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) |