Healthcare-Associated Infections Conference -
7th Middle East Healthcare-Associated Infections Conference : 23 - 25 October 2011
 

This year the Patient Safety Congress will feature a new format which recognises the importance of working together across sectors. The 7th Middle East Healthcare–Associated Infections Conference will focus on epidemiology and surveillance along with looking at infection control programmes in the healthcare setting.

 

This year's speaker faculty includes:

Dr. Steven M. Gordon, Chairman, Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, President, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Cleveland, USA

Dr. med. Tim Eckmanns, MSc, Surveillance (Fachgebiet 32), Abteilung für Infektionsepidemiologie, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Petra Gastmeier, Director, Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

Toni Hau, MD, PhD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, (Medical Academy Hannover), Hannover, Germany

Prof. Ossama Rasslan, MD, PhD, Chair, International Section, APIC, Director, EMRNIC, President, ESIC, APIC/ Egypt Chapter, Secretary General, EPSA, Cairo, Egypt

 Topics at this year's conference include:
  • Infection control committee and infection control team
  • Elements of a good infection control programme
  • Epidemiology and surveillance of MRSA in UAE
  • Clostridium difficile
  • Older antibiotics have new indications
  • MDR / XDR TB status report
  • Care bundles: what are they and do they work?
  • Pandemic influenza: how prepared are we for the next round?
  • Why is there still no national surveillance?
  • Intravascular device-related infections: how do we get to zero?
  • How to set up an antimicrobial stewardship programme
  • Should we focus our hand hygiene education on patients and visitors not just healthcare workers?
  • Why is an infection control programme needed in the haemodialysis setting?
  • Surgical site infection
 Target audience:
  • Patient Safety Personnel
  • Quality Improvement Professionals
  • Quality Assurance Professionals/Managers
  • Quality Control Managers
  • Occupational Health Personnel
  • Chief Medical Officers
  • Department Managers
  • Physicians
  • Surgeons
  • Nephrologists
  • Laboratory Directors/Managers
  • Laboratory Technicians
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Administrators
  • Nurse Managers
  • Surgical Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Risk Managers
  • Dentists
  • Dental Technicians
  • Dental Hygienists
  • Endoscope Technicians/Nurses
  • Infection Control Managers
  • Infection Control Nurses
  • Patient Safety Policy Makers
  • Patient Safety Managers
  • Infectious Disease Physicians
  • Microbiologists
  • Epidemiologists
  • Internal Medicine Physicians
  • Public Health Professionals
  • Infection Control Personnel
  • Endoscopic Technicians and Nurses
  • Employee Health Professionals
  • Public Health Professionals
  • Community Health Professionals
  • Communicable Disease Nurses
  • Environmental Health Specialists & Physicians
 Benefits of attending this conference:
  • Discuss the current concepts in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention
  • Explore the new technologies for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections
  • Identify the recent epidemiological changes in the Clostridium difficile infection and the clinical outcomes
  • Examine the emerging trends in the management of invasive fungal infections
  • Identify the steps needed towards a UAE national antibiotic resistance surveillance system and review what has been done so far
  • Examine how to build and maintain an effective antimicrobial stewardship programme
  • Review the methods and prevention of surgical site infections
  • Describe new hand hygiene strategies and communicate how to improve adherence
Accreditation statement:

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

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