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.

CO-LOCATED CONFERENCES

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

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

Darren Magee

Darren Magee

Assistant Director Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, ST Georges Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Jincy Jerry

Jincy Jerry

Assistant Director of Nursing Infection Prevention and Control, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Rashmi Thomas

Rashmi Thomas

Infection Control Clinical Nurse Specialist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Matsikachando Moyo

Matsikachando Moyo

Research & Development Committee Member, Infection Prevention Society

Tracey Scott

Tracey Scott

Vice Chair, IDI

Catherine Wagland

Catherine Wagland

Infection Control Matron and Deputy DIPC, Moorfields Eye Hospital

Amita Sharma

Amita Sharma

Lead Infection Control Nurse, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT

Mark Furmage

Mark Furmage

Decontamination Engineer, NHS Wales

Peter Gayo Munthali

Peter Gayo Munthali

Microbiology Clinical Lead and Antimicrobial & Antifungal Lead, University Hospitals of Coventry

Angela Hayes

Angela Hayes

Clinical Nurse Specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Sofie French

Sofie French

Nurse Consultant, Infection Prevention and Control, NHS

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SPONSORS

PFE Medical
Tristel
PENTAX
Wassenburg Medical
Innovia Medical

PARTNERS

LOCATION

Venue

London, UK

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