Infection Prevention Symposium: "Old tricks for new dogs: relearning the lessons of Semmelweis and Nightingale"

I am pleased to say I now have most presentations from the infection prevention symposium held at Westmead on August 14. When the video files become available I will release them. As the Website is under (re) construction this story will hold the presentations until they get their own page. If you are using these presentations please acknowledge your source including the following information

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• Name of conference: Infection Prevention Symposium: "Old tricks for new dogs: relearning the lessons of Semmelweis and Nightingale"
• Date: August 14, 2009
• Place: Westmead NSW Australia
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Session 1: The continuing Story ICCMU-CEC Infection control programs

• CLAB - the ICCMU/CEC project - rationale and results; rolling it out - Tony Burrell
• Antibiotic stewardship: what has it got to do with infection control and are ICUs important - Tom Solano
• Envisaging a co-ordinated IC infection prevention program - Kaye Rolls

Session 2: What's happening in the Wider World?

• Why we need a national approach to HAI surviellance and control - Cathryn Murphy
• The central importance of hand hygiene: what is the evidence? Phillip Russo
• Is it worth measuring the tip of the Iceberg? - enhanced surviellance of bloodstream infections - Peter Collignon
• Debate: Measuring or covering the Iceberg: universal screening versus universal
  
  • John Gallagher
  • Lyn Gilbert

Session 3: Theory & Practice - how to manage 'bad bugs' in ICU - epidemiology, prevention & managment issues

• MRSA
  • Expert-John Ferguson
  • Clinician - Rob Cameron
• VRE
  • Expert - Graig Boutlis
  • Clinician - S Wharton
• MRAB
  • Expert - Tom Gottlieb
  • Clinician - Kathy Dempsey

cheers

k