Reducing Healthcare Acquired Infection – The National Picture, Progress and Threats

Prof Matt Inada-Kim – National Clinical Director for Infection management, Antimicrobial Resistance and Deterioration. Consultant in Acute Medicine at Hampshire Hospitals, National Clinical Lead for COVID

Under Delivery of Antibiotics – A Hidden Contributor to the Global AMR Crisis

Ruth Dando – Head of Nursing Theatres, Critical Care and Anaesthetics – Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust

Urinary tract infection: easy to find, hard to diagnose and harder to treat (and we’re starting to understand why)

Prof. Jennifer Rohn – Professorial Research Fellow – University College London

The Importance of Preventing Healthcare Acquired Pneumonia – The NHS 10 year plan

Dr Daniel Wootton – NIHR Advanced Fellow, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician Clinical Infection, Microbiology & Immunology

Questions and Answers

Under delivery of antibiotics – A hidden contributor to the global AMR crisis

Ruth Dando – Head of Nursing Theatres, Critical Care and Anaesthetics – Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
Claire Davies – Clinical Therapy Manager – B. Braun Medical Ltd
Phil Hazeldine – Clinical Therapy Manager – B. Braun Medical Ltd

Evidence-based Cleaning: how do cleaning interventions impact the level of bioburden on frequently touched surfaces?

Donna Brown – Managing Director Healthcare – ISS UK
Martin Kiernan – Visiting Professor Richard Wells Research Centre – University of West London
Amy Gyte – Capability Team Leader: Exposures and Health Consequences Portfolio – HSE Science and Research Centre

Everything you ever wanted to know about cleaning and disinfection within a healthcare setting – but were too afraid to ask

Yvonne Taylor – Director of Cleaning – Mitie Healthcare
Dr Andrew Kemp – Independant Researcher, Head of Sceintific Advisory Board at BICSc and UK AMR Ambassador for International AMR Insights Group

IPC in an Ambulance setting

Deborah Bullock – Chair Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
Vince McCluskey – North East Ambulance Service

Blood Borne Virus – Protecting Staff and Patients

Vanessa McGregor – Consultant, Communicable Disease Control, East Midlands Health Protection Team, CIMS Programme Professional Lead, UKHSA.

Reducing Urinary Tract Infections

Sally Palmer – Nurse Consultant IPC, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Implementation of the IPC Education Framework within Mental Health settings.

Charlotte Crow – IPC Lead Nurse, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Antibiotic resistance: Shining a light on the people behind the statistics.

Dee Grant – Assistant Patient Support Manager – Antibiotic Research UK

Chlorine Disinfectants vs Superbugs

Dr. Tina Lovleen Joshi – Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Diagnostics, Infection Prevention & Control, Disinfection & Policy – University of Plymouth

Monitoring and Introducing New Care Bundles into an Acute Hospital to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections – Lessons Learned

Lenora Leonard – Head of Infection Prevention Control, Beacon Hospital, Ireland

National Point Prevalence Survey on Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship in England, 2023​

Dr Berit Muller-Pebody – Lead Epidemiologist, AMR, prescribing, sepsis and fungal surveillance – UK Health Security Agency

Questions and Answers