IPS Conference 2022 Programme

Keynote Speakers

Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
David Green
RN, MPH, PG Cert Health Research, BSc (Hons) Nursing
Sir Jonathan Van-Tam MBE
Professor of Health Protection at the University of Nottingham.
Professor Jean-Yves Maillard
Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the Cardiff School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Programme: Day 1
17 October, 2022
Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
  • 09.00 – 9.15
    Welcome to the Conference - Main Auditorium
    Professor Jennie Wilson
    Professor Jennie Wilson IPS President
  • Session 1a 09.15 – 09.50
    EM Cottrell Lecture - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    David Green
    David Green RN, MPH, PG Cert Health Research, BSc (Hons) Nursing
  • Session 2a 09.55 – 10.30
    PPE the next generation – sustainable with a focus on health & care staff - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    Paul Chivers
    Paul Chivers Head of PPE Reuse, Innovation and Sustainability Team
  • Session 2b 09.55 – 10.30
    Using cost-effectiveness to determine the value of a portable isolation room - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Karen Wares - Sponsored by GAMA
    Brett Mitchell
    Brett Mitchell Professor of Nursing at Avondale University, adjunct Professor at Monash University and Central Coast Local Health District
  • COFFEE BREAK Industry Educational Sessions 10.35 – 10.55
    The Purewick experience at SASH (Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust)
    Rebecca Geeson
    Rebecca Geeson Practice Development Nurse for Infection Control and Tissue Viability
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor Rada 10.55 – 11.15
    Fighting infection, saving resources: how innovation in water delivery can contribute to safer, greener healthcare
  • Session 3c 11.05 – 11.50
    What should IPC worforce look like - DOIPS Study - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Toney Thomas
    Jude Robinson
    Jude Robinson Infection Prevention and Control Senior Manager- NHS England- Midlands
  • Session 3a 11.15 – 11.50
    Mis Information and Fake News - Main Auditorium - Chair Linda Dickey
    Alexandra Peters
    Alexandra Peters Scientific Lead for Clean Hospitals
  • Session 3b 11.15 – 11.50
    Lessons from a decade of managing C. difficile - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Catherine Boswell
    Professor Fidelma Fitzpatrick
    Professor Fidelma Fitzpatrick Professor and Head of Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI and Consultant Microbiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor SPC 11.20 – 11.50
    How to gain access to Infection Prevention - Solent Hall
  • Session 4a 11.55 – 12.30
    Are we talking the same language? The importance of choosing our words carefully when communicating HCAI and AMR - Main Auditorium - Chair Linda Dickey
    Dr Jon Otter
    Dr Jon Otter Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 4b 11.55 – 12.30
    Antimicrobial Stewardship- a field ripe for nursing leadership - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Catherine Boswell
    Enrique Castro-Sanchez
    Enrique Castro-Sanchez Associate Professor in Infection Prevention and Improvement at University of West London, honorary lecturer at Imperial College London, and associated lecturer in Planetary Health at UOC (Spain).
  • Session 4c 11.55 – 12.30
    SIREN study - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Toney Thomas
    Victoria Hall
    Victoria Hall Consultant Epidemiologist and Consultant in Public Health at UK Health Security Agency
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor BD 12.40 – 13.20
    A Holistic Approach to reducing Hospital Acquired Infections
    Lilian Chiwera
    Lilian Chiwera SSI Surveillance & Prevention Consultant
  • LUNCH BREAK Industry Educational Session 12.50 – 13.20
    Hand hygiene 100% really?! Be the change! Sponsored by Tork (Essity) - Exhibition Hall
    Carole Hallam
    Carole Hallam MSc (Infection Control), BSc (Honours), RN Independent Nurse Consultant
  • Session 5a Poster Talks In Exhibition Area 13.30 – 14.05
    QI, New research and Innovation - Chair Jon Otter - Solent Hall Stage
    Didier Pittet
    Didier Pittet Director, Infection Control Programme, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, WHO collaborating centre on IPC and AMR
  • Session 5b Windsor Hall Stage 13.30 – 14.05
    Residence motivation leadership, IPC out of hospital and behavioural change - Chair Jennie Wilson - Windsor Hall Stage
  • Session 6a 14.10 – 14.54
    The critical issue of climate change and what we can do in relation to IPC to limit greenhouse gas emissions - Main Auditorium - Chair Martin Kiernan
    Hugh Montgomery
    Hugh Montgomery Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London
  • Session 6c/7c 14.10 – 15.25
    Workshop: Title: The first worldwide survey in healthcare environmental hygiene: sharing best practices - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Karen Wares
    Alexandra Peters, Didier Pittet
    Alexandra Peters, Didier Pittet
  • Session 6d 14.10 – 14.45
    Title: to be announced soon (microbiology) - Room 3 Bayview - Microbiology
  • Session 7a 14.50 – 15.25
    Rebuilding hospitals – lessons from the pandemic - Chair Martin Kiernan - Main Auditorium
    Nigel Edwards
    Nigel Edwards Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust
  • Session 7d 14.50 – 15.25
    How to undertake a quality improvement project - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Nick Hughes
    Angie McClaren
    Angie McClaren Program manager, Transformation Team University Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS)
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor DGH 15.35 – 16.05
    How clean is clean - Solent Hall
    Nigel Silman
    Nigel Silman
  • Session 8a 16.15 – 16.50
    Nosocomial COVID-19; How do we live with the virus in hospitals - Main Auditorium - Chair Lynne Rodriguez
    Dale Fisher
    Dale Fisher Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, National University of Singapore Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Session 8c 16.15 – 16.50
    Making your hospital cleaner: a vision, a dream or just a daily nightmare - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Maura Smiddy
    Pierre Parneix
    Pierre Parneix Head of the Nouvelle Aquitaine healthcare-associated infection control center
  • Session 8d 16.15 – 16.50
    Variety is the Spice of IPC - Room 3 Bayview - Chair - Nick Hughes
  • Session 9a 16.55 – 17.15
    IPS Annual General Meeting - Main Auditorium
  • Education Session 9.30 – 10.00
    How to get a product into a trust/practical sustainability in the supply chain - Simon Clarke and Jacqui Scroggs - Solent Hall
    Simon Clarke
    Simon Clarke Simon Clarke, University Hospital Birmingham Head of Procurement, Managing Director BSOL Procurement Collaborative and Procurement Lead for Birmingham and Solihull ICS
Programme: Day 2
18 October, 2022
Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
  • Session 10a 08.45 – 09:20
    From clean hands to Clean Hospitals: a worldwide vision - Main Auditorium - Chair Mark Garvey
    Didier Pittet
    Didier Pittet Director, Infection Control Programme, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, WHO collaborating centre on IPC and AMR
  • Session 11a 09.25 – 10.00
    T Bradley Lecture - Main Auditorium - Chair Mark Garvey
    Professor Jean-Yves Maillard
    Professor Jean-Yves Maillard Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the Cardiff School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor Essity 10.15 – 10.35
    How hygiene and sustainability go hand in hand in healthcare - Solent Hall
    Jo Pybus
    Jo Pybus Sustainability & Public Affairs Manager, UK & Ireland - Tork (Essity)
  • Session 12a 10.45 – 11.20
    Safe Water in Healthcare – why has it all gone wrong… - Main Auditorium - Chair Pat Cattini
    Jimmy Walker
    Jimmy Walker Director, Walker on Water
  • Session 12b 10.45 – 11.20
    Animate to Innovate! Using animation to deliver key infection prevention and control messaging - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Elaine Ross
    Sofie French
    Sofie French Principal Educator, Antimicrobial Resistance & Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) NHS Education for Scotland
  • Session 12c 10.45 – 11.20
    Vascular access: evidence, reflections, ownership and empowerment - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Amanda Miskell
    Carole Hallam
    Carole Hallam MSc (Infection Control), BSc (Honours), RN Independent Nurse Consultant
  • Session 13a 11.25 – 12.00
    The risk of infection, including COVID-19 from prior room occupants - Main Auditorium - Chair Pat Cattini
    Brett Mitchell
    Brett Mitchell Professor of Nursing at Avondale University, adjunct Professor at Monash University and Central Coast Local Health District
  • Session 13b 11.25 – 12.00
    Robotic Process Automation, an Infection Prevention & Control Nurses’ best ally for surveillance. - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Elaine Ross
    Jincy Jerry
    Jincy Jerry Assistant Director of Nursing, Infection Prevention & Control
  • Session 13c 11.25 – 12.00
    Urine output monitoring and patient safety: The catheter paradox - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Amanda Miskell
    Camilla Holmes
    Camilla Holmes Infection Prevention Nurse University Hospital Southampton
  • Grab and Go lunch ready for the IPS Show 12.05 – 12.20
    Grab and go lunch - Exhibition Hall
  • IPS Show 12.25 – 13.50
    Michael Neville introducing Dr Phil Hammond - Exhibition Hall - The return of 'A Pitch in Five' with live voting on the conference App
    Phil Hammond
    Phil Hammond NHS doctor, journalist, broadcaster, speaker, campaigner and comedian.
  • Session 14a 14.00 – 14.35
    Oral Papers - An evaluation of experience and COVID-19 cases after increasing visitors to an acute hospital - Main Auditorium - Chair Jon Otter
    Amy Boden
    Amy Boden Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Session 14b 14.00 – 14.35
    Oral Papers - Dual to the death; interaction of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus licheniformis in dry surface biofilm - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Isabella Centeleghe
    Isabella Centeleghe Cardiff University
  • Session 14c 14.00 – 14.35
    Oral Papers - InciSSIon- A collaborative initiative to reduce incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) following Caesarean section - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Kristie Popkiss
    Kerry Holden
    Kerry Holden Deputy Director of IP&C Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS foundation Trust
  • Session 15a 14.00 – 14.15
    Oral Papers - Healthcare workers perceptions and experiences of the application of hand hygiene and audit in practice - Main Auditorium - Chair Jon Otter
    Carolynn Greene
    Carolynn Greene University Of West London
  • Session 15b 14.00 – 14.15
    Oral Papers - A New Vision; Reducing Risk in the healthcare built environment - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Hayley Kane
    Hayley Kane NHS National Services Scotland
  • Session 15c 14.00 – 14.15
    Oral Papers - The carbon footprint of Bubble-PAPR: a novel item of personal protective equipment - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair - Kristie Popkiss
    Brendan Mcgrath
    Brendan Mcgrath Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 14a 14.15 – 14.30
    Oral Papers - IV passports: an improvement collaborative to aid communication and to optimise patient experience and outcomes. - Main Auditorium - Chair Jon Otter
    Carole Hallam
    Carole Hallam MSc (Infection Control), BSc (Honours), RN Independent Nurse Consultant
  • Session 14b 14.15 – 14.30
    Oral Papers - Fit Testing: The age old question of Qualitative Vs Quantitative - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Sarah-louise Round
    Sarah-louise Round University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 14c 14.15 – 14.35
    Oral papers - Innovation in post-discharge surveillance (PDS): a multi-centre collaborative using Isla Care - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Kristi Popkiss
    Melissa Rochon
    Melissa Rochon RBHH/GSTT
  • Session 15a 14.15 – 14.30
    Oral Papers - Evaluating the dynamics of hospital COVID-19 contacts and subsequent conversion SARS-CoV-2 infection - Main Auditorium
    Dr Jon Otter
    Dr Jon Otter Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 15b 14.15 – 14.30
    Oral Papers - Variable Decontamination Efficacy of Domestic Washing Machines: Potential Risks for Home Laundering of Healthcare Uniforms - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Katie Silver
    Katie Silver De Montfort University
  • Session 15c 14.15 – 14.30
    Oral Papers - Greener PPE - how we reduced and reused PPE successfully - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Kristie Popkiss
    Holly Slyne
    Holly Slyne Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor Tristel 15.25 – 15.45
    Less is More: Daily Cleaning with Sporicidal Products, the most cost-effective single infection control strategy. - Solent Hall
    Jincy Jerry
    Jincy Jerry Assistant Director of Nursing, Infection Prevention & Control
  • Session 16a Poster Talks In Designated Poster Viewing Area 16.05 – 16.40
    Global approaches, sustainability and new and emerging infections - Solent Hall
    Brett Mitchell
    Brett Mitchell Professor of Nursing at Avondale University, adjunct Professor at Monash University and Central Coast Local Health District
  • Session 16b Poster Talks In Exhibition Area 16.05 – 16.40
    Standard precautions, AMR and decontamination - Poster Talks In Exhibition Area - Windsor Hall Stage - Chair Mark Garvey
  • Session 17a 16.45 – 17.55
    Debate - IPC is the enemy of sustainably - Main Auditorium - Moderator-Tracy Cooper, Speakers; FOR the motion - Rose Gallagher, AGAINST the motion Jon Otter
Programme: Day 3
19 October, 2022
Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
  • Session 18a 09.00 – 09.35
    Ayliffe Lecture - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    Sir Jonathan Van-Tam
    Sir Jonathan Van-Tam Professor of Health Protection at the University of Nottingham.
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor SPC 09.30 – 10.00
    Implementing the National Cleaning Standards in primary care - Solent Hall
    Emma Brookes
    Emma Brookes
  • Session 19a 09.40 – 10.15
    Infection prevention by design - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    Hugo Sax
    Hugo Sax Senior Researcher at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Chief Medical Boarder Officer at Zurich Airport, and founder and owner of sax.health.design Inc
  • Session 19b 09.40 – 10.15
    'STOP UTI' How realist methods bridge the gap between guideline recommendations and their real world implementation - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Deborah Xuereb
    Jacqui Prieto
    Jacqui Prieto Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 19c 09.40 – 10.15
    PPE: Environmental harms and forced labour in its manufacture - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Jude Robinson
    Mahmood Bhutta
    Mahmood Bhutta Chair in ENT Surgery at Brighton and Sussex Medical School Honorary Consultant and Green Lead for University Hospitals Sussex
  • Session 19d 09.40 – 10.15
    Integrated care - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Michael Nevill
    Dame Gill Morgan
    Dame Gill Morgan Independent Chair of Gloucestershire Integrated Care System
  • Exhibition Viewing 10.20 – 11.05
    Poster viewing and refreshments - Exhibition Hall
  • Session 20a 11.10 – 11.45
    Smart engineering solutions can mitigate airborne transmission risks; where’s the evidence? - Main Auditorium - Chair Katie Jeffery
    Professor Tony Fisher
    Professor Tony Fisher Consultant Clinical Scientist in the NHS and a Professor of Physics at the University of Liverpool
  • Session 20c 11.10 – 11.45
    Is lack of exposure to germs during COVID-19 weakening our immune systems? - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Jude Robinson
    Professor Sally Bloomfield
    Professor Sally Bloomfield Chairman of the International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene
  • Session 20b/21b 11.10 – 12.25
    Preventing and recognising urinary tract infection (UTI) in older people living in care homes: what works and what does it take? - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Beverly Gregory
    Jacqui Prieto
    Jacqui Prieto Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor SPC 11.20 – 11.50
    Educational Session: Decontamination roundup - Solent Hall
    Jimmy Walker
    Jimmy Walker Director, Walker on Water
  • Session 21a 11.50 – 12.25
    This is what Hotels do better than Hospitals (spoiler: not the food!) - Main Auditorium - Chair Katie Jeffery
    Phil Russo
    Phil Russo Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia and Director of Nursing Research, Cabrini Health
  • Session 21c 11.50 – 12.25
    Surgical Site Infections in Oxford Neurosurgery - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Jude Robinson
    Jane Haliday
    Jane Haliday Consultant Neurosurgeon, sub-specializing in skull base and pituitary - John Radcliffe Hospital
  • Session 22c 12.30 – 13.05
    Managing Patients with COVID-19 in Mental Health settings: Specialist, Ethical and Infection Control Considerations - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Pixy Strazds
    Penny Criddle
    Penny Criddle Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Devon Partnership Trust & Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 22d 12.30 – 13.05
    Infection prevention a new era for care home practice - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Beverley Gregory
    James Oram
    James Oram Senior Lecturer Infection Prevention & Control at Swansea University
  • Session 22a 12.30 – 13.05
    Practical Sustainability in the NHS Supply Chain - Main Auditorium - Chair Katie Jeffery
    Andrew New
    Andrew New SCCL Chief Executive Officer
  • Session 23a 14.10 – 14.45
    50 Shades of IPC - Main Auditorium - Chair Lisa Butcher
    Elaine Cloutman-Green
    Elaine Cloutman-Green Consultant Clinical Scientist, Infection Prevention and Control and Lead Healthcare Scientist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
  • Session 24a 14.50 – 15.25
    Leadership in the context of recovery, developing a bright future for infection prevention and control. - Main Auditorium - Chair Lisa Butcher
    Steve Hams
    Steve Hams
Programme: Day 1
17 October, 2022
Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
  • 09.00 – 9.15 Welcome to the Conference - Main Auditorium
    Professor Jennie Wilson
    Professor Jennie Wilson IPS President
  • Session 1a 09.15 – 09.50 EM Cottrell Lecture - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    David Green
    David Green RN, MPH, PG Cert Health Research, BSc (Hons) Nursing
  • Session 2a 09.55 – 10.30 PPE the next generation – sustainable with a focus on health & care staff - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    Paul Chivers
    Paul Chivers Head of PPE Reuse, Innovation and Sustainability Team
  • Session 2b 09.55 – 10.30 Using cost-effectiveness to determine the value of a portable isolation room - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Karen Wares - Sponsored by GAMA
    Brett Mitchell
    Brett Mitchell Professor of Nursing at Avondale University, adjunct Professor at Monash University and Central Coast Local Health District
  • COFFEE BREAK Industry Educational Sessions 10.35 – 10.55 The Purewick experience at SASH (Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust)
    Rebecca Geeson
    Rebecca Geeson Practice Development Nurse for Infection Control and Tissue Viability
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor Rada 10.55 – 11.15 Fighting infection, saving resources: how innovation in water delivery can contribute to safer, greener healthcare
  • Session 3c 11.05 – 11.50 What should IPC worforce look like - DOIPS Study - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Toney Thomas
    Jude Robinson
    Jude Robinson Infection Prevention and Control Senior Manager- NHS England- Midlands
  • Session 3a 11.15 – 11.50 Mis Information and Fake News - Main Auditorium - Chair Linda Dickey
    Alexandra Peters
    Alexandra Peters Scientific Lead for Clean Hospitals
  • Session 3b 11.15 – 11.50 Lessons from a decade of managing C. difficile - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Catherine Boswell
    Professor Fidelma Fitzpatrick
    Professor Fidelma Fitzpatrick Professor and Head of Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI and Consultant Microbiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor SPC 11.20 – 11.50 How to gain access to Infection Prevention - Solent Hall
  • Session 4a 11.55 – 12.30 Are we talking the same language? The importance of choosing our words carefully when communicating HCAI and AMR - Main Auditorium - Chair Linda Dickey
    Dr Jon Otter
    Dr Jon Otter Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 4b 11.55 – 12.30 Antimicrobial Stewardship- a field ripe for nursing leadership - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Catherine Boswell
    Enrique Castro-Sanchez
    Enrique Castro-Sanchez Associate Professor in Infection Prevention and Improvement at University of West London, honorary lecturer at Imperial College London, and associated lecturer in Planetary Health at UOC (Spain).
  • Session 4c 11.55 – 12.30 SIREN study - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Toney Thomas
    Victoria Hall
    Victoria Hall Consultant Epidemiologist and Consultant in Public Health at UK Health Security Agency
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor BD 12.40 – 13.20 A Holistic Approach to reducing Hospital Acquired Infections
    Lilian Chiwera
    Lilian Chiwera SSI Surveillance & Prevention Consultant
  • LUNCH BREAK Industry Educational Session 12.50 – 13.20 Hand hygiene 100% really?! Be the change! Sponsored by Tork (Essity) - Exhibition Hall
    Carole Hallam
    Carole Hallam MSc (Infection Control), BSc (Honours), RN Independent Nurse Consultant
  • Session 5a Poster Talks In Exhibition Area 13.30 – 14.05 QI, New research and Innovation - Chair Jon Otter - Solent Hall Stage
    Didier Pittet
    Didier Pittet Director, Infection Control Programme, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, WHO collaborating centre on IPC and AMR
  • Session 5b Windsor Hall Stage 13.30 – 14.05 Residence motivation leadership, IPC out of hospital and behavioural change - Chair Jennie Wilson - Windsor Hall Stage
  • Session 6a 14.10 – 14.54 The critical issue of climate change and what we can do in relation to IPC to limit greenhouse gas emissions - Main Auditorium - Chair Martin Kiernan
    Hugh Montgomery
    Hugh Montgomery Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London
  • Session 6c/7c 14.10 – 15.25 Workshop: Title: The first worldwide survey in healthcare environmental hygiene: sharing best practices - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Karen Wares
    Alexandra Peters, Didier Pittet
    Alexandra Peters, Didier Pittet
  • Session 6d 14.10 – 14.45 Title: to be announced soon (microbiology) - Room 3 Bayview - Microbiology
  • Session 7a 14.50 – 15.25 Rebuilding hospitals – lessons from the pandemic - Chair Martin Kiernan - Main Auditorium
    Nigel Edwards
    Nigel Edwards Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust
  • Session 7d 14.50 – 15.25 How to undertake a quality improvement project - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Nick Hughes
    Angie McClaren
    Angie McClaren Program manager, Transformation Team University Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS)
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor DGH 15.35 – 16.05 How clean is clean - Solent Hall
    Nigel Silman
    Nigel Silman
  • Session 8a 16.15 – 16.50 Nosocomial COVID-19; How do we live with the virus in hospitals - Main Auditorium - Chair Lynne Rodriguez
    Dale Fisher
    Dale Fisher Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, National University of Singapore Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Session 8c 16.15 – 16.50 Making your hospital cleaner: a vision, a dream or just a daily nightmare - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Maura Smiddy
    Pierre Parneix
    Pierre Parneix Head of the Nouvelle Aquitaine healthcare-associated infection control center
  • Session 8d 16.15 – 16.50 Variety is the Spice of IPC - Room 3 Bayview - Chair - Nick Hughes
  • Session 9a 16.55 – 17.15 IPS Annual General Meeting - Main Auditorium
  • Education Session 9.30 – 10.00 How to get a product into a trust/practical sustainability in the supply chain - Simon Clarke and Jacqui Scroggs - Solent Hall
    Simon Clarke
    Simon Clarke Simon Clarke, University Hospital Birmingham Head of Procurement, Managing Director BSOL Procurement Collaborative and Procurement Lead for Birmingham and Solihull ICS
Programme: Day 2
18 October, 2022
Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
  • Session 10a 08.45 – 09:20 From clean hands to Clean Hospitals: a worldwide vision - Main Auditorium - Chair Mark Garvey
    Didier Pittet
    Didier Pittet Director, Infection Control Programme, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, WHO collaborating centre on IPC and AMR
  • Session 11a 09.25 – 10.00 T Bradley Lecture - Main Auditorium - Chair Mark Garvey
    Professor Jean-Yves Maillard
    Professor Jean-Yves Maillard Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the Cardiff School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor Essity 10.15 – 10.35 How hygiene and sustainability go hand in hand in healthcare - Solent Hall
    Jo Pybus
    Jo Pybus Sustainability & Public Affairs Manager, UK & Ireland - Tork (Essity)
  • Session 12a 10.45 – 11.20 Safe Water in Healthcare – why has it all gone wrong… - Main Auditorium - Chair Pat Cattini
    Jimmy Walker
    Jimmy Walker Director, Walker on Water
  • Session 12b 10.45 – 11.20 Animate to Innovate! Using animation to deliver key infection prevention and control messaging - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Elaine Ross
    Sofie French
    Sofie French Principal Educator, Antimicrobial Resistance & Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) NHS Education for Scotland
  • Session 12c 10.45 – 11.20 Vascular access: evidence, reflections, ownership and empowerment - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Amanda Miskell
    Carole Hallam
    Carole Hallam MSc (Infection Control), BSc (Honours), RN Independent Nurse Consultant
  • Session 13a 11.25 – 12.00 The risk of infection, including COVID-19 from prior room occupants - Main Auditorium - Chair Pat Cattini
    Brett Mitchell
    Brett Mitchell Professor of Nursing at Avondale University, adjunct Professor at Monash University and Central Coast Local Health District
  • Session 13b 11.25 – 12.00 Robotic Process Automation, an Infection Prevention & Control Nurses’ best ally for surveillance. - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Elaine Ross
    Jincy Jerry
    Jincy Jerry Assistant Director of Nursing, Infection Prevention & Control
  • Session 13c 11.25 – 12.00 Urine output monitoring and patient safety: The catheter paradox - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Amanda Miskell
    Camilla Holmes
    Camilla Holmes Infection Prevention Nurse University Hospital Southampton
  • Grab and Go lunch ready for the IPS Show 12.05 – 12.20 Grab and go lunch - Exhibition Hall
  • IPS Show 12.25 – 13.50 Michael Neville introducing Dr Phil Hammond - Exhibition Hall - The return of 'A Pitch in Five' with live voting on the conference App
    Phil Hammond
    Phil Hammond NHS doctor, journalist, broadcaster, speaker, campaigner and comedian.
  • Session 14a 14.00 – 14.35 Oral Papers - An evaluation of experience and COVID-19 cases after increasing visitors to an acute hospital - Main Auditorium - Chair Jon Otter
    Amy Boden
    Amy Boden Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Session 14b 14.00 – 14.35 Oral Papers - Dual to the death; interaction of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus licheniformis in dry surface biofilm - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Isabella Centeleghe
    Isabella Centeleghe Cardiff University
  • Session 14c 14.00 – 14.35 Oral Papers - InciSSIon- A collaborative initiative to reduce incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) following Caesarean section - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Kristie Popkiss
    Kerry Holden
    Kerry Holden Deputy Director of IP&C Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS foundation Trust
  • Session 15a 14.00 – 14.15 Oral Papers - Healthcare workers perceptions and experiences of the application of hand hygiene and audit in practice - Main Auditorium - Chair Jon Otter
    Carolynn Greene
    Carolynn Greene University Of West London
  • Session 15b 14.00 – 14.15 Oral Papers - A New Vision; Reducing Risk in the healthcare built environment - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Hayley Kane
    Hayley Kane NHS National Services Scotland
  • Session 15c 14.00 – 14.15 Oral Papers - The carbon footprint of Bubble-PAPR: a novel item of personal protective equipment - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair - Kristie Popkiss
    Brendan Mcgrath
    Brendan Mcgrath Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 14a 14.15 – 14.30 Oral Papers - IV passports: an improvement collaborative to aid communication and to optimise patient experience and outcomes. - Main Auditorium - Chair Jon Otter
    Carole Hallam
    Carole Hallam MSc (Infection Control), BSc (Honours), RN Independent Nurse Consultant
  • Session 14b 14.15 – 14.30 Oral Papers - Fit Testing: The age old question of Qualitative Vs Quantitative - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Sarah-louise Round
    Sarah-louise Round University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 14c 14.15 – 14.35 Oral papers - Innovation in post-discharge surveillance (PDS): a multi-centre collaborative using Isla Care - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Kristi Popkiss
    Melissa Rochon
    Melissa Rochon RBHH/GSTT
  • Session 15a 14.15 – 14.30 Oral Papers - Evaluating the dynamics of hospital COVID-19 contacts and subsequent conversion SARS-CoV-2 infection - Main Auditorium
    Dr Jon Otter
    Dr Jon Otter Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 15b 14.15 – 14.30 Oral Papers - Variable Decontamination Efficacy of Domestic Washing Machines: Potential Risks for Home Laundering of Healthcare Uniforms - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Heather Loveday
    Katie Silver
    Katie Silver De Montfort University
  • Session 15c 14.15 – 14.30 Oral Papers - Greener PPE - how we reduced and reused PPE successfully - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Kristie Popkiss
    Holly Slyne
    Holly Slyne Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor Tristel 15.25 – 15.45 Less is More: Daily Cleaning with Sporicidal Products, the most cost-effective single infection control strategy. - Solent Hall
    Jincy Jerry
    Jincy Jerry Assistant Director of Nursing, Infection Prevention & Control
  • Session 16a Poster Talks In Designated Poster Viewing Area 16.05 – 16.40 Global approaches, sustainability and new and emerging infections - Solent Hall
    Brett Mitchell
    Brett Mitchell Professor of Nursing at Avondale University, adjunct Professor at Monash University and Central Coast Local Health District
  • Session 16b Poster Talks In Exhibition Area 16.05 – 16.40 Standard precautions, AMR and decontamination - Poster Talks In Exhibition Area - Windsor Hall Stage - Chair Mark Garvey
  • Session 17a 16.45 – 17.55 Debate - IPC is the enemy of sustainably - Main Auditorium - Moderator-Tracy Cooper, Speakers; FOR the motion - Rose Gallagher, AGAINST the motion Jon Otter
Programme: Day 3
19 October, 2022
Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
  • Session 18a 09.00 – 09.35 Ayliffe Lecture - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    Sir Jonathan Van-Tam
    Sir Jonathan Van-Tam Professor of Health Protection at the University of Nottingham.
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor SPC 09.30 – 10.00 Implementing the National Cleaning Standards in primary care - Solent Hall
    Emma Brookes
    Emma Brookes
  • Session 19a 09.40 – 10.15 Infection prevention by design - Main Auditorium - Chair Jennie Wilson
    Hugo Sax
    Hugo Sax Senior Researcher at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Chief Medical Boarder Officer at Zurich Airport, and founder and owner of sax.health.design Inc
  • Session 19b 09.40 – 10.15 'STOP UTI' How realist methods bridge the gap between guideline recommendations and their real world implementation - Room 1 Purbeck Lounge - Chair Deborah Xuereb
    Jacqui Prieto
    Jacqui Prieto Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 19c 09.40 – 10.15 PPE: Environmental harms and forced labour in its manufacture - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Jude Robinson
    Mahmood Bhutta
    Mahmood Bhutta Chair in ENT Surgery at Brighton and Sussex Medical School Honorary Consultant and Green Lead for University Hospitals Sussex
  • Session 19d 09.40 – 10.15 Integrated care - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Michael Nevill
    Dame Gill Morgan
    Dame Gill Morgan Independent Chair of Gloucestershire Integrated Care System
  • Exhibition Viewing 10.20 – 11.05 Poster viewing and refreshments - Exhibition Hall
  • Session 20a 11.10 – 11.45 Smart engineering solutions can mitigate airborne transmission risks; where’s the evidence? - Main Auditorium - Chair Katie Jeffery
    Professor Tony Fisher
    Professor Tony Fisher Consultant Clinical Scientist in the NHS and a Professor of Physics at the University of Liverpool
  • Session 20c 11.10 – 11.45 Is lack of exposure to germs during COVID-19 weakening our immune systems? - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Jude Robinson
    Professor Sally Bloomfield
    Professor Sally Bloomfield Chairman of the International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene
  • Session 20b/21b 11.10 – 12.25 Preventing and recognising urinary tract infection (UTI) in older people living in care homes: what works and what does it take? - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Beverly Gregory
    Jacqui Prieto
    Jacqui Prieto Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
  • Exhibition/Industry Session - Sponsor SPC 11.20 – 11.50 Educational Session: Decontamination roundup - Solent Hall
    Jimmy Walker
    Jimmy Walker Director, Walker on Water
  • Session 21a 11.50 – 12.25 This is what Hotels do better than Hospitals (spoiler: not the food!) - Main Auditorium - Chair Katie Jeffery
    Phil Russo
    Phil Russo Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia and Director of Nursing Research, Cabrini Health
  • Session 21c 11.50 – 12.25 Surgical Site Infections in Oxford Neurosurgery - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Jude Robinson
    Jane Haliday
    Jane Haliday Consultant Neurosurgeon, sub-specializing in skull base and pituitary - John Radcliffe Hospital
  • Session 22c 12.30 – 13.05 Managing Patients with COVID-19 in Mental Health settings: Specialist, Ethical and Infection Control Considerations - Room 2 Bourne Lounge - Chair Pixy Strazds
    Penny Criddle
    Penny Criddle Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Devon Partnership Trust & Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Session 22d 12.30 – 13.05 Infection prevention a new era for care home practice - Room 3 Bayview - Chair Beverley Gregory
    James Oram
    James Oram Senior Lecturer Infection Prevention & Control at Swansea University
  • Session 22a 12.30 – 13.05 Practical Sustainability in the NHS Supply Chain - Main Auditorium - Chair Katie Jeffery
    Andrew New
    Andrew New SCCL Chief Executive Officer
  • Session 23a 14.10 – 14.45 50 Shades of IPC - Main Auditorium - Chair Lisa Butcher
    Elaine Cloutman-Green
    Elaine Cloutman-Green Consultant Clinical Scientist, Infection Prevention and Control and Lead Healthcare Scientist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
  • Session 24a 14.50 – 15.25 Leadership in the context of recovery, developing a bright future for infection prevention and control. - Main Auditorium - Chair Lisa Butcher
    Steve Hams
    Steve Hams
The programme will be updated as more information becomes available and is subject to change. Times correspond to GMT.
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