Outbreaks and the DIPC: managing the fallout - programme
20 June 2019
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Registration and refreshments |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 |
How does the HSE investigate and enforce, and how does that help you |
Vin Poran, Microbiology and Biotechnology Unit, HSE Biography |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
The Vale of Leven Hospital outbreak: are the findings of the inquiry still relevant today? |
Annette Jeanes, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee and tea |
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| 11:15 – 12:00 |
Effective communication in a crisis – the role of the DIPC |
Dr Sara Mumford, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Biography |
| 12:00 – 12:40 |
Effective communication in a crisis – external communications |
Julie Phelan, Communications Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| 12:40 - 13:10 |
Effective communication in a crisis – making IT work for you |
Emma Hoyle, Associate Director Infection Prevention & Control, Dorset County Hospital NHS Trust Biography |
| 13:10 - 13:50 |
Lunch |
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| 13:50 - 14:20 |
Incidents across organisational boundaries: lessons from a complex patient notification (“lookback”) exercise |
Dr Vanessa MacGregor, Public Health England East Midlands Biography |
| 14:20 - 14:50 |
Business planning for outbreak diagnostics |
Dr Mohammad Raza, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
| 14:50 - 15:00 |
Comfort break |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Managing your staff - the role of occupational health |
Dr Blandina Blackburn, Association of National Health Occupational Physicians Biography |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Hot Topic: Community C. difficile – what’s happening and what are we doing about it? |
Professor Mark Wilcox, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University of Leeds |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Social: refreshments and networking |
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