Healthcare-Associated Infections Conference -

Day 3

Tuesday, 25 October 2011
   
SESSION 9:  DEVICE RELATED HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
Moderator:  Jeffrey Chapman, MD, FCCP,
Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
10:30 Care Bundles: What are they and do they Work?
Dr. Smita Sood,
MD, Microbiology, Microbiologist, Super Religare Laboratories Ltd., Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, India
   
11:00 Catheter Related Infections–Impact and Prevention
Prof. Hervé Richet,
Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Hospital de la Timone. Research Unit on Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases, Marseille School of Medicine, Marseille, France
   
11:30 Intravascular Device-Related Infections: How do we get to Zero?
Dr. Sunanda Dey,
MD, Microbiology, Microbiologist, Super Religare Laboratories Limited, Kolkata, India
   
12:00 Q&A
   
12:30 Lunch
   
SESSION 10:  HEALTHCARE- ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN SURGERY
Moderator:  Dr. Steven M. Gordon,
Chairman, Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, President, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
   
14:00 Surgical Site Infections
Dr. Steven M. Gordon, Chairman, Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, President, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Cleveland, USA
   
14:45 Rational Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Abdominal Surgery
Priv. Doz. Dr. med. Michael Schwarz, Attending Surgeon, Head of Department for Minimally Invasive Oncological and Endocrine Surgery, BGPS Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Germany
   
15:30 Refreshment Break
   
SESSION 11:  HAND HYGIENE AND HOSPITAL INITIATIVES  
Moderator: Dr. Mansour Al-Zarouni, BSc (USA), MSc & PhD(UK),
Consultant Medical & Molecular Microbiologist, Sharjah Medical District – Ministry of Health, Sharjah, UAE
   
16:00 Hand Hygiene
Husain A. Alawadhi, MD, Consultant Intensivist & Pulmonologist, Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
16:30 HCAI Improvement Journey
Diane Wake,
Executive Director of Nursing & Operations, Director of Infection Prevention & Control, Royal Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
   
17:00 Close of Conference
   
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