| Monday, 24 October 2011 |
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SESSION 5: INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Dr. Steven M. Gordon, Chairman, Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, President, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Cleveland, USA |
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| 10:00 |
Infection Control Committee and Infection Control Team
Jeffrey Chapman, MD, FCCP, Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 10:30 |
Elements of a Good Infection Control Programme
Ms. Yusra Elobaid, Quality Officer, Emirates International Hospital, Al Ain UAE |
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| 11:00 |
Infection Prevention and Control in Resource-Limited Settings
Professor Amani Ali El Kholy, MD, Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Consultant, Professor of Clinical Pathology (Clinical Microbiology), Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. Director of Microbiology Laboratories, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. Member of Higher Infection Control Board, Cairo University Hospitals. Chairman of Infection Control Committee, and Clinical Microbiology Unit, Dar Al-Fouad Hospital, Egypt |
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SESSION 6: SURVEILLANCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Moderator: Prof. Ossama Rasslan, MD, PhD, Chair, International Section, APIC, Director, EMRNIC, President, ESIC, APIC/ Egypt Chapter, Secretary General, EPSA, Cairo, Egypt |
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| 11:30 |
Modern Forms of Surveillance
Dr. med. Tim Eckmanns, MSc, Surveillance (Fachgebiet 32), Abteilung für Infektionsepidemiologie, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany |
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| 12:00 |
Surveillance for Hospital-Acquired Infections
Dr. Bashir Aden, PhD, MSPH, MT, (ASCP), Senior Surveillance Officer, Surveillance Section, Public Health Dept, Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD), Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
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SESSION 7: ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP
Moderator: Prof. Hervé Richet, Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Hospital de la Timone, Research Unit on Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases, Marseille School of Medicine, Marseille, France |
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| 14:00 |
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme
Prof. Ossama Rasslan, MD, PhD, Chair, International Section, APIC, Director, EMRNIC, President, ESIC, APIC/ Egypt Chapter, Secretary General, EPSA, Cairo, Egypt |
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| 14:30 |
Antimicrobial De-escalation: Does it Work?
Husain A. Alawadhi, MD, Consultant Intensivist & Pulmonologist, Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 15:00 |
Older Antibiotics Have New Indications
Dr. Noura Al Sweih, Consultant Microbiologist and Chairperson of Microbiology Unit, Maternity Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait |
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| 15:30 |
Refreshment Break |
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SESSION 8: PANEL DISCUSSION- TOWARDS A UAE NATIONAL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Panelists:
Dr. Mansour Al-Zarouni, BSc (USA), MSc & PhD(UK), Consultant Medical & Molecular Microbiologist, Sharjah Medical District – Ministry of Health, Sharjah, UAE
Dr. med. Tim Eckmanns, MSc, Surveillance (Fachgebiet 32), Abteilung für Infektionsepidemiologie, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Ágnes Sonnevend, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, FMHS, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Jens Thomsen, MD MPH CIC, Section Head, Occupational and Environmental Health, HSE Dept., Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD), Abu Dhabi, UAE
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| 16:00 |
Towards a UAE National Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance System
• Why is such system needed? Aims and objectives
• What would be the benefits?
• What would be the components and scope?
• What have we done so far?
• What would be needed and the next steps |
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| 17:15 |
Q&A |
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| 17:30 |
Close of Day 2 |