ON HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS Please note the dates for the A Masterclass for Senior Management and Medical Professionals ‘Participants will gain cutting edge information on clinical and management techniques and methods to create an infection control culture leading to a rapid reduction of infections within Trusts. This will quickly save both management and clinical time and importantly save lives’ 14th – 15th July in the Assembly Rooms Either 22nd – 23rd September or 11th - 12th September (Venue and dates to be confirmed) Following on from the First HAI Masterclass held at the Royal College of London last October, two Masterclass events are to be held in 2008: hosted in The events are being steered again by Annette Jeans from the UCLH London with input from Richard Cunningham and Peter Jenks from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Kevin Kerr from Harrogate District NHS Trust and Tracey Halladay – now in with the Healthcare Commission, formally of the RUH NHS Trust ( The HAI Masterclass is a two day meeting designed for Directors of Infection and Prevention Control, Directors of Nursing, Operation Directors and other charged with reducing HAI. The meeting proposes to provide a solution via an Infection Control Action Plan with a series of steps that will enable all hospitals to significantly reduce their HAI rate. This meeting will be organized with an educational grant coming from BD and all delegates will be asked to pay for their registration. The aim is to raise awareness about the healthcare, economic and legal impact of preventative protocols and best practices– with a central focus on active screening and surveillance of patients at admission Proposed Programme(s) 12.00 Registration Open 12.30 Buffet Lunch Introduction to the Masterclass: Reducing HAI; The MRSA Improvement Team The Legal Cost of Getting Infection Control Wrong Best Practice Considerations: Health Commission Discoveries 15.45 Break Effective Outbreak Management: improving patient safety and organisational efficiency Cost Benefit Analysis: the advantages of prevention and control Care of Healthcare Workers: the screening debate 19.30 Reception 20.00 Dinner Day 2 08.00 Registration Open and Breakfast Networking. 09.00 Solutions from Success: ideas to implement Review from Day 1 and Briefing for Day 2 09.15 – 10.00 Workshops Series 1 Risk Assessment and Screening: from MRSA. Risk Assessment and Screening: from C.diff to ESBL. Environmental Issues Patient Partnerships - will give delegates an insight on how NHS staff and patients can be motivated to work together to improve outcomes with the aim of significantly reducing the risks of contracting healthcare infections Reducing Anti-microbial Prescribing for MRSA/C.diff Saving Lives: High Impact Interventions 10.10 Workshop Series 2 (repeat) (Coffee/tea taken during this workshop) Lunch Implementation of National Guidance on MRSA Screening Surgical Site Surveillance: Cardiac Unit The Business case of MRSA PCR testing Critical Care Case for Improved Environment Promoting and Infection Control Culture: 15.05 – 15.30 Panel Discussion 15.30 Close For more information contact Derek Butler Email: derek.butler@mrsaactionuk.net Telephone: 07762 741114
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