10:00 - 10:05

Welcome and introduction

Chair: Hannah Mooney

10:05 - 10:40

Surgical site infection: why it's important & how to prevent

Jennie Wilson, University of West London

10:40 - 11:15

The role of theatre in infection - and how to prevent

Lindsay Keeley RN BSC Hons, Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP)

11:15 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:05

Making the case for a successful surgical site infection surveillance

Professor Judith Tanner, University of Nottingham

12:05 - 12:40

Operation Theatre Behaviours and Rituals

Professor Jude Robinson, University of Glasgow

12:40 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:05

How to investigate a theatre related outbreak (case study)

Tim Boswell, Consultant Medical Microbiologist and Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

14:05 - 14:40

In the aer-ogenes? - investigating postop neurosurgical infection

Chris Lynch, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

14:40 - 14:55

Break

14:55 - 15:30

The Power of Prediciton

Sid Mookerjee, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

15.30 - 16.05

Penicillin Allergy De-labelling

Neil Powell, Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust

16.05 - 16.10

Summary and close

 Chair