Programme

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Wednesday 1 September 

8.00 am - 9.00 am

Registration / Welcome Tea & Coffee

9.00 am - 9.30 am

Welcome Ceremony
Opening Address:
Marie Sutherland
Hon. Member of NDICN

9.30 am - 10.30 am

Dr Leo Celi
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA
Quality Improvement in Infection Control

10.30 am - 11.00 am

Morning Tea

11.00 am - 12.00 pm

Assoc Prof Nigel Dickson
Preventive & Social Medicine, University of Otago
Trends in the Epidemiology of HIV infection in New Zealand

12.00 pm - 1.00 pm

Lunch

1.00 pm - 2.00 pm

Alison Carter
Medlab South, Christchurch
Infection Control in New Zealand - How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Going?

2.00 pm - 2.30 pm

Catherine Rae
Southern District Health Board, Dunedin
Infection Prevention and Control –  A Vital Element in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

2.30 pm - 3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Annual General Meeting

5.00 pm - 6.30 pm

Welcome Function - Exhibition Area

 

 

Thursday 2 September

8.30 am - 8.50 am

Registration / Welcome Tea & Coffee
Ramon Shaban, Griffith University, Australia
Optional Educational Session:  CTA-Funded Tertiary Studies in Infection Prevention and Control 

8.50 am - 9.45 am

Eddi Cohen
Mobile Medical Systems International, California, USA
Skin Decolonisation and Reducing the Incidences of MDRO and SSI's - a Novel Approach Using Chlorhexidine

9.45 am - 10.30 am

Suzi Rishworth
Transfusion Nurse Specialist, NZ Blood Service, Dunedin
The Hot Approach to Audit: an Overview of a National Auditing Schedule

10.30 am - 11.00 am

Morning Tea

11.00 am -12.00 pm

Dr Leo Celi
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA
Creating a Culture of Quality and Safety to Reduce Nosocomial Infections
(including Webber telecast)

12.00 pm - 1.00 pm

Lunch

 1.00 pm - 1.30 pm

Elective (concurrent) presentations:

Ruth Barratt, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Infection Prevention & Control, Canterbury DHB
When Pigs Flew By

Katharine Clarkson, Nurse Educator Primary Health, Southern DHB
Community Intravenous Therapy - A Collaborative Service and an Old Time Future Solution

Miriam Vollweiler, Occupational Health / Infection Control Nurse, Mercy Hospital, Dunedin
Technology and the Infection Control Nurse

 1.35 pm - 2.05 pm

Elective (concurrent) presentations:

Robyn Boyne, Clinical Nurse Specialist Infection Control, Bay of Plenty DHB
The MRSA Experience at Tauranga Hospital - Past Present and Future?

Carolyn Clissold, Capital and Coast DHB
General practice- How clean is your care?

Karen Hopping, Infection Control Nurse, St George's Hospital, Christchurch
Pandemic for Dummies: Avoiding the Chaos

2.10 pm - 2.40 pm

Elective (concurrent) presentations:

Margaret Drury, Assistant Infection Control Advisor, Hawkes Bay DHB
Building on the Basics for Surgical Site Surveillance

Judy Forrest, FCN Managing Director, Bug Control Limited
Bean Counting the Bugs

Marika Stubbs, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Otago Polytechnic
What types of bacteria exist on non-sterile gloves in a hospital setting? A pilot study

 2.45 pm - 3.15 pm

Karen Davis
Market Winners, Auckland
Introducing the Ministry of Health Infection Prevention and Control E-Learning Programme

3.15 pm - 3.45 pm

Afternoon Tea

3.45 pm - 4.45pm

Paul Webber
Director, Webber Training Inc, Belleville, Canada
Heretics and Lunatics in Infection Control History

6.15 pm

Buses depart for Larnach Castle  see pick up points

7.00 pm - late

Conference Dinner Larnach Castle

 

 

Friday 3 September

8.15 am - 8.30 am

Welcome tea/coffee

8.30 am - 9.40 am

Paul Webber
Director, Webber Training Inc, Belleville, Canada
The Art and Magic of Storytelling to Influence Behaviour

 9.40 am - 10.10 am

 Morning Tea

10.10 am - 11.10 am

Dr Leo Celi
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA
Why We Harm our Patients

11.10 am - 11.40 am

Exhibit Prize Draw and Closing Ceremony

11.40 am - 12.40 pm

Light Lunch

1.00 pm - 3.30 pm

Optional Tours

 

 Programme subject to change



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