Location: Sandy Park Conference and Banqueting Centre, Sandy Way, Exeter EX2 7NN
Join us for a full-day educational event focused on current IPC challenges, innovation and cross-sector learning, with a varied programme of expert-led sessions, networking opportunities and exhibition viewing throughout the day.
Designed for healthcare professionals, IPC practitioners and anyone with an interest in infection prevention, the day offers practical insights, fresh perspectives and valuable professional connections.
Agenda
08:30 Registration and exhibition viewing
09:00 Welcome and housekeeping
09:10 C Diff Spores: the gremlin of healthcare textiles – Professor Katie Laird PhD CBiol MSB SFHEA, Professor of Microbiology and Deputy Director of the Leicester Institute for Pharmaceutical and Health Innovations, De Montfort University
09:50 Managing Infected Wounds in a Homeless/Drug User Community – Nicky Richardson, Lead Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist
10:30 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
11:15 Health inequalities in IPC – Kerry Holden, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Vice President of IPS
11:55 Proactively using Big Data to prevent healthcare-associated infections – Dr Alero Ilawole, Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
12:35 UTIs
13:15 Lunch and exhibition viewing
14:30 Afternoon welcome
14:35 Rabies
15:15 Afternoon tea
15:30 A day in the life of a vet nurse – Gemma Cooper, IPC Manager RVN, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals
16:10 Closing remarks
16:30 Close
