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Infection Prevention 2011 Conference and Exhibition is being held at the Bournemouth International Centre from 19-21 September for a second year. Organised by the Infection Prevention Society this event is the major infection prevention conference and exhibition of the year
The conference features an impressive array of speakers providing informative and education sessions on pertinent topics within infection prevention. The quality of the conference programme has been endorsed by the award of 14 CPD points by the Royal College of Pathologists. The event attracts over 700 delegates and almost 150 exhibitors and will have an array of renowned speakers covering all your infection prevention needs. THE PROGRAMME The conference features an impressive array of speakers providing informative and education sessions on pertinent topics within infection prevention. Highlights of the programme are listed below. The EM Cottrell Lecture, dedicated to the first infection control nurse appointed in the UK, opens the conference. This session
is entitled ‘Stronger together’ and will be presented by Anne Bialachowski, immediate past president, Community and Hospital Infection Control Association, Canada (CHICA). She will discuss how practitioners are stronger by working collaboratively at local, national and international level. STREAMS The morning then splits into three concurrent streams, the first of which is on wound care. The initial speaker is Mark Collier, lead nurse consultant, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, who will be looking at the prevention of infection in acute wounds by reviewing current evidence/best practice, highlighting the current SSI guidelines, identifying key learning points
from SSISS scheme and looking to the future. The second lecture is on open wounds: infection prevention, treatment and the social care setting and is given by Andrew Kingsley, clinical manager, Infection Control and Tissue Viability, North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust. He will initially provide an overview of best practice in the prevention and treatment of infection in open wounds and will then explore infection in a specific social setting. This stream is concluded by Philip Roberts, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, University Hospital North Staffordshire, with a session entitled ‘Protect your mum when she breaks her hip’. Philip will explore why the risk of infection is increased by prosthetics, the recognition and surveillance of infection in prosthetics and prevention and management of prosthetic infections. Concurrently Dr Mary Ramsay, consultant epidemiologist, head of Immunisation Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency will present on the Hepatitis ‘C’hallenge and how the epidemiology of the disease is posing a public health threat and how emerging diagnostic and treatment can more effectively detect and treat the disease. Following this session, ‘Infection control in paediatrics – “But children are different”’ will be given by Dr Andrew Riordan, consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. He will explore how HCAIs differ for children, the strategy in place to reduce them, and how preventing central line infections in children may differ from adults. If you are new to infection prevention, a highlight on the first day will be the ‘New to infection prevention’ session, which has been redesigned and expanded for 2011. The objectives of this workshop are to meet colleagues, understand what the IPS can do for you and what you could do for the IPS, gain an awareness of national drivers/priorities, and have the opportunity to share and discuss experiences, best practice, anxieties and challenges. The afternoon session commences with the challenges and opportunities facing the evolving NHS by writer, broadcaster and commentator Roy Lilley. He will discuss the future implications for infection prevention and quality within the emerging NHS and his informative and lively session will offer alternative insights and ideas. TUESDAY Highlights of the second day include a session from Dr Cliodna McNulty, head, Primary Care E
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