Sunday 19 November 2017
13.00 – 17.00 | Hand Hygiene Australia Workshop |
Monday 20 November 2017
07.30 – 08.30 | Registration – Convention Centre Foyer Arrival Tea & Coffee – Exhibition Hall |
Royal Theatre | |
Plenary | |
Chair | Professor Ramon Shaban |
08.30 – 08.40 | Welcome Professor Ramon Shaban |
08.40 – 08.50 | Welcome to country Wally Bell, Buru Ngunawal Aboriginal Corporation |
08.50 – 09.00 | Patron’s Address Professor Peter Collignon, AM, ACIPC Patron |
09.00 – 09.30 | President’s Address, ACIPC Foundations Course Graduates Awards, Inaugural investiture of Fellows Professor Ramon Shaban |
09.30 – 10.00 | A global vision for infection prevention Professor Benedetta Allegranzi |
10.00 – 10.30 | Moving infection prevention and control beyond the hospital Professor Patricia Stone |
10.30 – 11.00 | Morning Tea – Exhibition Hall |
10.40 – 10.55 |
Pop Up Stage – Ask the Expert Performance Indicators Clara Jellie, Head, Health Performance Indicators Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
12.20 – 13.20 | Lunch and poster viewing – Exhibition Hall |
12.30 – 13.00 |
Pop Up Stage – Ask the Expert Implementing hospital cleaning programs Dr Deverick Anderson, Facilitator, Alison Farrington |
12.30 – 13.00 | Infection, Disease and Health Editorial Board Meeting – Green Room (First floor, NCC) |
Royal theatre | |
Chair | Professor Allen Cheng |
13.20 – 13.50 | When Sharing is not Caring: the Spread of MultiDrug Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Dr Susan Huang |
15.15 – 15.45 | Afternoon tea – Exhibition Hall |
15:25 – 15:40 |
Pop Up Stage – Ask the Expert Troubleshooting your hand hygiene program Ms Sally Havers, Facilitated by HHA |
Royal theatre | |
Chair | Dr Andrew Stewardson |
15.45 – 16.30 | Debate: Universal Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decolonisation as standard practice Dr Susan Huang – For Dr Andie Lee – Against |
16.30 – 18.30 | Welcome Reception – Exhibition Hall |
Tuesday 21st November 2017
07.45 – 08.45 | President’s Breakfast – Ballroom |
08:00 – 09:00 | Registration – Convention Centre Foyer Arrival Tea & Coffee – Exhibition Hall |
Royal theatre | |
Plenary – How to win friends and influence stakeholders | |
Chair | Dr Lisa Hall |
09.00 – 09.30 | Strength in Numbers: The Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON) approach Dr Deverick J. Anderson |
09.30 – 09.50 | Sociology of infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in hospitals A/Professor Jennifer Broom |
9:50 – 10.10 | Understanding the Policy Environment Dr Jenny Firman |
10:10 – 10.25 | Questions from the floor |
10.25 – 10.45 | Morning tea – Exhibition Hall |
10.30 – 10.45 |
Pop Up Stage – Meet the Editor Infection, Disease & Health Professor Brett Mitchell |
12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch and poster viewing – Exhibition Hall |
12:40 – 13:10 |
Pop Up Stage – 3-Minute Research Chair: Dr Philip Russo Will modifying transmission-based precautions increase visits for patients in contact precautions: a research proposal Infection control, risk and missed care Registered Nurses knowledge of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) ‘My five moments for hand hygiene’ program Launch, 2018 Cardinal Health Infection Control Scholarship |
14.50 – 15.20 | Afternoon tea – Exhibition Hall |
15.00 – 15.15 |
Pop Up Stage – Ask the Expert Legionella guidelines Ms Sarah Bailey |
17:00 – 17:45 | ACIPC Annual General Meeting |
18:00 – 19.30 | Poster Reception – Poster Display Area |
Wednesday 22nd November 2017
07.45 – 08.45 | Registration – Convention Centre Foyer Arrival Tea & Coffee – Exhibition Hall |
Royal theatre | |
Plenary | |
Chair | Professor Marilyn Cruickshank |
08.45 – 09.15 | Preventing Catastrophic Outcomes: The Value of Multiple Defences Matthew Ames |
09.15 – 10.00 | Beyond 2020: What will infection prevention and control look like? Dr Deverick Anderson, Dr Susan Huang, Professor Patricia Stone |
10.00 – 10.30 | Morning tea – Exhibition Hall |
10.10 – 10.25 |
Pop Up Stage – Ask the Expert The ACIPC Credentialing Program Dr Deborough Macbeth |
12.00 – 12.45 | Lunch and poster viewing – Exhibition Hall |
12.10 – 12.40 |
Pop Up Stage – Ask the Experts A community wide focus to IP&C and AMS Dr Susan Huang, Professor Patricia Stone, Facilitator Dr Deborough MacBeth |
Royal theatre | |
Plenary | |
Chair | Professor Ramon Shaban, A/Professor Caroline Marshall |
12.45 – 13.45 |
HICSIG and ACIPC Collaboration Session Candida auris – an emerging pathogen of concern GESA Infection Control in Endoscopy Consensus Statement on Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) Optimal skin preparation to prevent surgical site infections |
Chair | Dr Philip Russo |
13.45 – 14.30 | Debate – HAI Surveillance: national targets and penalties Dr Deverick Anderson – Using surveillance data for action: Local quality improvement Prof Peter Collignon – National targets and penalties |
14.30 – 14:45 | Conference close – Closing President’s Address Professor Marilyn Cruickshank |