Street: Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1 Carlton House Terrace
The spread of swine flu, MRSA, C. difficile and other infections in the healthcare environment is something that must be tackled on all fronts if we wish to contain the threat to patients, staff and employees working with infected people.
In addition to the antiviral treatments available, the innovative use of materials and related technologies has an extremely important secondary role to play within hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, and even the home and office environments.
This one day conference will explain the threat, and look at a number of ways of reducing the spread of infection including:
- the use of innovative design solutions to minimise the spread of infection and prevent the build up of bacteria on furnishings as well as medical equipment, and the use of patient isolation
- the use and application of functional materials for applications such as hard surfaces, textiles (bedding, clothing and soft furnishings), paints and medical devices
- the future alternatives to today's solutions and the use of nanotechnology
detection systems to sense and monitor superbugs - smart solutions and new equipment to kill harmful bacteria and deep clean infected areas.
This conference will outline the specific requirements of the NHS, as identified by the National Innovation Centre, the NHS Healthcare Acquired Infection (HCAI) Technology Innovation Programme, the Design Bugs Out project, and the Smart Solutions programme.
It will feature new technologies generated by businesses in healthcare and commercial sectors which are both new to the NHS and those which are currently being trialled.
The conference will appeal to researchers, producers, specifiers and manufacturers of healthcare related products and devices, and those responsible for infection control in the broadest sense, both within healthcare, but also within the home and office environments.
Cost: £260+VAT
Concessions are available for:
Students or non-waged: £100+VAT
Members of IOM3: 190+VAT
Affiliate member of IOM3: £230+VAT
Member of Supporting Organisation (See list of Supporters below): 230+VAT
Student Member of IOM3: £60+VAT
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