8th Annual MarketsandMarkets

Infection Control, Sterilization & Decontamination Conference

21st - 22nd March 2024

London, UK

MarketsandMarkets is pleased to announce its 8th Annual Infection Control, Sterilisation, and Decontamination in Healthcare Conference, which will take place March 21–22, 2024, in London, UK. With the increased risk of infection due to improper sterilisation and decontamination practices, the safety of patients and healthcare workers is of paramount importance nowadays. This conference aims to bring together all the stakeholders to discuss the obstacles in achieving and maintaining an infection-free environment in the hospital and outpatient settings, as well as effective and research-based ways to reduce the risks of the outbreak of healthcare-associated infections through microbes and medical equipment because of subpar infection prevention and control methods and contaminated medical devices.
With this, it also gives experts a platform to share their views on comparing newly developed automated cleaning procedures with manual cleaning practices through interactive panel discussion sessions.

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • Multi-drug resistant organisms and antimicrobial stewardship
  • Hospital environment and infection prevention and control
  • Education and training – a key pillar of infection prevention and control
  • Decontamination, disinfection and sterilization of diagnostic and other clinical device and equipment.
  • Maintaining facilities for robust disinfection of endoscopes
  • The environmental impact of medical devices-how can we be more sustainable in our practices
  • The pro's and con's of reusable versus disposable items in healthcare
  • What healthcare strategies can be employed to combat the impacts of climate change
  • How can we make Decontamination more sustainable without harming the patient
  • The pro’s and con’s using containers as sterile barriers
  • The importance of audit within Decontamination
  • Decontamination of ENT scopes – are manual wipes acceptable

  • 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

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

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

SPEAKERS

Obaro Abadioru

Obaro Abadioru

Environmental Lead & Decontamination, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Kyle Brown

Kyle Brown

Regional Endoscopy Decontamination Lead, Worcestershire Acute Hospital, NHS Trust

Lesley McKay

Lesley McKay

Associate Chief Nurse/ Associate DIPC, Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

Ursula Morby

Ursula Morby

Decontamination Lead, UL Hospital Limerick

Tedra Benga

Tedra Benga

Biomedical Scientist, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Craig Williams

Craig Williams

Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Jeribelle Barcelona

Jeribelle Barcelona

Infection Control Nurse, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Joanna Chapman

Joanna Chapman

Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mark Campbell

Mark Campbell

Decontamination Service Manager, NHS Wales

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SPONSORS

PFE Medical
Tristel
PENTAX
Wassenburg Medical

PARTNERS

LOCATION

Venue

London, UK

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