| 1. Program |
| 2. Images |
| 3. Presentation |
| 4. Floorplan |
Plenary 1:
| 9:20 – 9:35 am: Peter Collingnon, AM, ACIPC Patron Presentation: Opening Address |
| 9:35 – 10:05 am: Professor Stephan Harbarth Presentation: Which established infection control interventions are supported by evidence? |
| 10:05 – 10:35 am: Professor Nicholas Graves Presentation: Minimising bad decisions in infection control |
Concurrent Session 1: Data for action
| 11:00 – 11:20 Dr Lisa Hall Presentation: What Surveillance do I need? (Presentation not available) |
| 11:20 – 11:40 Martin Kiernan Presentation: How to use data to influence practice |
| 11:40 – 12:00 Associate Professor Adrian Barnett Presentation: It’s the wrong data analysis |
| 12:00 – 12:20 Associate Professor Leon Worth Presentation: Validation of data |
Concurrent Session 2: MRGN What a mess
| 11:00 – 11:20 Professor Peter Collignon Presentation: Overview: multi-drug Gram negative resistance |
| 11:20 – 11:40 Dr Alistair McGregor Presentation: It is the doctor’s fault |
| 11:40 – 12:00 Emeritus Professor Mary Barton Presentation: It is the farmers/vets fault |
| 12:00 – 12:20 Dr David Grolman Presentation: The drug companies are to blame |
Concurrent Session 3: Blood stream infections and devices
| 11:00 – 11:20 Annie Wells Presentation: Intravascular device management |
| 11:20 – 11:40 Dr John Ferguson Presentation: How to do and use root cause analysis for BSIs |
| 11:40 – 12:00 Louise Hobbs Presentation: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention |
| 12:00 – 12:20 Dr Terry Grimmond Presentation: Sharps injuries – time for action |
Plenary 2:
| 13:15 – 13:45 Martin Kiernan Presentation: ‘Top down’ approaches to infection prevention and control |
Free Papers Session 1:
| 13:50 – 14:10 Oyebola Fasugba Presentation: Antimicrobial resistance patterns of urinary Escherichia coli |
| 14:10 – 14:30 Terry McAuley Presentation: Reprocessing of single-use orthopaedic implants |
| 13:30 – 14:50 Dr Katie Page Presentation: Job satisfaction and job burnout |
| 14:50 – 15:10 Sue McLellan Presentation: A successful influenza vaccination |
Free Papers Session 2:
| 13:50 – 14:10 Dr Andrew Henderson Presentation: Improving post insertion |
| 14:10 – 14:30 Scott Lang Presentation: Collaboration to achieve sustained reduction |
| 13:30 – 14:50 Joanna Harris Presentation: Emergence of novel strain of healthcare associated MRSA |
| 14:50 – 15:10 Deborah Rhodes Presentation: A bundle of care reduce Staphylococcus aureus |
Free Papers Session 3:
| 13:50 – 14:10 Elizabeth Orr Presentation: Hand Hygiene compliance |
| 14:10 – 14:30 Susan Jain Presentation: Refection on observation |
| 13:30 – 14:50 Dr Katrina Roper Presentation: Preparing a workforce for Ebola treatment units |
| 14:50 – 15:10 Anne Lickliter Presentation: Ebola: a story from the frontline (Presentation not available) |
Concurrent Session 4: Rethinking our approaches
| 15:30 – 15:50 Mary Wyer Presentation: Patients: passive subjects or active participants in reducing the spread of infection (Presentation not available) |
| 15:50 – 16:10 Associate Professor Karin Thursky Presentation: Antimicrobial stewardship in Residential Aged Care facilities |
| 16:10 – 16:30 Associate Professor Rhonda Stuart Presentation: Residential Aged Care – part of the problem or part of the solution |
| 16:30 – 16:50 Dr Lisa Hall and Professor Anne Gardner Presentation: Quantitative and qualitative research – a role for both |
Concurrent Session 5: Environment
| 15:30 – 15:50 Martin Kiernan Presentation: How to select a wipe |
| 15:50 – 16:10 Associate Professor Karen Vickery Presentation: Biofilms |
| 16:10 – 16:30 Professor David Weber Presentation: Animal visitations in healthcare |
| 16:30 – 16:50 Fiona Wilson Presentation: Evaluating environmental cleanliness: a national imperative? (Presentation not available due to unpublished materials restriction) |
Concurrent Session 6: Reflections, predictions and plans
| 15:30 – 15:50 Professor Allen Cheng Presentation: Top five recent infection control papers |
| 15:50 – 16:10 Dr Andrew Stewardson Presentation: Considerations for future national infection control initiatives |
| 16:10 – 16:30 Fiona DeSousa Presentation: The complexities of an infection control program and a new build (Presentation not available due to unpublished materials restriction) |
| 16:30 – 16:50 Dr Deborah Williamson Presentation: Antibiotic stewardship in the NZ community (Presentation not available due to unpublished materials restriction) |
Plenary 3:
| 08:45 – 9:10 Associate Professor Karin Thursky Presentation: Antimicrobial Resistance Centre for Research Excellence |
| 9:10 – 9:40 Professor Patricia Stone Presentation: Informatics and infection control |
| 9:40 – 10:05 Professor David Weber Presentation: Assessment of strategies for terminal room decontamination |
| 10:05 – 10:25 Phil Russo and Associate Professor Brett Mitchell Presentation: Best Posters (Presentation not available) |
Concurrent 7: Enhancing your infection control program
| 10:45 – 11:05 Giulietta Pontivivo Presentation: Developing a program |
| 11:05 – 11:25 Professor Nicholas Graves Presentation: Economic considerations (Presentation not available) |
| 11:25 – 11:45 Professor Patricia Stone Presentation: Enhancing organisation culture |
| 11:45 – 12:05 Leanne Houston Presentation: Reinventing the wheel- Redesigning an Infection Prevention and Control Program |
Concurrent 8: HAI controversies
| 10:45 – 11:05 Professor Allen Cheng Presentation: Universal Vs targeted transmission strategies |
| 11:05 – 11:25 Professor Stephan Harbarth Presentation: Is biocide resistance already a clinical problem? |
| 11:25 – 11:45 Associate Professor Adrian Barnett Presentation: Laminar airflow, is it worth it? |
| 11:45 – 12:05 Dr John Ferguson Presentation: What is the role of chlorhexidine in infection prevention? |
Concurrent 9: Clinical lessons
| 10:45 – 11:05 Dr Alistair McGregor Presentation: Clostridium difficile infection |
| 11:05 – 11:25 Dr Louise Cooley Presentation: Varicella |
| 11:25 – 11:45 Associate Professor Rhonda Stuart Presentation: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae |
| 11:45 – 12:05 Dr Tara Anderson Presentation: Measles |
Plenary 4:
| 13:05 – 13:35 Adjunct Professor Marilyn Cruickshank Presentation: Putting good policy into practice, and good practice into policy |
| 13:35 – 14:05 Professor Ramon Shaban Presentation: Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control |
Free papers 4:
| 14:10 – 14:30 Christine Hunt Presentation: Risk Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Resistant Organism Carriage in Residents of Residential Aged Care Facilities; A Systematic Review |
| 14:30 – 14:50 Professor Anne Gardner Presentation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ciprofloxacin resistance in community and hospital acquired E.coli urinary tract infections |
| 14:50 – 15:10 Associate Professor Brett Mitchell Presentation: Risk of organism acquisition from prior room occupants; A systematic review and meta-analysis |
Free papers 5:
| 14:10 – 14:30 Ms Margaret Evans Presentation: Challenges introducing hand hygiene in Papua New Guinea |
| 14:30 – 14:50 Fiona Kimber Presentation: The advantages of collecting whole of hospital blood stream infection data over targeted blood stream infection surveillance (Presentation not available due to unpublished materials restriction) |
| 14:50 – 15:10 Moralene Capelle Presentation: The Republic of Nauru Hospital Infection Prevention and Control Program; A Pacific Island Perspective |
Free papers 6:
| 14:10 – 14:30 Dr Stephane Bouchoucha Presentation: A Model of Psychosocial Influences on Adherence to Standard Precautions |
| 14:30 – 14:50 Sue Greig Presentation: What will NSQHS Standard 3 look like in 2017? |
| 14:50 – 15:10 Ming Ming Guo Presentation: When is an outbreak an outbreak and does it matter? |
Plenary 5:
| 15:30 – 15:40 Emily Bailey Presentation: Introduction (Presentation not available) |
| 15:40 – 16:00 Phil Russo Presentation: Preferences for a national HAI surveillance program: A Discrete Choice Experiment (Presentation not available) |
| 16:00 – 16:20 Professor Nicholas Graves Presentation: Cost-effectiveness and managing invasive candidiasis in the ICU |
| 16:20 – 16:40 David Brain Presentation: Costs matter too – managing C.difficile with cost effective approaches |
| 16:40 – 17:00 Xing Lee Presentation: Contribution of environmental contamination to hospital ward MRSA incidence |
Plenary 6:
| 08:45 – 09:15 Professor Stephan Harbarth Presentation: Infection control, what on the horizon? |
| 09:15 – 09:45 Professor Lyn Gilbert Presentation: Ethical implications of infection prevention policies |
| 09:45 – 10:15 Professor Ben Howden |
Free Paper Session 7:
| 10:35 – 10:52 Dr Katie Page Presentation: Questionable antibiotic practices; obtaining reliable estimates of consumer behaviours |
| 10:55 – 11:12 Dr Faline Howes Presentation: Assessment of the need for notification of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Tasmania |
Free Paper Session 8:
| 10:35 – 10:52 Ms Sue Borrell Presentation: Ventilator-associated event surveillance at a large Australian centre; trialling a new tool for an old problem |
| 10:55 – 11:12 Associate Professor Leon Worth Presentation: Diminishing surgical site infections in Victoria; time-trends in infection rates and pathogens |
Concurrent Session 10:
| 11:15 – 11:35 Professor John Turnidge Presentation: Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic utilisation in Australia |
| 11:35 – 11:55 Associate Professor Caroline Marshall Presentation: “Ebola ready’ how is this sustained? |
| 11:55 – 12:15 Dr Mark Veitch Presentation: Emerging and re-emerging foodborne and zoonotic risks |
Concurrent Session 11:
| 11:15 – 11:35 Professor Ramon Shaban Presentation: Post graduate education and infection control |
| 11:35 – 11:55 Professor Lyn Gilbert Presentation: Whole genome sequencing and new microbiology methods; their role in infection prevention |
| 11:55 – 12:15 Dr Jan Gralton Presentation: Respiratory transmission, what is in a meter? |
Moderated Discussion
| 13:00 – 14:15 (Presentation not available) |