10:00 - 10:05

Welcome and introduction

Chair (Morning): Hermaleigh Townsley, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

10:05 - 10:35

Introduction to Decontamination

Becky Hill, Committee Officer for the Central Sterilising Club

10:35 - 11:10

Decontamination of reusable medical devices

Ellie Wishart, Senior Medical Affairs Manager, Nanosonics

11:10 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:00

Hospital-wide management of effective decontamination 

Pat Turner, General Manager, Turner Decontamination Advisory Services

12:00 - 12:30

Healthcare laundry Bacillus case study: it's all very well establishing surveillance, but what do you do with the results?

Gayti Morris, Consultant Microbiologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12:30 - 13:15

Lunch

13:15 - 13:45

The Healthcare Environment, HAI Transmission and Effective Use of Disinfectant Wipes

Dr Phil Norville, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, IPC Partners

13:45 - 14:15

Environmental decontamination and the Role of Whole Room Disinfection

Tom Pottage, Senior Project Team Leader, UKHSA

14:15 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 15:00

An update on healthcare acquired CJD

Dr Katy Sinka, Consultant Scientist, UKHSA

15:00 - 15:10

Summary and close

 Chair (Afternoon): Jincy Jerry