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Register now for this FREE Webinar: Surface to Patient: Evidence-based Insights on the Spread of Pathogens and AMR
Healthcare facilities constantly battle HAIs caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). This webinar, co-hosted by GAMA Healthcare and ACIPC, delves into the critical role of environmental surfaces in transmission and explores evidence-based strategies for reducing HAIs to fight AMR.
The webinar will cover:
- Understanding the role of contaminated surfaces in HAI transmission within hospitals and long-term care facilities.
- Exploring the risk of acquiring MDRO from colonised patients’ rooms.
- Examining the relationship between environmental microbial burden and HAI rates.
- Learning methods to quantify bacterial transfer events between patients and their environment.
- Gaining evidence-based recommendations for patient room cleaning and disinfection protocols to reduce HAIs.
- Learning about disinfectants and antiseptics: tolerance, resistance, and potential impact on antibiotic resistance.
Presented by: Professor David Weber
David has served as the Medical Director of the Department of Hospital Epidemiology (Infection Prevention) at the University of North Carolina Hospitals (UNCH) for over 35 years. He is currently the Secretary of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Board. He chairs the NC Health Department TB Advisory Committee and is currently an advisor to the World Health Organization on COVID with a focus on environmental contamination and disinfection.
Date: 13th August 2024
Time: 11 am – 12 pm AEST
Register Now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9017223135513/WN_iIqd18ZXQ5Gk7EnP_1dlSA