Don't panic! programme

22 June 2021

09:30 – 09:35 Welcome and introduction

 

 

Session 1 - Back to basics: Pneumonia  

 

09:35 – 10:10

Opportunities for healthcare-acquired Pneumonia reduction

Victoria Ewan, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10:10 – 10:47

New technologies for near-patient testing for respiratory pathogens

Kelly Cawcutt, University of Nebraska Medical Center 

10:47 - 11:17

Community-acquired pneumonia - why don't we focus more on prevention?

Davinder Dosanjh, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

11:17 – 11:30

BREAK

 

 

Session 2 – Back to basics: Urinary tract infections 

 

11:30 – 11:50

Getting the diagnosis of UTI right

Tom Lewis, North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

11:50 – 12:20

Improving hydration care reduces UTIs in older care – what is the evidence?

Naomi Campbell, Hydration Care Consultancy 

12:20 – 12:50

Using behavioural interventions to reduce UTI and Escherichia coli bacteremia

Emily Cooper, Public Health England
12:50 – 13:40

LUNCH

 

13:40 - 14:40 Session 3 - Selected presentations from abstracts  
13:40 - 13:55 Use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for Rapid Analysis and Interpretation of Multidrug Resistant Organisms and COVID-19 Results Jincy Jerry, Mater Hospital
13:55 - 14:10 Intestinal infections due to various protozoan and helminth parasites and bacteria in a tertiary care institute Sheetal Goenka, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung hospital 
14:10 - 14:25 An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a critical care unit – VNTR typing reveals complex and multiple transmission events during COVID-19 pressures Alice Maxwell, Public Health Wales
14:25 - 14:40 Surface disinfection incompatibility with medical devices creates potential patient risks: A Case Study Healthcare Surfaces Institute and Associations of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals 
14:40 – 14:55

BREAK

 

 

Session 4 - High consequence infectious diseases

 

14:55 – 15:15

Making sure you are ready for HCID

Ann Tunbridge, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

15:15 – 15:35

Ebola, Zika, SARS-CoV-2 - what's next?

Catherine Houlihan, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15:35 – 15:50

Emerging Infections: What about children?

Alicia Demirjian, Evelina London Children's Hospital | Public Health England

15:50 - 16:10 

Panel Q&A