healthcare Reform:   State of Kentucky House Committee on Health & Welfare (Pre-Gavel).  Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

•  2011, Dec. 19^th:  Healthcare Acquired Infections & Public Reporting:   State of Kentucky Senate & House Joint Interim Committee on Health & Welfare.  Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

• 2011, Aug. 1^st:  Healthcare Acquired Infections, Impact on the Community:   State of Kentucky Senate & House Joint Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education.  Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

• 2011, June 21^st:  Healthcare Acquired Infections, Public Reporting, Surveillance and the Veterans Administration System:   State of Kentucky Senate & House Joint Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee.  Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

• 2011, Feb. 10^th:  Public Reporting of Healthcare Acquired Infections.  In support of HB 291 Kentucky State House Health and Welfare Committee: Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

• 2010, Oct. 20^th:  Healthcare Transparency and Public Reporting of Healthcare Acquired Infections.  Kentucky State Senate & House Joint Health and Welfare Committee: Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

• 2008, Mar. 6^th:  Public Reporting of Healthcare Acquired Infections and MRSA Surveillance.  In support of SB 183.  Kentucky State Senate Health and Welfare Committee:  Kentucky Senator Vernie McGaha & Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

• 2007, Nov. 19^th:  Healthcare Transparency, Value Purchasing and Public Reporting.  Kentucky State Senate and House Health and Welfare Committee.  Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS

The picture on the right is from a poll conducted by Senator Angel Harper Constituents in Feb. 2011 which found that over 90% wanted to have Hospital Acquired Infections reported to the State Health Department. 

The picture on the left is a  photomicrograph of
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).