Street: The Galpharm Stadium
Following the success of the one day Showcase Hospitals Conference in October 2009, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is holding a further one day conference, which comprises a comprehensive programme of high quality speakers along with an exhibition showcasing new technologies, products and strategies for implementation.
Who is the programme aimed at?
Infection prevention practitioners, business managers, procurement managers, clinicians, ward managers, theatre managers and all healthcare workers with an interest in infection prevention.
What is the aim of this conference?
As one of the eight Showcase Hospitals, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is holding this event to demonstrate progress with the Showcase Hospital Programme.
This event is free of charge to attend. A cancellation fee of £60 will be charged to registrants who do not attend or do not cancel their place by Wednesday 16th June 2010.
Programme
8.45 Registration and Exhibition Viewing
9.20 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Helen Thomson, Director of Nursing, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
9.45 Introduction to the Programme by the Chair
Morning Chairperson: Dr David Birkenhead, Director of Infection Prevention and Control,
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
10.00 "Targets Achieved - Where Do We Go From Here?" - Keynote Speaker
Professor Brian I Duerden, CBE, Inspector of Microbiology and Infection Control
11.00 Coffee and Exhibition Viewing
11.30 Update on the Smart Solutions Programme
Dr. Bryan Griffiths, Programme Director.
12.00 The Application of PCR for the Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile
Dr. Andrew Dodgson, Consultant Microbiologist at Central Manchester University
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
12.30 Lunch and Exhibition Viewing
1.30 Introduction to the Afternoon Programme
Afternoon Chairperson: Carole Hallam, Assistant DIPC, Calderdale and Huddersfield
NHS Foundation Trust
1.35 "How Clean is Your Mattress?"
Helen Fearnley, Lead Nurse, Tissue Viability, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
2.00 "Safer Patients Initiative as the Driver for Change"
Michael Howard, Senior Charge Nurse, ICU, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
2.30 Coffee and Exhibition Viewing
3.00 "Working Together - How Hard Can It Be?"
Gill Manojlovic, Head of Infection Prevention and Control, NHS Calderdale
3.45 Closing remarks
3.50 Close
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