IPS Education Conference 2022
Free to attend, one-day face to face educational conferece - limited places available
Event details:
Date: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Venue: Northampton
Parking: There is free parking available on site for up to 160 cars. Please provide your vehicle registration to the Hotel Reception on arrival.
Supported by:Tork an Essity Brand and Sodexo Health & Care
The event is for IPC practitioners looking to increase their knowledge in infection prevention across the fields of environment, cleaning and decontamination.
Speakers | What to expect | Agenda |
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Speakers
Lisa Butcher - Educational lead
IPS President
Oxford University Hospitals
Lead Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control, the Decontamination Lead and Chair of the Water Safety Group
Mark Garvey - Conference Close
Consultant Clinical Scientist & Deputy DIPC,university Hostpital Birmingham
Tracey Gauci -
Decontamination (Choosing disinfectants)
Consultant Practitioner - Infection Prevention at Hywel Dda University Health Board
David Jenkins -
Healthcare buildings
Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Infection Prevention doctor & BSAC President, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Catherine Noakes -
Ventilation (Air cleaners)
Deputy Director Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics School of Civil Engineering University of Leeds
Nicole Stoesser -
Sink Life
Consultant in Infection at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and Clinician-scientist working in the Modernising Medical Microbiology group within the University of Oxford.
What to expect
The Infection Prevention Society ECD event is a face-to-face educational pillar with the opportunity of networking. Time is set-aside to allow for networking during coffee and lunch breaks. The speakers have been specifically invited to offer relevant and thought-provoking topics that helps educate the IPS members.
Pre-registration is required and entry is permissible via ticket confirmation. Due to restriction on numbers we are unable to allow entry without pre-registration or to anyone arriving on the day.
The Agenda
Coffee and Tea on arrival from 9.30am with a 10am start. We’ll be providing two breaks with coffee, and a break with a hot buffet lunch.
09.00 - 10.00
Registration
Please head to our Event Welcome Desk outside the Buckingham Suite to register and grab your name badge. Coffee and Pastries will be served in the foyer.
10.00 - 10.15
Open and welcome
Lisa Butcher - IPS President and Educational Lead
10.15 - 11.00
IPC & sustainability - Let's talk about Net Zero, Greener NHS, Social Value and Sustainability
Heidi Barnard
Head of Sustainability, NHS Supply Chain
11.00 - 11.45
Designing hospitals now for the next half-century and beyond
Dr David Jenkins
Consultant in Medical Microbiology and Virology University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
11.45 - 12.30
Decontamination - Hinching in Healthcare: top ten tips’ - What to look for when choosing and using disinfectants
Tracey Gauci
Consultant Practitioner Infection Prevention
12.30 - 13.15
Lunch and networking
13.15 - 14.00
The link's the sink: Sinks and the transmission of Gram-negative pathogens in healthcare settings - how big is the problem and what can we do about it?
Dr Nicole Stoesser
Consultant in Infection/Researcher, Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
14.00- 14.45
Everything you wanted to know about air cleaners but were afraid to ask
Cath Noakes
Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings, University of Leeds
14.45 -15.30
Coffee and networking
15.30- 16.15
Has IPC got a role in hospital productivity? From front door to back door!
Mark Garvey
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control,University Hospitals Birmingham
16.15-16.30
Closing Remarks
View other IPS ECD events
Waste - Does it really matter? - Webinar - March 2023
IPS Environment, Cleaning and Decontamination Educational Conference - In person event - November 2021
