Managing services and infrastructure: Getting the basics right
Our IPC leadership development programme offers RCPath CPD accredited one-day events that provide information, guidance and training around HCAIs and a chance to network with key IPC professionals. We welcome current or aspiring DIPCs and Deputy DIPCs, or those in a similar role irrespective of professional background.
| 09:45 - 09:50 | Welcome and introduction | |
| Session 1 | Chair: Manjula Natarajan | |
| 09:50 - 10:30 | Hot topic: Bringing IPC and AMS together: Can we make it work? | Kieran Hand, AMR National Clinical Lead for Pharmacy & Prescribing, NHS England |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | In-house vs externally contracted services: How to ensure quality and when to reconfigure the service | Neil Alexander, Senior Safety Investigator, Health Services Safety Investigations Body |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break | |
| Session 2 | Chair: Nabeela Mughal | |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | What should the water safety group be doing to ensure patient safety whilst being cost effective? | Michael Weinbren, Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor, Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | What happens when a trust fails to deliver safe water? | Tim Wafer, Technical & Compliance Director and Authorising Engineer of Water & Chlorine dioxide, and CEO of The Water Solutions Group |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 | Chair: Nabeela Mughal | |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Setting up a ventilation safety committee | Andrew Poplett, Healthcare Estates Consultant |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Procedures, ventilation and risk: What can you get away with? | Peter Hoffman, Retired Consultant Clinical Scientist |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | The role of the IPC lead in the planning of new builds: Who makes the decisions? | David Enoch, Consultant Microbiologist, UK Health Security Agency, and Infection Control Doctor, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | After you move in: Facilities management and the DIPC | Mark Garvey, Consultant Clinical Scientist in Microbiology and DIPC, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Panel Q&A discussion | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Break | |
| Session 4 | Chair: Surabhi Taori | |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Sterile services: What to do when things go wrong? | Trevor Garcia, Chair of The Institute of Decontamination Sciences |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Food safety in hospitals: What the DIPC needs to know | Brian Robb, Immediate Past National Chair Director at Hospital Caterers Association |
| 16:15 | Close of day |
Please note that planned topics and timings are subject to change.