9:00am Arrival - Tea and Coffee
9:30am Welcome
9:45am Back to Basics
A basic course in Microbiology
Dr Margaret Lindsay, Metro South Health
10:15am Candida Auris
Experiences from England
Martin Kiernan, Visiting Clinical Fellow, University of West London
10:45am Coffee Break
11:15am CDIM
The role of Communicable Disease and Infection Management in QLD
Debra Lee, Queensland Health
11:45pm When something “sterile” is not
Arresting a global outbreak of healthcare-associated blood stream and other infections associated with contaminated sterile used for central line insertion under ultrasound guidance and other procedures.
Professor Ramon Shaban
University of Sydney
12:15pm Building a Business Case
How to fight for funding?
Martin Kiernan, Visiting Clinical Fellow, University of West London
12:45pm Lunch
1:45pm Waterless Bathing
Martin Kiernan, Visiting Clinical Fellow, University of West London
2:15pm High-consequence infectious disease: Principles and practices of biocontainment for today, tomorrow and beyond.
Professor Ramon Shaban
University of Sydney
3:00pm Coffee
3:30pm Does disinfectant really make a difference when cleaning?
Martin Kiernan, Visiting Clinical Fellow, University of West London
4:00pm Questions and Close
