Aspects of decontamination
3 July 2024
Please note that sessions and timings are subject to change.
| 10:15 - 10:20 | Welcome and introduction | |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Decontamination: An introduction | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 |
Environmental decontamination & the value of whole room disinfection |
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| 11:10 – 11:25 | Q&A session | Tom Pottage, UK Health Security Agency |
| 11:25 – 11:40 |
Comfort break |
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| 11:40– 12:05 |
Healthcare laundry Bacillus outbreak case study: You won’t get involved until something goes wrong |
Gayti Morris, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 12:05 – 12:20 | Q&A session | |
| 12:20 – 12:45 |
Hospital-wide management of effective decontamination: Roles and responsibilities |
Karen Tweed, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Q&A session |
Karen Tweed, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 - 14:10 |
Decontamination failures: How do you analyse? |
Peter Hoffman, Retired Consultant Clinical Scientist, UK Health Security Agency |
| 14:10 - 14:25 | Q&A session | Peter Hoffman, Retired Consultant Clinical Scientist, UK Health Security Agency |
| 14:25 - 15:00 |
Decontamination of flexible endoscopes and intracavity probes |
Peter Hoffman, Retired Consultant Clinical Scientist, UK Health Security Agency |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Q&A session | Peter Hoffman, Retired Consultant Clinical Scientist, UK Health Security Agency |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Comfort break | |
| 15:30 - 15:55 | CJD Guidance: Where to begin | |
| 15:55 - 16:10 | Q&A session | Peter Hoffman, Retired Consultant Clinical Scientist, UK Health Security Agency |
| 16:10 - 16:20 | What does this all mean for me? | Peter Hoffman, Retired Consultant Clinical Scientist, UK Health Security Agency |
| 16:20 - 16:25 | Closing remarks |