Time

Platinum 3 & 4

Platinum 1

Platinum 2

Breakout room

08.00 - 09.00

Session 22

Meet the experts

An introduction to medical statistics

Dr Tim Boswell, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

The objectives are to:

• explain why medical statistics are vitally important, but often misunderstood.
• understand how to determine whether an apparent association is due to chance.
• provide practical tools for basic statistical analysis, covering software and trusted sources for help

Session 28

Meet the experts

Demystifying disinfectant testing

Christina Bradley, Laboratory Manager, Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham  & Peter Hoffman, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Public Health England

The objectives are to:

• give and overview of European standards for testing disinfectants
• explain what to look for in test reports
• understand how to gauge applicability of a standard to a particular use situation

Supported by an educational grant from Gama Healthcare

09.05 - 09.40

Session 14

Sepsis

Dr Ron Daniels, Chief Executive, Global Sepsis Alliance

The objectives are to:

• discuss what sepsis is
• explore what we can do as infection prevention professionals to promote recognition and prompt treatment of sepsis

Session 23

Re emerging childhood diseases – is it all Andrew Wakefields fault!

Louise Cool, Regional Epidemiologist, Public Health England

The objectives are to:

• discuss the positive impact and success stories of vaccination
• consider the negative impact of poor research
• identify forgotten enemies – re-emergence
• explore changing epidemiology – modern challenges

Session 29

Can the use of copper help to prevent infection?

Tom Elliott, Consultant Microbiologist / Deputy Medical Director, University Hospitals Birmingham

The objectives are to:

• discuss how copper has persisting intrinsic antimicrobial activity

• explore how the range of micro-organisms susceptible to copper include the common causes of health care associated infections

• explain how copper significantly reduces the load of microbial contamination even in the busy hospital environment thereby augmenting cleaning

Supported by an educational grant from Copper Alliance

09.45 - 10.20

Session 15

Prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia/complications  Dr Robert Garcia, Infection Preventionist, Enhanced Epidemiology, LLC

The objectives are to:

• defince the classification for pneumonia
• review knowledge on pathogenesis of pneumonia
• identify and present evidence on prevention of HAP and VAP

Supported by an educational grant from SAGE Products

Session 24

Vaccination, measles and whooping cough screening

David Green, Immunisation Co-ordinator, NHS Calderdale

The objectives are to:

• explore why to vaccinate
• discuss the impact of vaccination on measles and whooping cough
• identify the challenges to improve uptake
• consider how to engate parents and HCPs

Session 30

The infection control challenges in a 100% single room hospital

Gail Locock, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention & Control, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

The objectives are to:

• explain why a 100% single room environment can be an infection control challenge
• dispel any preconceived expectations of a single room environment
• explore why 100% single rooms is not ideally suited to all patients

10.25 – 11.00

Session 16

Developing and implementing Care bundles

Dr Lee Cutler, Consultant Nurse, Critical Care, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The objectives are to:

• explore the challenges faced when implementing care bundles
• explain how  to successfully implement care bundles
• discuss the positive impact on patient safety and preventing HCAI

Session 25

Lessons learned from measles outbreak

Dr Roberto Vivancos,

Consultant Epidemiologist

Public Health England

The objectives are to:

• outline how the outbreak was identified and how it unfolded
• explain the importance and value of multi-agency working
• discuss the control measures implemented and challenges faced
• explore the impact on healthcare from a large community outbreak

Session 31

Is it time to consider automated "no-touch" room disinfection (NTD) systems?

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

The objectives are to:

• explain the rationale for using NTD systems
• Give an overview of the available systems
• consider scenarios where the use of an NTD system may be warranted

11.00 – 11.45

REFRESHMENTS AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

11.45 - 12.20

Critical Care / Paediatrics Continued

Session 17

Session 26A

Health and social care integration in Northern Ireland

Dr Lourda Geoghegan, Consultant in Health Protection / Lead HCAI, IPC & AMS, Public Health Agency, NI

The objectives are to:

• describe the broad direction of travel in health and social care integration in Northern Ireland
• describe the existing integrated health and social care system in Northern Ireland as it relates to infection prevention and control
• demonstrate practical examples of health and social care integration relating to infection prevention

Session 32

Oral Paper Presentation x 2

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

12.25 – 13.00

Session 18

Session 26B

Late Breaker Session

Session 33

Oral Paper Presentation x 2

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

14.30 – 15.05

Session 19

The challenges of infection prevention and control in Japan

Professor Kobayashi, Dean, Faculty of Healthcare, Tokyo Healthcare University Postgraduate School, Japan

The objectives are to:

• introduce the challenges of infection prevention in Japan
• describe the successes of implementing an Infection Prevention and control programme in Japan
• consider how experiences overseas can provide useful learning in the UK

Session 27

Development of the guidelines for the management of pertussis in healthcare settings

Dr Girija Dabke, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, Public Health England

The objectives are to:

• discuss implications and consequences of pertussis in the healthcare setting
• identify difficulties presented to IPaCTs – environmental contamination, identifying contacts, managing staff etc
• demonstrate how to investigate, manage and control such incidents

Session 34

Infection prevention: the flip side of the coin
Sue Millward, Infection Prevention Nurse Consultant, Nuffield Health

The objectives are to:

• provide an overview of what services the Independent Sector provides
• highlight the similarities between NHS and the Independent Sector (IS)
• present some data on HCAIs from within the IS

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Session 20

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.

16.30 – 17.20

Session 21

Chair: Jon Otter

International Session

Professor Dale Fisher – Singapore

Dr Robert Garcia - USA

Hugo Sax - EU

Carole Fry – UK

Each expert will present on the biggest success and challenge within their country or region.