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Health-care associated infections and their prevention and control - Oct. 7, Afternoon Session
Chair(s): ,
Elisabeth Presterl
Affiliations:
Medical University of Vienna
Walter Zingg
Affiliations:
Head Infection Prevention and Control, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Speaker(s):
Romuald Bellmann
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Romuald Bellmann
Affiliations:
Elda Righi
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Elda Righi
Affiliations:
Evelina Tacconelli
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Evelina Tacconelli
Affiliations:
Aleksandra Barac
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Aleksandra Barac
Affiliations:
Jorge Salinas
Jorge Salinas
Affiliations:
ESCMID eAcademy. Presenters F. 10/07/22; 367377
Elisabeth Presterl
Affiliations:
Medical University of Vienna
Walter Zingg
Affiliations:
Head Infection Prevention and Control, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Romuald Bellmann
Elda Righi
Evelina Tacconelli
Aleksandra Barac
Jorge Salinas
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ESGNI Course: Health-care-associated infections and their prevention and control
This live event was hosted on October 7, 2022 at 14:00 - 17:45 CEST.

​If you are unable to attend the live event, an on-demand version will be available in the following days after the end of this event.

14:00 – 14:30 Therapy of healthcare-associated pneumonia at the ICU and the normal ward - Romuald Bellmann
14:30 – 15:00 Prophylaxis of surgical site infections in times of emerging MDRO - Elda Righi
15:00 – 15:30 One Health – to wholistic approach to fight HAI and MDRO - Evelina Tacconelli
15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 16:30 How to prevent invasive fungal infection – the patient and the system approach - Aleksandra Barac
16:30 – 17:00 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Infection Prevention Programs and Healthcare-associated Infections - Jorge Salinas
17:00 – 17:30 Interactive session 2 – Automatic surveillance – where does the road go? - Walter Zingg and Elisabeth Presterl
17:30 – 17:45 Closing

Course Objectives
This course aims to transport current knowledge and evidence on healthcare-associated infections and the current interventions to prevent and control HAI.

Target Audience
Infection prevention and control (IPC) aims to prevent infections occurring due to healthcare interventions or in healthcare institutions. IPC is as old as medicine but nowadays a rapidly expanding field not only due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This course aims to confer evidence, knowledge and professional experience to all professionals working in infection prevention and control and ID. The 20 minutes talks will invite 10 minutes discussion. All interested in infection prevention and control are welcome to experience new sights in HAI and their control and treatment. The course participants are invited to bring their IPC challenges in their institution which will be discussed and solved in 2 hands-on sessions.

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