This conference is taking place on Wednesday 19 May 2010 at the Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester and will provide a practical guide to eliminating central line and ventilator associated infection.
Chaired by Dr Mark Patten Consultant Anaesthetist (Intensive Care) and Clinical Director Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust who leads the Critical Care Intervention of Patient Safety First, this conference provides a practical guide to eliminating central line and ventilator associated infection. Following the chair’s introduction, Karen Taylor OBE, Director, Health Value for Money Audit National Audit Office will provide a keynote address outlining the need to eliminate all avoidable healthcare associated infections as recommended in the reports by the NAO and Public Accounts Committee.
Topics include:
• Eliminating Central Line and Ventilator Associated Infection: National update from Patient Safety First
• The need to eliminate ALL avoidable healthcare associated infections
• Regional support for reducing central line and ventilator associated infection
• Eliminating device associated infections as part of the Trust quality improvement strategy
• Effective surveillance in critical care: learning from the data
• Recognising and investigating incidents of ventilator associated pneumonia
• Reducing Cather-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CABSIs): Matching Michigan
• Improving standards of aseptic practice in the acute care setting with Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT)
Chair and speakers include:
• Dr Mark Patten Consultant Anaesthetist (Intensive Care) and Clinical Director Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lead Critical Care Intervention, Patient Safety First
• Karen Taylor OBE Director, Health Value for Money Audit National Audit Office
• Jeanette Beer Project Lead Matching Michigan NPSA
For more information contact Hanisha on 020 8541 1399 or email hanisha.patel@healthcare-events.co.uk
