The Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) and Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Spring Meeting will take place on 24 April at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham.
It aims to provide a specialist education forum for nurses and doctors working within infection prevention and control, microbiology and infectious diseases. Both organisations have a commitment to reducing the impact of preventable infections and have collaborated to produce a programme entitled Surveillance for Action, which will examine current practice and shape future development. Speakers will cover a range of topics, such as: Surgical Site Infection (SSI), Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), device-related bacteraemia, Surveillance of Healthcare Acquired Infection (HCAI) in mental health and community settings, E. coli bacteraemia, and where next for Clostridium difficile. The programme has been awarded five Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits for medical staff from the Royal College of Pathologists. For information on the programme and abstract submission visit the event website: www.eventsforce.net/his&ipsspring2013
