Environmental aspects of IPC: Risks and solutions 

2 February 2022

10:00 - 10:05 Welcome and introduction Chair
10:05 - 10:20 Introduction to the healthcare environment  Karren Staniforth, UK Health Security Agency
10:20 - 10:50 Ventilation principles - theatres and isolation  Peter Hoffman
10:50 - 11:10  Q&A Karren Staniforth, UK Health Security Agency and Peter Hoffman
11:10 - 11:30 Comfort break

 

11:30 - 11:55

P. aeruginosa, water and vulnerable patients

Definition of augmented care

Dr Michael Weinbren, NHS Scotland Assure and King's Mill NHS Trust

11:55 - 12:10 Q&A  
12:10 - 12:35

Introduction to Legionella in the healthcare environment

Dr Sandra Lai, UK Health Security Agency

12:35 - 12:50 Q&A  
12:50 - 13:35 Lunch

 

13:35 - 13:55

What’s lurking in hospital waste traps and does it matter?

Ginny Moore, UK Health Security Agency

13:55 - 14:10 Q&A  
14:10 - 14:30

Back to basics - audit and training can make a difference at the ward level

Martin Kiernan, Visiting Clinical Fellow Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West  London

14:30 - 14:45 Q&A  
14:45 - 14:55 Comfort break  
14:55 - 15:35 Listeria and food safety in hospital kitchens Dr Amalia Tsiami, The London Geller College of Hospitality and Tourism, University of West London
15:35 - 15:45 Q&A  
15:45 - 16:05 New technology in environmental decontamination

Dr David Enoch, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, PHE Cambridge – Addenbrookes Hospital

16:05 - 16:20 Q&A  
16:20 Close