IPC Agenda
Day 1 - 29 April 2025
07:45 – 09:15
Registration, Coffee and Networking
09:15 – 09:20
Chairs Introduction
09:20 – 09:40
Emerging Threats – A look at the threat from infectious diseases that are appearing in the UK
- Michael Reynolds – Principal Scientist, Emerging Infections and Zoonoses Team – UKHSA (Invited)
- Lisa Stevens – Senior Scientific Advisor – UKHSA (Proposed)
- Anika Singanayagam – Consultant Virologist – UKHSA (Invited)
09:40 – 10:00
The Increasing Threat of Fungal Infections
- David Denning – Professor of Infectious Diseases in Global Health, University of Manchester. GAFFI – Global Action for Fungal Infection (Proposed)
10:00 – 10:20
Infectious Disease Diagnostics – How the Industry is Innovating in POC Invitro Diagnostics
- Helen Dent – Chief Executive Officer – BIVDA (Confirmed)
10:20 – 10:40
Industry Insight
10:40 – 10:50
Questions and Answers
10:50 – 11:25
Morning Coffee and Networking
11:25 – 12:05
AMR – Optimal Prescribing
11:25 – 12:05
Near Patient / POC Innovation
11:25 – 12:05
Fungal Diseases – What You Need to Know?
12:05 – 12:10
Transition
12:10 – 12:50
Sustainability in IPC
12:10 – 12:50
Reducing Catheter Infection
12:10 – 12:50
UTI Drug Development
12:50 – 14:00
Afternoon Lunch, Coffee and Networking
14:00 – 14:30
AMR
- Sarah Chadwick – AMR Programme Manager – NHS West Yorkshire ICD (Invited)
14:00 – 14:30
Elective Colorectal Surgery
- Anne Pullyblank – Consultant Colorectal Surgeon – North Bristol NHS Trust.
Lesley Jordan, Clinical Lead West of England Academic Health Science Network (Confirmed)
14:00 – 14:30
NHS IPC in Vascular Access.
14:30 – 14:40
Transition
14:40 – 15:05
UTI’s – Reducing the Burden for Women
15:05 – 15:30
Moving forward from the RCN Standards for infusion therapy 2016; An introduction to the new 2025 NIVAS UK IV Therapy and Vascular Access Standards for Practice
The 2016 RCN Standards for infusion therapy have been adopted by NIVAS who have updated them and included more standards relating to IV therapy and vascular access clinical practice. This presentation will introduce the conference to these updated standards and demonstrate how these can be adopted into clinical practice to improve patient outcomes and safety.
- Andrew Barton – Nurse Consultant IV Therapy and Vascular access / NIVAS Chair – Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
15:30 – 15:40
Questions and Answers
15:40 – 16:10
Afternoon Coffee and Networking
16:10 – 16:30
Infection Control in Vascular Nursing
- Jane Todhunter – President – Society of Vascular Nurses (Confirmed)
16:30 – 16:50
How can Technology Aid Infection Control?
- Gerry (Gerard) Lacey – Professor of Robotics & Head of Department Electronic Engineering – National University of Ireland. (Invited)
16:50 – 17:00
Questions and Answers
17:00
Close of Day 1
Day 2 - 30 April 2025
07:45 – 09:15
Registration, Coffee and Networking
09:15 – 09:20
Chairs Introduction
09:30 – 09:50
C-Diff Contamination. A discussion on where it is found in the healthcare setting and how it can be prevented
- Prof. Mark Wilcox – National Clinical Director for Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Prevention, Consultant Microbiologist, and Head of Microbiology R&D at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Leeds Professor, and Public Health England Lead on C. difficile Infection. (Confirmed)
09:50 – 10:00
Questions and Answers
10:00 – 10:20
Responding to the Detection of Legionella in Healthcare Premises
- Nicholas Aigbogun – Consultant in Public Health Medicine (Communicable Disease Control) at Public Health England (Proposed)
10:20 – 10:40
Industry Insight
10:40 – 10:50
Questions and Answers
10:50 – 11:25
Morning Coffee and Networking
11:25 – 12:05
Hospital Hygiene
11:25 – 12:05
Ensuring Patient IPC Hygiene
11:25 – 12:05
Preventing Respirator Acquired Pneumonia
12:05 – 12:10
Transition
12:10 – 12:50
Ensuring Disinfectant Efficacy
12:10 – 12:50
Eradicating Surface Infections
12:10 – 12:50
Deploying Antimicrobial Coatings
12:50 – 14:10
Afternoon Lunch, Coffee and Networking
14:10 – 14:40
Advances in Avoiding Materials and Surface Colonisation
- Prof. Raechelle D’Sa – Professor in Antimicrobial Biomaterials University of Liverpool (Proposed)
14:10 – 14:40
IPC and Apparel
14:10 – 14:40
Infection Control and the Built Environment
- Emma Loosley – Senior Commissioning Manager at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust (Invited)
14:40 – 14:50
Transition
14:50 – 15:05
Buying Green, Spending Lean and Keeping Clean
This session will give insight into the carbon hotspots of clinical care, and what to consider when purchasing clinical products. Clare will share some practical examples of moving to reusables, and how she reduced the impact of care on the planet without falling out with her IPC friends.
- Clare Nash – Head of Clinical Products Management, Black Country Alliance Procurement Team (Confirmed)
15:05 – 15:30
Outbreak Management
15:30 – 15:40
Questions and Answers
15:40 – 16:10
Afternoon Coffee and Networking
16:10 – 16:30
Team Leadership and Support
- Tom Jacques – Director of IPC, Imperial College NHS Trust (Invited)
16:30 – 16:50
Identify, Protect, Contain – Review of Today’s Sessions
16:50 – 17:00
Questions and Answers
17:00