Environmental aspects of IPC: Risks and solutions
2 February 2022
| 10:00 - 10:05 | Welcome and introduction | Chair |
| 10:05 - 10:20 | Introduction to the healthcare environment | Karren Staniforth, UK Health Security Agency |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Ventilation principles - theatres and isolation | Peter Hoffman |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Q&A | Karren Staniforth, UK Health Security Agency and Peter Hoffman |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Comfort break |
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| 11:30 - 11:55 |
P. aeruginosa, water and vulnerable patients |
Dr Michael Weinbren, NHS Scotland Assure and King's Mill NHS Trust |
| 11:55 - 12:10 | Q&A | |
| 12:10 - 12:35 |
Introduction to Legionella in the healthcare environment |
Dr Sandra Lai, UK Health Security Agency |
| 12:35 - 12:50 | Q&A | |
| 12:50 - 13:35 | Lunch |
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| 13:35 - 13:55 |
What’s lurking in hospital waste traps and does it matter? |
Ginny Moore, UK Health Security Agency |
| 13:55 - 14:10 | Q&A | |
| 14:10 - 14:30 |
Back to basics - audit and training can make a difference at the ward level |
Martin Kiernan, Visiting Clinical Fellow Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Q&A | |
| 14:45 - 14:55 | Comfort break | |
| 14:55 - 15:35 | Listeria and food safety in hospital kitchens | Dr Amalia Tsiami, The London Geller College of Hospitality and Tourism, University of West London |
| 15:35 - 15:45 | Q&A | |
| 15:45 - 16:05 | New technology in environmental decontamination |
Dr David Enoch, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, PHE Cambridge – Addenbrookes Hospital |
| 16:05 - 16:20 | Q&A | |
| 16:20 | Close |