Programme
Programme
Dive into our cutting-edge scientific programme featuring a myriad of sessions led by international experts in infection prevention. Discover insightful topics, workshops, and discussions designed to advance knowledge and strategies in combating healthcare-related infections.
The programme has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 11 CPD credits.
Monday 29 September
8:00am - 8:25am
Auditorium 2
Getting Started in IPC: Top Tips and Career Insights for New Professionals
8:25am - 8:50am
Auditorium 2
Behavioural change
8:50am - 9:00am
Auditorium 2
Welcome
1a
8:50am - 9:30am
Auditorium 2
COTTRELL LECTURE: 3 decades in IPC - a reflection
2a
9:50am - 10:25am
Auditorium 2
Aseptic Technique: making the complex simple
2b
9:50am - 10:25am
Syndicate 1 & 2
Health Inequalities in Health Protection
10:25am - 11:25am
Auditorium 1
Morning Refreshments, Mystery Tours, Poster & Exhibition Viewing
3a
11:25am - 12:00pm
Auditorium 2
Applying the fundamentals of care in infection prevention and control (IPC) to managing a large hospital outbreak of Candidozyma (formerly Candida) auris
3b
11:25am - 12:00pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Surgical wound Care Assessment and Review (SCAR) initiative utilising Patient Initiated Electronic (PIER) system
3c
11:25am - 12:00pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety -Research / Data for Action
4a
12:05pm - 12:40pm
Auditorium 2
GAMA sponsored session: If It Works, Why Aren’t We Doing It? The Psychology and Politics of IPC Implementation
4b
12:05pm - 12:40pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Proactively Utilizing Big Data to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
4c
12:05pm - 12:40pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Using PSIRF to holistically review infection related patient safety incidents
12:40pm - 2:10pm
Auditorium 1
Lunch, Poster & Exhibition Viewing
1:10pm - 1:40pm
Auditorium 1
Poster Talk 1: Theme: Fundamentals of Care and Improving Quality through PSIRF
1:10pm - 1:40pm
Auditorium 1
Poster Talk 2: Theme: AI / Digital, Built Environment and Sustainability
1:40pm - 2:10pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Company Symposium 1 sponsored by Cepheid: PCR - There's no CPE control without it
1:40pm - 2:10pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Company Symposium 2 sponsored by SC Johnson: Considering User Preferences and Acceptability to Optimise ABHR Design for Real-World Effectiveness
5a
2:15pm - 2:50pm
Tina Bradley Lecture
Auditorium 2
TINA BRADLEY LECTURE - From Reminder to Reflex: Making IPC Second Nature
6a
2:55pm - 3:10pm
Auditorium 2
Oral Paper - Clean Smart: QI in action for cleaning efficiency
6b
2:55pm - 3:10pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Oral Paper - Create an IPC App for Ambulance staff to access at the point of patient care
6c
2:55pm - 3:10pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Oral Paper - Cleaning Counts: Beyond Compliance
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium 2
Oral Paper - Efficiency within an onsite NHS Healthcare laundry...a trial to streamline laundry segregation
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Oral Paper - Evaluating iQ – An e-Learning Platform for Infection Prevention Education on Demand
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Oral Paper - Turning the tide on Clostridiodes difficile: How our hospital reversed a rising trend
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium 1
Afternoon Refreshments, Mystery Tours, Poster & Exhibition Viewing
7a
4:00pm - 4:20pm
Auditorium 2
Infection risks in the built environment and development of IPC guidance
7b
4:00pm - 4:20pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
What is the impact of automated high level disinfection on microbial colonization on ultrasound and endocavity probes
7c
4:00pm - 5:25pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Who gets the isolation room? Workshop
8a
4:25pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium 2
Efficacy of air cleaning units in older adult inpatient wards
8b
4:25pm - 4:45pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Review of post Ozurdex implant endophthalmitis
9a
5:00pm - 5:25pm
Auditorium 2
Away with the CROs
9b
4:50pm - 5:25pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Removing unnecessary gloves during routine IV drug preparation
Tuesday 30 September
8:00am - 8:45am
Auditorium 2
New to IPC - Decisions and dilemmas, when to stand your ground!
10a
8:45am - 9:30am
Auditorium 2
AYLIFFE LECTURE - Antimicrobial Stewardship: at the heart of infection prevention
11a
9:35am - 10:15am
Auditorium 2
Surveillance and Prevention of non-ventilator Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
11b
9:35am - 9:55am
Syndicate 1 & 2
An Invasive Group A Streptococcus Cluster in a Care Home
11c
9:35am - 9:55am
Syndicate 3 & 4
Co-production of IPC Guidelines for Adult Prisons
12b
9:55am - 10:15am
Syndicate 1 & 2
A Day in the life of an IPC veterinary nurse; how can small animals affect human health? & Launch of Veterinary SIG
12c
9:55am - 10:15am
Syndicate 3 & 4
Same, but different. IPC risk and reasoning in mental health
10:15am - 11:15am
Auditorium 1
Morning Refreshments, Mystery Tours, Poster & Exhibition Viewing
13a
11:15am - 11:50am
Auditorium 2
Whole Genome Sequencing
13b
11:15am - 11:50am
Syndicate 1 & 2
Infection prevention and outbreak management in communal accommodation settings for people seeking asylum
13c
11:15am - 11:50am
Syndicate 3 & 4
Listeria in Food - Challenges for Health Care Settings
14a
11:55am - 12:30pm
Auditorium 2
Behavioural Change in IPC
14b
11:55am - 12:30pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Neonatal Sepsis in low resource settings
14c
11:55am - 12:30pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
How do perceptions of hygiene and cleanliness influence IPC behaviours in healthcare settings?
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Auditorium 1
Lunch, Poster & Exhibition Viewing and presentation of Exhibition Awards
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Auditorium 1
Poster Talk 3: Theme: Organism / Site Specific AMR and Biofilms
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Auditorium 1
Poster Talk 4: Theme: IPC in Specialist Settings
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Auditorium 2
Company Symposium 3 - sponsored by Essity: Hands at risk: Tackling occupational dermatitis in healthcare
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Company Symposium 4 sponsored by ARKA - IPC Partners Live: Can gloves deliver patient safety, sustainability, and financial benefits?
15a
2:05pm - 2:20pm
Auditorium 2
Oral Paper - Investigating the role of the healthcare water sources in healthcare-associated Gram-negative bloodstream infections
15b
2:05pm - 2:20pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Oral Paper - Double Trouble: Managing two simultaneous MRSA outbreaks in a Neonatal Unit (NNU)
15c
2:05pm - 2:20pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Oral Paper - Clean pulp versus sterile plastic for mid-stream urine collection: a paired equivalence study comparing the microbiological performance of a novel low carbon collection device with the standard of care
2:20pm - 2:35pm
Auditorium 2
Oral Paper - Staff perceptions of their roles in infection prevention and control in residential aged care homes
2:20pm - 2:35pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Oral Paper - Redefining Surgical Incision Outcomes: A Modified Delphi Study to Establish a Novel Universal Classification System
2:20pm - 2:35pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
Oral Paper - Development of an electronic surveillance tool and protocol for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection
16a
2:40pm - 3:15pm
Auditorium 2
‘From bids to bedside’- tips for successful IPC procurement journeys
16b
3:20pm - 3:55pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
Using One Together in Practice
16c
2:40pm - 3:15pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
DRIPP Urinary Catheter
17a
3:20pm - 3:55pm
Auditorium 2
The infection control superpower: how to reduce your workload
17b
2:40pm - 3:15pm
Syndicate 1 & 2
OneTogether Resources
17c
3:20pm - 3:55pm
Syndicate 3 & 4
DRIPP: working together to improve best practice in vascular access
18a
4:00pm - 4:40pm
Auditorium 2
Infection Control Matters - A discussion
4:40pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium 2
End of Conference with Oral and Poster Awards