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HIS/IPS Spring Meeting 2013

The Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) and Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Spring Meeting provides 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 an engaging and informative programme entitled ‘Surveillance for Action’, which will examine current practice and shape future development.

Renowned speakers will cover a range of topics, to include: 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.

Poster abstracts on themes of infection prevention and control, surveillance and microbiology are invited.  For the full submission criteria and to submit your abstract visit the event website. The closing date for abstract submission is the 15th March 2013

For information on the programme and abstract submission visit the event website: https://www.eventsforce.net/his&ipsspring2013