SUNDAY 8th JULY, 2007
0800-0900
Registration for Congress and Pre-congress Workshop

0900-1715

 

 

Pre-congress Workshop 1
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)
0900-1230
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)
1400-1700

Pre-congress Workshop 3

Conference Hall 3
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
 
Outline:
1. Definitions
2. Steps in an Outbreak Investigation – How to:
a. Verify and confirm existence of an outbreak
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
  a.
b.
Common source
Propagated
4. Construction and Use of the Epidemic Curve
5. Group discussion
  a. Using an example of an actual outbreak, discuss the steps used to investigate and control the outbreak

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