2022 Program

The following program is provisional and subject to change as planning proceeds.

Program times are listed in AEDT

To register for the conference visit https://acipcconference.com.au/2022-registration

Sunday 13 November 2022

09:30 – 17:30 Registration | Ground Level Registration Desk

Pre-Conference Workshops

Several specialised pre-conference workshops will be conducted prior to the ACIPC International Conference on Sunday 13 November.

The conference charges attendees a registration fee of $100 per workshop (in-person or online attendance) that is not included in the conference registration fee.

To register for workshops and the main conference, please visit: https://acipcconference.com.au/2022-registration

Room Meeting Room C3.2 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.4 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.5 | Level 3
Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Aged Care Facilities Infection Prevention and Control for Office-based Practices: The future in protecting staff, patients and the environment Orientation to International Outbreak Response with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and World Health Organisation (WHO)

The aim of the Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Aged Care Facilities Workshop is to work with participants to establish a greater understanding of the IPC Lead role and responsibilities at both national and organisation levels. The benefits, challenges and learnings will be discussed in order to inform the mandatory framework, identify support initiatives and promote success.

The workshop is targeted at those nurses who are new or experienced in the IPC Lead role, those responsible for clinical governance within their organisation, educators, aged care providers, quality assessors and those who may be seeking to introduce the IPC Lead program into the home care service setting.

The Infection Prevention and Control for Office-based Practices Workshop provides an informative educational opportunity to enable delegates to directly apply learnings in their workplace. The day has a strong theme around reusable instrument and equipment (inclusive of non-critical) reprocessing, but also covers other important infection prevention and control issues for office-based practices. Participants will be able to participate in a forum with experts to network and discuss issues and learn about resources and available professional support.

This day is targeted at those working in office-based practice settings, such as dentistry, medical practice, podiatry and other allied health settings.

This course is targeted to highly experienced Infection, Prevention and Control specialists who are affiliated with GOARN Partner Institutions such as the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control with an interest in learning about opportunities and deploying internationally with GOARN and WHO. It is designed for IPC specialists with limited international outbreak response experience.

Attendance for this session is strictly limited to 40 people. It is a requirement for people to attend the workshop in-person at the ICC Sydney.

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10:00 – 10:15

Welcome, introduction and acknowledgement to country, ACIPC Foundation Course

Dr. Sally Havers

Welcome, introduction and acknowledgement to country

Dr. Ros Franklin

ACIPC Foundation Course

Jackie Miley

Opening Remarks and Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Agenda and objectives of the workshop
10:15 – 10:30

Session 1: Understanding the Role of the IPC Lead

(10:15 – 10:40) IPC Leads – where, why and how?

  • Brief Background
  • Why established – intent of the policy directive
  • Formal roles/requirements
  • Current status

Megan Reilly, Director, Hands-On Infection Control

(10:40 – 11:30) Understanding the role of the IPC Lead

  • Benefits
  • Challenges
  • Key learnings/key requirements for IPC leads to be successful in their roles

A Year in Review of an IPC Lead in Aged Care.

Christine Morrison, Practice Facilitator – Infection Control, Anglicare

The role of ICP lead in Residential care facilities

Jane Mbole, Infection Control Consultant

Creating IPC Programs for Office-based practices:

  • Where to start – Legal Obligations, Guidelines and Standards (IPC and the law)
  • Culture of compliance
  • Promotion of IPC leads

Lisa Sinkins, Project Officer – IPC, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

Sara Drew, Nurse Programs Manager, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

10:30 – 10:45

GOARN and WHO

  • Principles, structure and purpose of GOARN
  • GOARN and WHO

Overview of GOARN and WHO. Context for how GOARN supports WHO with outbreak response.

10:45 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15

Surface Cleaning and Disinfection:

  • Science behind
  • Product types
  • Cleaning techniques
  • Current and emerging technologies

Ryan Clarke, Clinical Education Specialist, GAMA Healthcare Australia

International outbreak investigations and response

  • When international assistance is required (and enabled)
  • Types of outbreaks and international responses
  • Priority tasks of a deployed IPC Specialist

Setting the scene for when an outbreak response requires international assistance.

Different types of international outbreak response – stories from the field.

Priority tasks for an IPC specialist working in an outbreak response in the field.

11:15 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:45

Facilitated discussion, small group activities

  • National definitions
  • Attributes/Skills
  • Development pathways

Facilitated by Megan Reilly, Director, Hands-On Infection Control

11:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00 – 13:15

Understanding the responsibilities of the IPC Lead (and those who work around them)

  • What do they see the role of the IPC Lead looking like?
  • What responsibilities/structures exist or are needed for this to work?
  • What operational considerations currently impact on this? (ratios/funding models)
  • What tools/resources could support this nationally?

Steve McNamara, Assistant Director of Nursing – Aged Care, Rural Division Darling Downs Health

Improving hand hygiene programs in office-based settings through the strategic use of personal protective equipment use

Kylie Robb, Australian Dental Association (ADA) NSW, Head of Practice Services

Working for GOARN and WHO in international outbreak response

  • Summary of the way in which WHO operates in outbreak response and public health emergencies
  • Types of deployments and relationship of GOARN and WHO in outbreak response and code of conduct

Requests for and types of deployments, integrating into a WHO Country Office.

Following the GOARN Code of Conduct.

13:15 – 13:30
13:30 – 13:45

Facilitated discussion

  • Responsibilities – what components of IPC
  • Outbreak management
  • Resourcing

Facilitated by Dr. Sally Havers

Mitigating risk indoors from aerosols and airborne pathogens:

  • Where to start
  • Ventilation
  • Future proofing?

Lisa Sinkins, Project Officer – IPC, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

Sara Drew, Nurse Programs Manager, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

Stories from the field: Experience by a former deployee

  • Reality of deploying to the field

Deployment experience of a former GOARN deployee

13:45 – 14:00
14:00 – 14:30 Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea
14:30 – 14:45

Moving forward with Aged Care IPC, facilitated discussion

  • Overcoming the challenges
  • Where do IPC Leads see themselves being in 5 years and what is leading us there or stopping us from getting there?
  • Guided debrief/structured feedback
  • Document key issues as a group

Facilitated by A/Professor Lisa Hall

Reprocessing reusable medical devices:

  • AS/NZS 4815
  • AS 5369

Megan Sharpe, General Manager, Practice Solutions, Prime Practice

Adapting IPC and case management interventions to the context

  • Design and implementation of appropriate control measures

The challenges and benefits for an international deployee in communicating and engaging with communities.

Designing and delivering culturally appropriate control measures.

14:45 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:30

Designing field-appropriate interventions

  • Practical examples of what works in different response contexts

Tips and tricks for IPC interventions in low-resource settings

15:30 – 15:45

Q&A panel

  • Discussion on opportunities and possibilities.
  • Key issues and potential next steps

Q&A Panel

  • Opportunities and challenges for medical, dental, podiatry, other
  • Provide key learnings changes that may become permanent
15:45 – 16:00

Personal wellbeing on deployment

  • Considerations and potential challenges of international outbreak response

Survey of possible challenges and plenary debrief using ‘wordcloud’

Panel of former deployees for a Q&A on well-being

16:00 – 16:15 Closing Remarks Closing Remarks
16:15 – 16:30

Review and closing

  • Workshop Summary
  • Evaluation
  • Closing Remarks

Workshop summary and closing remarks

16:30 – 18:00 Pre-Conference Drinks, hosted by the ACIPC President | The Gallery Foyer, Level 2

 

Monday  14 November 2022

07:45 – 08:45

Educational Breakfast Session, hosted by 3M | Meeting Room C3.3, Level 3       

How to half HA-SABSI in 3 months?

Catherine Li, Program Lead for the Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group’s Hospital Acquired Complications (HACs) Reduction Program and the South Metropolitan Health Service Clinical Documentation Improvement Program.

08:30 – 09:15 Registration | Ground Level Registration Desk
Arrival Tea & Coffee, Exhibition, Posters | The Gallery, Level 2
Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3
Plenary Session
Session Chair A/Prof. Holly Seale
09:15 – 09:20

Welcome to Country

Michael West, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council

09:20 – 09:30

Welcome from the ACIPC President

Kristie Popkiss

09:30 – 09:35

ACIPC Patron’s Address

Professor Peter Collignon AM

09:35 – 09:40

Welcome from the Conference Chair

A/Professor Holly Seale

09:40 – 10:05

Keynote Address

Situation of infection prevention and control around the globe and future perspectives

Professor Benedetta Allegranzi, Technical Lead, Infection Prevention and Control Hub and Task Force, World Health Organisation (via video link)

10:05 – 10:25

Keynote Address

International responses to COVID-19 – an IFIC perspective

Professor Marilyn Cruikshank, Professor of Nursing (Research) University of Technology Sydney, Director of Nursing Research, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

10:25 – 10:45

Keynote Address

COVID-19 Personal and Community Impacts: A Consumer Perspective

Dr. Joan Carlini, Founding Chair, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Consumer Advisory Group (CAG)

10:45 – 11:30 Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | The Gallery, Level 2
Catering sponsored by:
10:45 – 11:15 Pop Up Stage – Sponsored by:

Newcomer Meet & Greet

This is an informal opportunity for newcomers to the conference to meet other delegates, members of the organising committee and ask questions about how to get the most out of your attendance.

Bring a cuppa and head to the pop up stage at the beginning of morning tea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.3 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.4 | Level 3
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Multi-resistant organisms (MROs) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)
Session Chair Kathy Dempsey Belinda Henderson Edward Raby
11:30 – 11:48

World Health Organisation – Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

Dr. Sharon Salmon, Dr. Renee Christensen

Quarantine for COVID-19 in Tasmania

Fiona Wilson

Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial Stewardship in the aged care settings: implementation lessons from the START trial

Professor Trisha Peel

11:50 – 12:08

GOARN and ACIPC: Responding to a request for assistance

Dr. Peta-Anne Zimmerman

COVID-19 Lessons Learned, a UK perspective

Martin Kiernan

The role of nurses and AMS

Fiona Gotterson

12:10 – 12:28

Deployment “stories from the field’

Louise Laurie

COVID-19 Lessons Learned, a perspective from the Pacific Community

Margaret Leong

Research updates in paediatric AMS

Dr. Brendan McMullan

12:30 – 12:48

Q&A panel

Dr. Sharon Salmon, Dr. Renee Christensen, Dr. Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Louise Laurie

Opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned from a COVID – 19 First Responder

Charmaine Dalton (via video link)

Speaker Q&A panel
12:50 – 14:00 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | The Gallery, Level 2
Catering sponsored by:
13:15 – 13:45 Pop Up Stage – Sponsored by:

The ACIPC Credentialling and Professional Standards (CAPS) Framework

Hosted by Kathy Dempsey, CAPS Committee Chair and supported by CAPs committee members

Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3
Plenary Session
Session Chair Dr. Ruth Barratt
14:00 – 15:00

A New Zealand perspective on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control and the New Zealand national surveillance program

Dr. Sally Roberts, Clinical Head of Microbiology, Microbiology Department, Auckland District Health Board (via video link)

Global trends and potential considerations in our region

Professor Brett Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief of Infection, Disease in Health, Member, Australian National COVID-19 Evidence Taskforce Leadership Group

Q&A, Discussion
Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.3 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.4 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.5 | Level 3
Free Papers – Infection prevention & control in an aged care setting Free Papers – HAI Surveillance Free Papers – Infection Prevention and Control Topics of Importance Infection Prevention & Control training, education and communication
Session Chair Megan Reilly Emily Larsen Mary Wyer Marija Juraja, Natalie Feeney
15:05 – 15:23

The National Infection Surveillance Program for Aged Care (NISPAC): a collaborative systems approach to program development, implementation and evaluation

Eliza Watson (via video link)

Statewide COVID-19 Hospitalised Patient Surveillance Development and Enhancement

Judith Brett (via video link)

Health worker protection – an innovative approach to respiratory protection to accommodate cultural or religious observance in clinical practice

Dr. Susan Jain

Expand your knowledge and be prepared – The diverse ways we provide education and training

Robert Robinson

15:25 – 15:43

Challenges and successes with creating an Infection Prevention and Control Program for Aged Care IPC Leads that will grow the next generation of IPs. A twelve-month analysis

Sarah Gaines-Hill

Aotearoa New Zealand Point Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-associated Infections

Dr. Ruth Barratt

Healthcare worker and consumer attitudes towards video-based monitoring of hand hygiene compliance: A pragmatic trial

Katherine McKay

Sticks and stones may break bones but Words do matter : Infection Prevention and Control and Communication

Kathy Dempsey

15:45 – 16:03

Stop UTI – Strategies for Older People in Care Homes to Prevent Urinary Tract Infection: A Realists Synthesis

Professor Heather Loveday

The effect of COVID-19 on healthcare associated infections in 5 Australian hospitals

A/Professor Philip Russo

Exploring the factors influencing the compliance of patients and family carers with infection prevention and control recommendations across Bangladesh, Indonesia, and South Korea, A/Professor Holly Seale
16:05 – 18:00 Welcome Reception | The Gallery, Level 2

Tuesday 15 November 2022

08:30 – 09:00 Registration | Ground Level Registration Desk
Arrival Tea & Coffee, Exhibition, Posters | The Gallery, Level 2
Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3
Plenary Session
Session Chair Kathy Dempsey, Dr. Ruth Barratt
09:00 – 10:30

IPAC National Summit

The Infection Prevention and Control IPAC National Summit provides a journey of information across Australia and New Zealand jurisdictional IPAC/HAI programs. Providing an insight to accomplishments throughout the pandemic; priorities and future strategic direction. This is a session not to be missed bringing key stakeholders together providing the roadmap to Infection Prevention and Control across Australia and New Zealand. Get to know and network with IPC leaders across the system and take away guidance and inspiration for your local programs.

  • Kathy Dempsey, New South Wales Chief ICP and HAI Advisor, IPAC COVID-19 Response Clinical Lead, Clinical Excellence Commission
  • Dr. Ruth Barratt, Specialist, Infection Prevention and Control, New Zealand Health Quality and Safety Commission
  • Kathryn O’Brien, Assistant Director of Nursing, Communicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Health
  • Rebecca McCann, Manager, Infection Prevention Policy and Surveillance Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia
  • Sam Butenko, Nursing Director, Infection Control Service, Communicable Disease Control Branch, Department for Health and Wellbeing, South Australia
  • Mary-Rose Godsell, Senior Nursing Advisor, Infection Prevention and Management, Office of the Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery Service, Northern Territory Health
  • Catherine Trevorrow, Senior Director, Clinical Systems Governance, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, ACT Health (via video link)
  • Fiona Wilson, Nurse Manager, Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control Unit
  • Donna Cameron, Victorian Department of Health
  • Jan Gralton, Senior Advisor, Infection Prevention and Control and Healthcare-Associated Infections, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | The Gallery, Level 2
Catering sponsored by:
Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.3 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.4 | Level 3

Transmission-based precautions – getting to the pointy end

HICSIG and ACIPC Collaboration Session

Updating practice based on new evidence Environmental Control and Cleaning
Session Chair A/Professor Phil Russo Emily Larsen Marija Juraja
11:00 – 11:18

Contact precautions – out of touch?

Dr. Edward Raby

Evidence-led practice change: evaluating globally, acting locally

Professor Nicole Marsh

Environmental Cleaning and Patient Service Assistants: Perspectives and Experiences in the Haematology Setting

A/Professor Stéphane Bouchoucha

11:20 – 11:38

Precautions for respiratory infections – does one size fit all?

Professor Kirsty Buising

Updating practice based on new evidence

Professor Jed Duff

Cleaning Agent Selection

Kate Ryan

11:40 – 11:58

Expert Panel discussion

Facilitator: A/Professor Phil Russo
Panelists: Fiona Wilson, Kathy Dempsey, Belinda Henderson, Dr Edward Raby, Professor Kirsty Buising

Living guidelines: Keeping clinicians up-to-date during COVID and beyond

A/Professor Tari Turner (via video link)

Comparing the cost of disposable and reusable instruments in dental health practice

Dr Marcin Sowa

 

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | The Gallery, Level 2
Catering sponsored by:
12:15 – 12:40
Pop Up Stage – Sponsored by:

“Infection Control Matters” live podcast – IPC issues and priorities in hospital and aged care settings

Featuring Martin Kiernan, Brett Mitchell, Philip Russo and special guests

Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3
Plenary Session
Session Chair Kristie Popkiss
13:00 – 13:45

The Pandemic Springboard – Belinda Henderson, 2022 ACIPC Lecture

Belinda Henderson, Infection Control Advisor to the Chief Health Officer, Queensland Department of Health, Past President, ACIPC

The ACIPC lecture is delivered by an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of infection prevention and control.

Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.3 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.4 | Level 3
Free Papers – Leading and Expanding Infection Prevention and Control Free Papers – Disease Epidemiology and Clinical Management Free Papers – COVID-19: Case Studies
Session Chair Gemma Saravanos Claire Nayda Martin Kiernan
13:50 – 14:08

Infection Control Internship: Investing today for a better tomorrow

Dr. Peta-Anne Zimmerman

Comparison of clinical outcomes among suspected sepsis patients by blood and urine culture results: A multicentre retrospective cohort study

A/Professor Ling Li

Rapid development of a Respiratory Protection Program (RPP) for staff at a busy metropolitan Melbourne Private Hospital

Diana Lee (via video link)

14:10 – 14:28

Expanding our reach: Developing a community infection prevention control program for the Loddon Mallee region

Catina Eyres

ESBL E. coli blood stream infections: what puts a patient at risk of acquisition?

Frances Sheehan

“We were literally building the plane as we were flying it”: reflections on pandemic preparedness and response in a tertiary metropolitan health service

Karen Mckenna

14:30 – 14:48

Preparation of Public Health professionals to lead Infection Prevention and Control responses to infectious disease outbreaks

Vanessa Sparke

Dissemination of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales positive patients through the health system: a linkage study

Dr. Michael Lydeamore

The trace that stopped a nation

Deborah Rhodes

14:50 – 15:08

Fostering a collaboration through mentorship between two LHDs: Where the country meets the coast

Suzanne Alexander, Alexis Lenton

Infection Prevention and Control Surveillance and Response to COVID-19 in Kiribati

Louise Laurie, Margaret Leong

15:10 – 15:40 Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | The Gallery, Level 2
Catering sponsored by:
Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.3 | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.4 | Level 3
Free Papers – Vascular Access Devices Free Papers – Outbreak management in unique settings Free Papers – Protecting Healthcare Workers
Session Chair Jessica Schults Stephane Bouchoucha Natalie Feeney
15:40 – 15:58

“Gadgets and gizmos aplenty!” Dressing and securing peripherally inserted central catheters to prevent infection and failure

Professor Claire Rickard

Rethinking COVID-19 Outbreak Management Behind Bars

Camilla Lobo, Jelena Kopcic

Australian emergency nurses’ experiences of work, using personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study

Penelope Dempster

16:00 – 16:18

Risk factors for central venous access device failure due to central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI): a multivariable analysis of 1892 catheters

Dr. Amanda Corley

Using Video-Reflexive Methods to Develop a “Healthcare Worker Down” Protocol for the NSW Biocontainment Centre

Dr. Mary Wyer

Catch my Disease…’Not’

Nicola Isles

16:20 – 16:38

Antimicrobial-resistant central line-associated bloodstream infections in ICU patients: findings from the Victorian statewide surveillance system, 2010-2021

Dr. Lyn-li Lim (via video link)

Seasonal Workers Supervised Quarantine Program during COVID-19

Leanne Coulson, Sarah Niven

From voluntary to mandatory: evaluating the impact of policy change for influenza vaccination in Victorian healthcare workers

A/Professor Noleen Bennett (via video link)

Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3
16:45 – 17:15 Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control, Annual General Meeting
18:30 – 23:00 Gala Dinner and Awards Presentation Night | Parkside Ballroom 1, Level 2
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Sponsored by GAMA Healthcare Australia

Wednesday 16 November 2022

09:00 – 09:30 Registration | Ground Level Registration Desk
Arrival Tea & Coffee, Exhibition, Posters | The Gallery, Level 2
Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3
Plenary Session
Session Chair Susan Jain
09:30 – 10:00

Keynote Address

Automated surveillance of HAI – getting to implementation

Dr. Maaike van Mourik, Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, UMC Utrecht.

(via video link)

10:00 – 10:30

Keynote Address

Tales from the frontline – “This child is caring for their siblings and parents!”

Joanne Henderson, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Virtual OutpatientService (virtualKIDS), The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network

10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | The Gallery, Level 2
Catering sponsored by:
Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.3 | Level 3
Free Paper – Lightning Talks Free Paper – Lightning Talks
Session Chair Leanne Houston Md Saiful Islam
11:00 – 11:55

Nurses and Needleless Connectors: Where can we improve? A qualitative study, Emily Larsen

Do PPE observers increase HCW PPE compliance? A systematic review, Samantha Palmby

The experience of paramedics during the COVID-19 pandemic: An integrative review of the literature, Ursula Howarth

Risk Factors and Prevalence of Multi-Resistant Organisms in a Tertiary Australian Hospital: A point prevalence study, Dr. Sarah Browning

Exploring the representation of antimicrobial resistance and stewardship in pharmacy media: A content analysis, Kathryn Lim (via video link)

Lightning Talks will be followed by open forum Q&A

Managing Monkeypox at the NSW Biocontainment Centre: A Reflection on IPC Challenges and Lessons Learned, Dr Patricia Ferguson

Using technology to engage key stakeholders in reporting and providing feedback on healthcare associated/onset bloodstream infections, Elizabeth Dawson

A minimum full-time equivalent for IPC lead nurses in Australian residential aged care facilities- A systematic review, Kelly Barton

Nosocomial bacterial infections in Victoria decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Tess Asgill

Clostridioides difficile: the value of whole genome sequencing to rule out a common source healthcare associated outbreak, Helen Newman

Lightning Talks will be followed by open forum Q&A

12:00 – 12:50 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | The Gallery, Level 2
Catering sponsored by:
12:10 – 12:40
Pop Up Stage – Sponsored by:

 

ACIPC Infexion Connexion

 

Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3 Meeting Room C3.3 | Level 3
Enhancing patient safety and consumer involvement Going green in IPC
Session Chair A/Professor Holly Seale Fiona Wilson
12:50 – 13:08

Patient perspectives of healthcare associated infection

Professor Maria Northcote

Infection Prevention: How to Protect the Patient…and the Environment?

Dr. Forbes McGain (via video link)

13:10 – 13:28

Promoting consumer engagement with diverse populations

A/Professor Reema Harrison

Like infection Prevention and Control, ‘Recycling is everybody’s business’

Holly Dodd

13:30 – 13:48

What are the methods for, and effects of, consumer engagement in health care policy, research and services? Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis, and implications for practice.

Dr. Louise Wiles

Queensland Children’s Hospital– a collective call to action that has driven a hospital recycling revolution and sustainable reform during a pandemic.

Renae McBrien

Room Cockle Bay Room | Level 3
Plenary Session
13:50 – 14:50

Closing Panel Session: Looking ahead

Chair:

  • Tegan Taylor, ABC Health and Science Reporter, Co-host “Coronacast”

Presenters:

  • Linda Dickey, President, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
  • Margaret Leong, Infection Prevention and Control Advisor, The Pacific Community (SPC)
  • Kristie Popkiss, President, Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC)
  • Professor Heather Loveday, Executive Management Group Member and Past President, Infection Prevention Society
14:50 – 15:00

Conference Close

A/Professor Holly Seale, ACIPC Conference Chair

 

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