SUNDAY 8th JULY, 2007 |
0800-0900
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Registration for Congress and Pre-congress Workshop |
0900-1715
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Pre-congress Workshop 1
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Plenary Theatre |
| Quality Improvement Initiatives in
Infection Control |
| PCW1.1 |
Concepts and Principles of Quality Improvement
Ling Moi Lin (Singapore) |
| PCW1.2 |
Starting a Quality Improvement Project
Ling Moi Lin (Singapore) |
| PCW1.3 |
Improving Infection Control through Quality Improvement Project
Glenys Harrington (Australia) |
| PCW1.4 |
Quality Tools for Evaluating Success of Quality Improvement Projects
Ling Moi Lin (Singapore) |
| PCW1.5 |
Run Charts Exercises
Ling Moi Lin (Singapore) |
| PCW1.6 |
Interpreting Control Chart
Glenys Harrington (Australia) |
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0900-1230
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| Pre-congress Workshop 2: |
Conference Hall 3 |
| New WHO Guidelines for Acute Respiratory Disease |
| PCW2.1 |
The Basic Recommendations of the New ARD Guideline Especially for Influenza and Novel Infections
Seto Wing Hong (Hong Kong) |
| PCW2.2 |
New Ventilation Standards in the Guideline
Teresa Wang (Hong Kong) |
| PCW2.3 |
Important Nursing Practices in the Guideline
Patricia Ching (Hong Kong) |
| PCW2.4 |
Overview of Other Respiratory Infections
Seto Wing Hong (Hong Kong) |
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1400-1700
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Pre-congress Workshop 3 |
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Outbreak Investigations and Management
(In Collaboration with APIC)
Presenters:
Kathleen M. Arias, MS, MT, SM, CIC and 2006 APIC Past President Consultant,
Arias Infection Control Consulting, LLC
Jeanne Pfeiffer, RN, MPH, CIC and 2007 Chair, APIC Intíl Steering Committee Faculty,
University of Minnesota School of Nursing |
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| Outline: |
| 1. |
Definitions |
| 2. |
Steps in an Outbreak Investigation – How to: |
| a. |
Verify and confirm existence of an outbreak
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| b. |
Identify cases |
| c. |
Collect and analyze dataDevelop a case definition |
| d. |
Formulate and test a hypothesis on why the outbreak is occurring |
| e. |
Identify, implement, and evaluate control measures |
| f. |
Identify how to prevent a reoccurrence of the outbreak |
| g. |
Communicate during and after an outbreak |
| 3. |
Types of Outbreaks |
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a.
b. |
Common source
Propagated |
| 4. |
Construction and Use of the Epidemic Curve |
| 5. |
Group discussion |
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a. |
Using an example of an actual outbreak, discuss the steps used to investigate
and control the outbreak |
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