Kristina Bryant, M.D. | Source | Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Norton Children's
Kristina Bryant, M.D.
Dr. Bryant is the hospital epidemiologist at Norton Children’s Hospital and a member of the leadership team that coordinates infection prevention and control efforts at Norton Healthcare. She is active in state-wide efforts to prevent healthcare-associated infections and is a member of the Kentucky State Regional Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (K-STRIPE) committee. She is a former chair of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines Committee and has co-authored several infection prevention guideline/guidance documents. She is the co-editor of a book, Handbook of Pediatric Infection Prevention and Control, scheduled for publication this spring. In December 2016, Dr. Bryant was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), a federal advisory committee that provides advice and guidance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding strategies for surveillance and prevention and control of health care associated infections in United States health care facilities.
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Norton Children's
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist
started Jan 2008
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Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US
Dr. Bryant discusses whooping cough and how to prevent it.
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“Year after year, we see that many of the children who die from flu are not immunized or are only partially immunized,” said Dr. Kristina Bryant, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Norton Children’s in Kentucky. “I think people forget that this is not just a cold.”
“Pertussis is worth preventing,” Bryant said. “The good news is that we have safe and effective vaccines.”
