DETAILED PROGRAM OUTLINE

 
PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE*
 
0800-0900
Registration for Congress and Pre-congress Workshop
0800-1700
Congress Registration

0700-0800
MTE 1: Antimicrobial Management Strategy
MTE 2: MRSA
MTE 3: Hand Hygiene

0700-0800
MTE 4: Post Exposure Prophylaxis
MTE 5: CVC-Associated BSI a Global Perspective

0900-1715
Pre-congress Workshop 1:
Quality Improvement Initiatives in
Infection Control

0900-1230
Pre-congress Workshop 2:
New WHO Guidelines for Acute Respiratory Diseases

1400-1700
Pre-congress Workshop 3 :
Outbreak Investigations and Management

0900-1000
Opening Ceremony
0830-0915
Keynote Address 2:
Meeting Infection Control Demands in the Era of Emerging Epidemics
0830-0915
Plenary 4: Effectiveness of Infection Control in Healthcare Associated Infections: Caveats for Surveillance
1000-1030
Morning Break
0915-1000
Plenary 2: Zero Tolerance of Healthcare-Associated Infections
0915-1000
Plenary 5: Changing Human Behaviour-An Impossible Task?
1030-1115
Keynote 1: Infection Control: A Global Patient Safety Challenge
1000-1030
Morning Break
1000-1030
Morning Break
1115-1230
Symposium 1: MRSA- Epidemiology, Management and Prevention
Symposium 2: Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Settings

Symposium 3: Antimicrobial Management Strategies
Symposium 4: Current Practices and Challenging Behaviors: A Global Perspective
1030-1200
Symposium 9: Preventing Device-Related Healthcare-Associated Infections
Symposium 10: Bloodborne Viral Infections in Healthcare Settings
Symposium 11: Outbreak and Clusters
Symposium 12: Infection Prevention and Control Problems in Developing Countries
1030-1200
Symposium 17: Medical Device Related Infections
Symposium 18: Role of Laboratory in Infection Control
Symposium 19: Surveillance and Quality Improvement
Symposium 20: Issues in Infection Control, Disinfection and Sterilization
1230-1330
Industrial Lunch Symposium 1
Industrial Lunch Symposium 2: Evidence-Based Medicine in the Management of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Industrial Lunch Symposium 3
1200-1330
Industrial Lunch Symposium 4: Healthcare-Associated Infections: Seeking Zero Tolerance
1200-1300
Industrial Lunch Symposium 5
Industrial Lunch Symposium 6
1330-1430
Lunch
1330-1430
Lunch
1300-1400
Lunch
1430-1515
Plenary 1: The Economics of Infection Prevention
1430-1515
Plenary 3: The New WHO Acute Respiratory Diseases Guidelines for Pandemic Preparedness
1400-1445
Plenary 6: Managing Natural Disasters: Towards a Coordinated Approach
1515-1645
Symposium 5:
Influenza: A Global Threat
Symposium 6: Surgical Site Infections
Symposium 7: Sterilization and Disinfection
Symposium 8: Strategies for Infection Prevention and Control
1515-1645
Symposium 13:
Clinical and Economic Benefits of Early and Rapid Diagnosis of MRSA
Symposium 14: Global Healthcare Workers Safety
Symposium 15: Infection Control Beyond 2010
Symposium 16: Isolation for Infectious Diseases: Current Concept and Practices

1445-1530
Plenary 7: Managing Your Infection Control Program for Success

1530-1600
Closing Ceremony

1645-1730
Afternoon Break
1645-1730
Afternoon Break
1600-1630
Afternoon Break
1800-2230
Industrial Dinner Symposium
1930-2230
Congress Banquet
1630
APSIC AGM
 
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