40th anniversary programme
19 May 2022
| 09:30 | Arrival and registration | |
| 10:00 |
Welcome |
Professor Hilary Humphreys, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | HIS President |
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10:05 |
The formation and history of the Society |
Dr David Shanson, HIS Founder Member |
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10:25
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Session 1 | Overview of healthcare-associated infections and the evolution of HIS, international conferences, Lowbury Lectures and education and training activities of HIS |
Chair: Dr Elisabeth Ridgway, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Past Chair HIS
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10:25 |
Overview of healthcare-associated infections and infection prevention and control |
Dr Susan Hopkins, UKHSA |
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10:45 |
The Lowbury Lectures 1980-2022 |
Dr Bob Spencer | Honorary Archivist HIS |
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11:05 |
How infection training has changed and is changing |
Dr Julian Sutton | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11:20 |
Coffee/tea |
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| 11:40 |
Session 2 | Impact of HIS-funded research |
Chair: Dr Peter Jenks, University Hospitals Plymouth | Past Honorary Secretary HIS |
| 11:40 |
Impact of HIS-funded research - where has it led? |
Professor Jean-Yves Maillard, Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| 11:55 |
HIS – Over a decade of changing my career trajectory |
Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green, Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London |
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12:15 |
Session 3 | Top papers from the Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI) |
Chair: Dr Nik Mahida, Nottingham University Hospitals | Editor, JHI |
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12:15 |
Most influential JHI papers
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Dr Jim Gray, Birmingham Children's Hospital | Editor in Chief, JHI |
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12:40 |
What did we miss the first time around? What are the lessons we should have learned? |
Martin Kiernan, University of West London |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Session 4 | Working parties and guidelines |
Chair: Dr Geoff Ridgway OBE | Past President HIS |
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14:00 |
Working parties – how influential has HIS been to the UK reduction in C. difficile and MRSA | Do guidelines make a difference? |
Professor Mark Wilcox, Leeds Teaching Hospitals |
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14:20 |
Challenges in producing guidelines
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Professor Peter Wilson, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust | Chair HIS Guidelines Committee |
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14:40 |
Session 5 | Looking forwards |
Chair: Dr Manjula Meda, Frimley Health Foundation Trust | Honorary Secretary HIS |
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14:40 |
Happy Birthday HIS - what can you do for patients and what can we do for you? |
Jennifer Bostock, Lay Member HIS Working Parties |
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14:55 |
Pathogen sequencing for patient care and public health: past, present and future |
Professor Sharon Peacock, University of Cambridge |
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15:15 |
Antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial stewardship |
Professor Peter Davey, University of Dundee |
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15:35 |
40 years (and a few more) of understanding respiratory emissions – what have we learnt and what are the implications for IPC? |
Professor Cath Noakes, University of Leeds |
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15:55 |
Session 6 | Panel discussion – what have we learnt and future challenges |
Chair: Professor Thomas Rogers, Trinity College Dublin | Past President HIS |
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Panel: Dr Luke Moore, Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | Dr Tim Boswell, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | Professor Sharon Peacock, University of Cambridge | Dr Oliver Bannister, (ID/MM SpR) Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Vice-Chair HIS Trainee Committee | Jennifer Bostock, Lay Member HIS Working Parties |
| 16:25 | Closing remarks | Dr Chris Settle, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | Chair HIS |
| 16:30 | Drinks reception and exhibition | Special exhibition showcasing the Society's history and the work of artist Anna Dumitriu |
| 19:15 | Dinner |