Mary Beth

Kukla

RN, BSN

Responsibilities

• Perform daily surveillance for hospital-associated infections
• Investigate outbreaks and clusters of infections at University of Iowa Health Care
• Implement national infection control guidelines and standards to help prevent transmission of infections
• Present data and activities that improve the safety of the environment
• Assess trends, identify problems, and design and implement specific interventions and quality improvement programs

Special Interests and Activities

• Hospital-associated infections
• Device-related infections
• Communicable diseases
• Emerging infectious diseases
• Multi-drug resistant organisms

Contact

Phone: 1-319-384-5158
Fax: 319-353-8687
Office Address: C-520 General Hospital (GH)
Email: mary-kukla@uiowa.edu