Programme

THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2007

08.00 Registration, Open Breakfast Networking
08.45 Solutions from Success: Ideas to Implement
Review from Day 1 and Briefing for Day 2
09.00 - 10.00

WORKSHOPS SERIES 1

i) Risk Assessment and Screening: MRSA
Peter Wilson, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Peter Jenks, Director of Infection Control and Prevention, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

ii) Risk Assessment and Screening: C.diff.
Mike Wren, Professor of Microbiology, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

iii) Environmental Issues
Vanya Gant, Clinical Director of Pathology and Michael Rollins, Project Manager, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

iv) Patient Partnerships
Derek Butler, MRSA Action Group

v) Reducing Antimicrobial Prescribing for MRSA/C.diff
Gopal Roa, Consultant Microbiologist, Lewisham University Hospital

vi) Saving Lives: High Impact Interventions
Annette Bartley MSc, Health Foundation /IHI Quality Improvement Fellow MPH at Harvard University USA

10.00 - 11.00 WORKSHOP SERIES 2 (repeat) (Coffee/Tea taken during this Workshop)
11.00 - 12.00 WORKSHOP SERIES 3 (repeat)
12.00 - 12.45 Lunch
12.45 - 13.15 The Case for Nasal Screening for Staph in Pre-surgical Patient
Peter Wilson, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
13.15 - 13.45 Surgical Site Surveillance - The Business Case
Peter Jenks, Director of Infection Control and Prevention, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
13.45 - 14.05 The Business Case of MRSA PCR Testing in Critical Care
Richard Cunningham, Consultant Microbiologist, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
14.05 - 14.25 Case for Improved Environment
Liz Jones, NHS Estates
14.25 - 14.45 Promoting and Infection Control Culture: Change Management
Annette Jeanes, Consultant Nurse Infection Control, Director of Infection Prevention
& Control University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
14.45 - 15.15 Panel Discussion
15.15 - 15.45 Closing Presentation
15.45

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