8th Annual MarketsandMarkets Infection Control, Sterilization & Decontamination Conference

WHAT TO EXPECT

Antimicrobial stewardship & multidrug- resistant organisms.
Hand hygiene protocols and best practices
Importance of surveillance & green initiatives
Surgical site infections – What are they?
Effective Disinfection Practices for Hemodialysis
Sterilization and decontamination of endoscopes
Educating and Training – Key Pillar of IPC
Which is better, Reusable or Disposable?
Automated Cleaning – Role of technology in IC
Manual Cleaning & Effective Documentation
Challenges and Failure in Sterilization of medical devices
Antimicrobial surfaces and their role in infection prevention.
ATP Verses Fluorescent markers – superior representative
Factors affecting the efficacy of disinfection & sterilization.
How Sustainable is Patient Safety within Decontamination?
Infections in the immunocompromised host & Pediatric Infections
Infection control & prevention in hospital/critical (ICU) & outpatient care

Surgeons, Doctors, Professors, Researchers, and Faculty from Hospitals and Academic institutions related to:
Infection Control Department
- Director Infection Prevention and Control
- Assistant Director Infection Prevention and Control
- Microbiologist
- Risk/Governance Manager
- Junior Doctor
- Lead Nurse Infection Prevention and Control
- Senior Lecturer/Lecturer
- Matron / Nurse
- Infection Prevention and Control Nurse/Practitioner
- Consultant Nurses / Specialists
Sterile Services Department (SSD) and Decontamination Department
- Director/Asst. Director
- Head
- Manager/ Lead
- Deputy Manager/Quality Management Representative
- Coordinator
- Supervisors
- Team Leaders
- Technicians / Engineers
Endoscopy Unit
- Director
- Head/ Manager
- Nurse
Quality department
- Quality officer
Patient Safety
- Patient safety officer
- Patient safety practitioner

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Registration	08:15 - 08:50
Welcome note from MarketsandMarkets	08:50 - 08:55
Opening Remarks from the Chairman	08:50 - 09:00
Occupational health and safety in healthcare settings	09:00 - 09:30
Antimicrobial stewardship & managing multidrug- resistant organisms.	09:30 - 10:00
Infection control in nursing homes/critical (ICU) and outpatient care.	10:00 - 10:30
Morning Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	10:30 - 11:20
Sterilization and decontamination of endoscopes	11:20 - 11:50
Solution Provider Presentation	11:50 - 12:20
Effective Disinfection Practices for Hemodialysis	12:20 - 12:50
Surgical site infections – What are they? Prevention of biofilm formation on surgical instruments.	12:50 - 13:20
Lunch and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	13:20 - 14:20
Patient Safety Incident Response Framework: Sharing Learning to Improve Patient Safety by Thinking in Systems Lesley McKay, Associate Chief Nurse/ Associate DIPC, Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,	14:20 - 14:50
How to restrain the risk of infections during Imaging Procedures.	14:50 - 15:20
Educating and Training of healthcare workers: foremost step in Infection Control	15:20 - 15:50
Afternoon Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	15:50 - 16:40
Antimicrobial surfaces and their role in infection prevention.	16:40 - 17:10
Factors affecting the efficacy of disinfection & sterilization.	17:10 - 17:40
Panel Discussion: Reusable versus Disposable	17:40 - 18:10
Closing Remarks from the Chairman	18:10 - 18:30
Drinks Reception & Networking	18:30 - 18:30
End of Day 1	18:30 - 18:30

Registration	08:15 - 08:55
Welcome note from MarketsandMarkets	08:50 - 08:55
Opening remarks from the Chairman	08:55 - 09:00
Keynote Presentation - Importance of surveillance & green initiatives in infection control	09:00 - 09:30
Identification of critical control aspects of decontamination	09:30 - 10:00
Solution Provider Presentation	10:00 - 10:30
Morning Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	10:30 - 11:20
Strategies to combat Healthcare associated Infections – Ventilator-associated & Blood stream infections.	11:20 - 11:50
Hand hygiene protocols and best practices	11:50 - 12:20
Epidemiological methods and their application to infection control	12:20 - 12:50
Lunch and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	12:50 - 13:50
Automated Cleaning – Role of technology in IC Obaro Abadioru, Environmental Lead & Decontamination, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust	13:50 - 14:20
Challenges and Failure in Sterilization of medical devices	14:20 - 14:50
Afternoon Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| One-to-One Networking Meetings	14:50 - 15:40
Optimizing Environmental Cleaning and Air Quality for high-risk areas.	15:40 - 16:10
CSSD guidelines and standards of practice	16:10 - 16:40
Challenges and Failure in Sterilization of medical devices	16:20 - 16:50
Closing Remarks from the Chairperson	16:40 - 16:40
End of Conference	16:40 - 16:40