Birmingham Conference and Events Centre | 2023 Bridging the clinical - research gap programme - Healthcare Infection Society

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Bridging the clinical - research gap

Creating clinical and scientific collaborations to address HCAIs clinical research priorities

Programme

09:50 – 10:20	Registration and refreshments on arrival
10:20 - 10:40	Overview from the Microbiology Society and the Healthcare Infection Society	Catrin Moore, St George's University of London Lesley Hoyles, Nottingham Trent University
10:40 – 11:40	Insights into infection research collaborations between clinicians and academics – experiences from current research projects	Samuel Watkins, University College London Dinesh Aggarwal, University of Cambridge and Wellcome Sanger Institute
11:40 – 11:50	Comfort Break
11:50 - 12:40	How to develop a research project to fit the priorities of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) research	Luke Moore, Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
12:40 – 13:30	Lunch and networking
13:30 – 13:50	Collaboration project pitches
13:50 – 14:30	Workshop sessions on designing collaborative projects related to the HIS high priority research themes. These were identified by reviewing the James Lind Alliance top priorities for healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).
	The three research workshop themes are: Workshop 1 - Prevention and surveillance of the most common HCAIs, identified as: Hospital acquired respiratory infections Urinary tract infections HCAI related to healthcare interventions e.g., surgical site infections and intravascular device related infections	Katie Jeffery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
	Workshop 2 - New infection prevention and control (IPC) approaches/technologies: research to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of novel IPC approaches/technologies that reduce the transmission and acquisition of HCAIs, when deployed within the existing hospital infrastructure and/or footprint	Ginny Moore, UKHSA
	Workshop 3 - Improving infection control behaviour of healthcare professionals in the clinical environment How can we optimise the behaviour of healthcare professionals to follow best practice in preventing and controlling HCAIs? How can we improve antibiotic stewardship? What human factors do we need to understand further? Delegates to participate in two 20 minute workshop sessions	Jody Winter, Nottingham Trent University
14:40 – 15:00	Coffee/tea break and poster presentations
15:00 – 15:45	Final workshops, presentations and Q&A
15.45 – 16:45	Soft drinks reception and networking
16:45	Close

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