Time & Location

08.15  - 08.45

Main Auditorium

Sponsored scientific session hosted by Proventec Healthcare

Topic and Speaker TBC

09.00

Main Auditorium

1st E.M. Cottrell Lecture

In pursuit of excellence during a global pandemic

Professor Robert Pratt, Director of Richard Wells Research Centre, Thames Valley University

(This is an IPS teleclass)

09.45

Queens Suite 2

Introduction to IV Forum Day

Andrew Jackson, Intravenous Nurse Consultant, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Thomas Latta Lecture - the father of intravenous infusion therapy

Dr Neil MacGillivray, Honorary Post Doctoral Fellow in Scottish History  University of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

10.25

Refreshments, Exhibition Viewing & Poster Viewing

11.15

Queens Suite 2

Blood, bones and bacteria: The diversity of community IV services

Alison Smith, IV Therapy Team Leader and Shirley Smith IV Team, Liverpool PCT

11. 50

Queens Suite 2

Aseptic Non Touch Technique - Consolidating the UK standard

Stephen Rowley, UK ANTT Lead, University College London Hospital

12.25

Queens Suite 2

Creating a business case - From start to finish

Deborah Bolton, Clinical Nurse Specialsit, IV Therapy, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

13.00

Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

14.00

Queens Suite 2

Microbial biofilms: getting to the source of vascular access in infections

Marcia Ryder, Research 7 Consulting, Ryder Science, Medical Biofilm Research, San Mateo, California

15.05

Refreshments and Exhibition Viewing

15.45

Queens Suite 2

Free papers IV topic

15.50 - 16.05

A three year process to improve intravenous (IV) therapy outcomes for patients

Valerie Wortley, Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust

16.05 - 16.20

Kow your enemy: Does provision of data to staff affect the number of devices used?

MartinKiernan, Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust

16.20 

Main Auditorium

Designing, using and evaluating checklists for the management of Influenza A (H1N1) in clinical settings -  your questions and more,  answered

Dr Angela Lashoher, Patient Safety Programme Information, World Health Organisation will give delegates a fascinating insight to the design, use and evaluation of checklists for the management of Influenza A (H1N1) , work recently undertaken at WHO to support the current emergency situation Dr John Bleasdale, Lead Clinician, Critical Care, City Hospital, Birmingham, will give the latest information on the local application and evaluation of the WHO influenza checklist and his recent experiences within his busy CCU.

The final part of this session will offer delegates the opportunity to ask  an  expert panel  from a range of settings how best to manage the influenza situation in their workplace.

Panellists are: Dr Angela Lashoher,   Dr John Bleasdale and Professor Robert Pratt, Thames Valley University

17.00

Close 

19.00 - 00.00

Wine reception and Gala Dinner -  Majestic Hotel, Harrogate