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Monday 30th September 2013

Time

Platinum 3 & 4

Platinum 1

Platinum 2

Breakout room

08.45 - 09.00

Conference Opening

Julie Storr, IPS President

 

 

 

09.00 - 09.35

Session 1

Gaining organisational buy-in to infection prevention

Professor Dale Fisher, Senior Consultant and Head of Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital, Singapore

 

The objectives are to:

  • explain why successful infection prevention and control requires "buy-in" at all levels of an organisation
  • discuss why executive support is crucial, but can be challenging to obtain in financially challenged organisations
  • this talks describes sustainable “buy in” through a mix of methods…… draconian, innovative, inclusive, empowering and fun

 

 

 

09.35 - 10.10

Session 2

Using front line ownership to improve patient safety 

Dr Michael Gardam, Director Infection Prevention and Control, University Health Network, Canada

 

The objectives are to:

  • introduce complexity science and explain how it can be used to improve patient safety
  • introduce the front line ownership, positive deviance, and liberating structures approaches
  • share our experience using these approaches in North America

 

10.10 - 10.45

Session 3

Hand hygiene - the ultimate microbiology-behaviour challenge

Hugo Sax, Head of Infection Control Program, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

The objectives are to:

  • reflect on microbiological risks in the healthcare setting
  • reflect on risk perception and its impact on mental models
  • understand what this means for the case of hand hygiene

Supported by an educational grant from GOJO

10.45 - 11.30

REFRESHMENTS AND EXHIBITION OPENING

11.30-12.05

Session 4

EM Cottrell Lecture - The life and times of the urinary catheter

Martin Kiernan, Nurse Consultant Infection Prevention, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

 

This is an IPS Teleclass

 

 

 

12.10 - 12.20

IPS Annual General Meeting

This session is open to IPS members only

Why Join IPS?

This session is for anyone interested in joining IPS.  This is your opportunity to ask questions about the association.

Exhibition Viewing

 

12.20 – 13.45

LUNCH AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

13.45 - 14.20

Session 5

Implementing national guidelines at a local level

Dr Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Consultant Microbiologist NationalI Clinical Lead, Beaumont Hospoital, HSE Patient Safety and Quality and Health Protection Surveillance Centre

 

The objectives are to:

  • identify what the challenges are when implementing national guidance
  • explain how we can tackle these challenges
  • outline how we can measure success

Session 9

 Vomiting Larry – norovirus control

Catherine Makison Booth, Microbiologist, Health and Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill

 

The objectives are to:

  • understand transmission in relation to environmental contamination
  • discuss new knowledge to support best practice

Session 12

Oral paper presentation

x 2 

 

Visit the ‘Abstract’ page for further information on submitting an abstract. Closing date 24th June.

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14.25 – 15.00

Session 6

ECDC SITE Project
Dr Walter Zingg, Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland

The objectives are to:

  • explore effective infection prevention strategies
  • understand hospital organisation, management and structure to improve quality of care
  • explain structure and process indicators to measure success

Session 10

WINCL

Dr Evonne Curran, Nurse Consultant Infection Control, Health Protection Scotland

 

The objectives are to:

  • understand the evidence gaps around norovirus
  • describe the process of producing a research project to fill the gaps that IPCNs could participate in
  • describe how the project will be taken forward
  • detail what people have to do if they wish to be recruited

Session 13

Oral paper presentation

x 2

 

Visit the ‘Abstract’ page for further information on submitting an abstract. Closing date 24th June.

15.00 - 15.35

Session 7

Guided poster walks and poster viewing in designated poster viewing area

Visit the ‘Abstract’ page for further information on submitting an abstract. Closing date 24th June.

15.35 - 16.20

REFRESHMENTS AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

16.20 – 17.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 8

PATIENT EXPERIENCE

 

16.20 – 16.50
Patients' experience of MRSA screening: a South London perspective

Dr Carol Pellowe
Senior Lecturer Infection Control, King's College, London


The objectives are to:

  • analyse the similarities and differences in patients' experiences of screening
  • identify where there are deficits in the service
  • consider the means of improving the screening service

 

16.55 – 17.20

Patient experience – The elephant in the room

Claire Kilpatrick, Advisor Consultant on Infection Prevention and patient Safety,

 

17.20 -17.30

Question Panel

Session 11

MULTI DRUG RESISTANT

GRAM-NEGATIVES

 

16.20 – 16.45

Controlling MDR-Gram-negatives

Professor Peter Wilson, Professor of Microbiology and consultant Microbiologist,

University College London Hospitals

 

The objectives are to:

  • describe the emerging threat of multidrug-resistant Gram negatives
  • outline evidence-based control strategies (with limited evidence)!
  • highlight areas requiring urgent research to develop optimal strategies

 

16.45 – 17.05

Multi drug resistant Gram-negatives in practice

Craig Bradley, Infection prevention and Control Specialist Nurse, University Hospital Birmigham NHS Foundation Trust

 

The objectives are to:

  • explain the practical aspects of the control of MDR GN within an acute healthcare setting
  • provide examples of practices that could and have been implemented

 

17.05 – 17.25

Gram negative and emerging resistance

Alice Nutbourne, Medical Student, King's College London

 

The objectives are to:

  • understand sepsis related to Gram-negative bacteraemia as a common cause of morbidity and mortality
  • discuss the increasing threat of multidrug resistant Gram-negative infections
  • explore i mproved options for empirical antibiotic prescribing against increasing resistance

 

17.25 – 17.35

Question Panel

Competences Workshop

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 Mental Health Stream

 

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IPS reserves the right to amend this programme without notice.  In the event of a speaker being unable to present their paper every effort will be made to replace the speaker with an equal replacement.



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