17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>17th</str<strong>on</strong>g> INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES<br />
Scientific Program ~ Wednesday, March 2, 2016<br />
Innovative Strategies in Hand<br />
Hygiene Promoti<strong>on</strong> Around the World<br />
CME<br />
Room: 1.05 14:00–16:30<br />
First Floor Wednesday, March 2, 2016<br />
NO FEE – Limited Capacity<br />
Pre-registrati<strong>on</strong> necessary!<br />
Presenter/Discussant: Prof. Didier Pittet, MD, MS, CBE,<br />
Director, Infecti<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>trol Programme and WHO<br />
Collaborating Centre <strong>on</strong> Patient Safety, The University<br />
of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva,<br />
Switzerland<br />
Workshop Descripti<strong>on</strong>: The workshop will allow participants<br />
to learn and discuss the most recent evidence<br />
from the literature regarding the burden of healthcareassociated<br />
infecti<strong>on</strong>s. Recent informati<strong>on</strong> regarding<br />
hand hygiene promoti<strong>on</strong>, in particular through the<br />
multimodal strategy promoted by the World Health<br />
Organizati<strong>on</strong> (WHO), including caveats for promoti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
disseminati<strong>on</strong>, cultural adaptati<strong>on</strong> and adopti<strong>on</strong><br />
at different levels of resources and commitment will<br />
be presented. M<strong>on</strong>itoring of healthcare instituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
at large scale level, as well as their promoti<strong>on</strong> and<br />
rewarding of excellence witll be discussed with<br />
c<strong>on</strong>crete examples worldwide.<br />
Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, public health<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>als, whether expert or not in infectious<br />
diseases of infecti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol, as well as hospital<br />
administrators and ministry of health representatives.<br />
Desired outcome: Knowledge and expertise in infecti<strong>on</strong><br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol and hand hygiene promoti<strong>on</strong> and public<br />
health will improve am<strong>on</strong>g participants<br />
14:00–15:10<br />
1) Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infecti<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Worldwide Perspectives<br />
2) Hand Hygiene Promoti<strong>on</strong> Multimodal Strategy<br />
3) Worldwide Disseminati<strong>on</strong> of Hand Hygiene<br />
Promoti<strong>on</strong><br />
4) M<strong>on</strong>itoring Healthcare Instituti<strong>on</strong>s at a Large Scale<br />
5) Driving Excellence<br />
15:10–15:30 Coffee Break<br />
15:30–16:30 Round Table Discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
Opening Cerem<strong>on</strong>y<br />
Room: Hall 4 18:30–20:00<br />
Plenary Hall Wednesday, March 2, 2016<br />
18:15hrs<br />
18:30hrs<br />
19:30hrs<br />
20:00hrs<br />
Hosted by<br />
All guests to be seated<br />
Welcome Remarks<br />
Awards Presentati<strong>on</strong><br />
Presentati<strong>on</strong> of the Sanofi Pasteur Awards<br />
for Communicable Disease Epidemiology<br />
Presentati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
ISID New Investigator Award<br />
Welcome Recepti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the<br />
Lawn at the Novotel<br />
For all delegates and registered accompanying pers<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Dress code: Business Attire<br />
WEDNESDAY • March 2, 2016<br />
#<str<strong>on</strong>g>17th</str<strong>on</strong>g>ICID FINAL PROGRAM ~ 27
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