Conference 2017 Program

OPENING CEREMONY  ON  MONDAY 27TH  NOVEMBER 2017 AT 6:00 - 8:30PM BY H.E THE GOVERNOR OF UASIN GISHU H.E Hon. Jackson Mandago
DAY 1 Tuesday - 28th NOVEMBER 2017
SESSION 1 Session Chairs:  Dr. Evelyne Wesangula 

Multidisciplinary AMR Pre - congress workshop

Theme:  Promotion of Anti - Microbial Stewardship through Skill based Training and Education of multidisciplinary teams.

08:30 - 09:00 Overview and importance of AMR Prof Zipporah Ngumi
09:00 - 09:30 Global AMR scenario in Respiratory Tract Infections  – Kenyan context  Dr Loice Achieng
09:30 - 10:00  UTI - a strong driver of AMR – role of rapid diagnosis Dr David Silverstein
10:00 - 10:30 Plenary Discussions
10.30 - 11:00 TEA BREAK: Exhibitions
11:00 - 11:30 Role of laboratory in control of AMR  Prof. Revathi
11:30 - 11:50 Importance of point of care testing in control of AMR Dr Reena Shah
11:50 - 12:20  Do nurses play a role in controlling AMR?  Evelyne Wesangula
12:20 - 12:50 Challenges and opportunities to implementation Antimicrobial stewardship in LMICs Prof Sam Kariuki
12:50 - 1:00 Plenary Discussions
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 2 Session Chair:  Prof. Revathi
14.00 - 14.30 Engaging to combat AMR Nyawira Njeru
14:30 - 4:00 Practicum and Demonstrations for lab technologists and nurses
1.  Point of care testing of UTI, Influenza, RSV.
2. Reading interpretation and reporting of results,
3. Susceptibility testing
DAY 2 Wednesday - 29th NOVEMBER 2017
SESSION 3 Session Chair: Linus Ndegwa
 08:30 - 09:30 National Policy on Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance and its National Action Plan Jared Nyakiba 
09:30 - 10:00 Guest Speaker :  Infection Control within a Laboratory Environment  Michael Omondi 
10:00 - 10:30 Guest Speaker: Implementation of IPC in a referral and teaching facility - MTRH  IPC Lead MTRH
10.30 - 11:00 TEA BREAK: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 4 Session Chair: Jemimah Katama
11:00 - 13:00 GENERAL IPC
11:00 - 11:15 Impact of Infection prevention and control program at Kapkatet Sub - County Hospital ,Kericho County Lucy Chepkirui
11:15 - 11:30  Enhancing infection prevention and control in the facility set up E Nyaga
11:30 - 11:45 Infection, prevention and control audit in relation to infrastructure Abijah Muthoni
11:45 - 12:00 Best facility IPC practices and role of an active IPC committee: Vihiga CRH experience Marietta Omega
12:00 - 12:15 Cholera outbreak among Residents of Bunyala in Busia County 2016 Oscar Gaunya
12:15 - 12:45 Plenary Discussions
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 5 Session Chair: Doris Bota SESSION 6 Session Chair: Erick Kitangala
14:00 - 16:00 Laboratory Quality and BioSafety as part of Infection Control 14:00 - 16:00  Blood Safety and Hepatitis
14:00 - 14:30 Overcoming Barriers for Improving Laboratory Quality Systems in Kenya - lessons learned from RRI for lab QMS Ernest Makokha 14:00 - 14:20 Accelerating Quality Improvement in Health Facilities through Team Mentorship Approach Erick Kitangala
14:30 - 14:45 To evaluate infection prevention and control practices at Lodwar county and referral hospital laboratory   Alice Nataba 14:20 - 14:45 Hepatitis B surface Antigenaemia and HIV in blood donors; Regional blood transfusion centre Eldoret Reuben Tulel
14:45 - 15:00 Infection prevention & control audit at Busia county referral hospital laboratory Oscar Gaunya 14:45 - 15:00 Challenges of hepatitis b outbreak investigation and response in Kipipiri sub - county, Nyandarua kenya Hellen Wangai
15:00 - 15:15 Effectiveness of corrective and preventive action forms on laboratory documentation and monthly review involving decontamination logs at Vihiga county referral hospital Brigid Soita 15:00 - 15:15 Implementation of blood safety activities at county level - The Machakos County experience David Maundu
15:15 - 15:30 Improvement of Biosafety and Biosecurity through on - site practices at Kendu Adventist Hospital Laboratory Shadrack Wechuli 15:15 - 15:30 Hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at Lodwar satelite blood transfusion center James Marcomic
15:30 - 15:45 Laboratory biosafety biosecurity preparedness in Busia county laboratories Rosemary Okuku 15:30 - 15:45  Plenary Discussions
15:45 - 16:05 Plenary Discussions
16:30 - 18:30 IPNET - KENYA AGM
DAY 3 THURSDAY - 30TH NOVEMBER 2017
08:30 - 09:10 Keynote 2: Injection safety Dr. Christie Reed
SESSION 7 Session Chair: Rachel Kamau
09:10 - 11:00 Occupational Safety and Health/Injection safety
09:10 - 09:25 Magnitude of accidental exposures among health care workers to blood and body fluids in selected health facilities, 2011 - 2014 in Kenya  Roseline Warutere
09:25 - 09:45  Low completion rates of occupational post - exposure prophylaxis (PEP) among health workers in Kenya: Call for action Daniel Kimani
09:45 - 10:00 Safe phlebotomy practices in infection control at Busia county referral hospital. Fridah Sirma
10:00 - 10:15 Awareness and practice of safety precautions amongst laboratory workers in the laboratories of public health facilities in Bungoma county Vincent Aliong'o
10:15 - 10:30 Detection of occupational exposures at infectious diseases hospital, IDH, Kano, North Western, Nigeria Yusuf Mohammed
10:30 - 11:10 TEA BREAK: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions 11:00 - 11:30 TEA BREAK: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 8 Session Chair: Ernest Makokha  SESSION 9 Session Chair: Mercy Njeru
11:00 - 13:00 TB - Infection Control and Prevention 11:00 - 13:00 Laboratory Biosafety/Biosecurity 2 
11:00 - 11.30 Compliance with WHO TB laboratory Biosafety Measures in Public Health Laboratories in Kisumu County, Kenya, 2015  B Burmen 11:00 - 11.30 Current Initiatives on Biosafety & Biosecurity in Kenya Kennedy Yatich
11:30 - 11:45 Successful Infection Prevention at Tuberculosis Department in Lodwar County and Referral Hospital Laboratory Simon Leting 11:30 - 11:45 IPC in Devolved Government Status in Bungoma County Jennifer Nyongesa/ Isaac Mugo GIS
11:45 - 12:00 Integration of comprehensive care services with chest clinic at Awendo sub county hospital.  Peter Omware 11:45 - 12:00 Impact of laboratory safety audits in IPC Edward Oula
12:00 - 12:15 Applying health system strengthening to improve infection prevention control in health facilities in Awendo sub county Godfrey Magawe 12:00 - 12:15 IPC and Biosafety as a game changer at Homabay CRH Judith Oyuga
12:15 - 12:30 The role of the nurse in the prevention and management of tuberculosis: a systematic literature review, Kenya Diana Kipsoisoi 12:15 - 12:30 Effect of Biosafety and Biosecurity interventions in Tenwek mission Hospital Joyce Rotich
12:30 - 12:45 Plenary Discussions 12:30 - 12:45 Impact of accreditation process in ensuring personnel safety at  Chulaimbo  county hospital David Juma
12:45 - 13:00 Plenary Discussions
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 10 Session Chair: Zipporah Ngumi SESSION 11 Session Chair: Samuel Mwalili
14:00 - 16:00 General IPC and IPC in Special Units 14:00 - 16:00 HAI and Hand hygiene and HCWM
14:00 - 14:30 IPC in Special Units Prof. Zipproah Ngumi 14:00 - 14:30 Challenges Facing Hand Hygiene Practice at Kitale County Hospital Stella Mamuti 
14:30 - 14:45 IPC in devolved government, status in Vihiga County Jafarali Ahmed 14:30 - 14:45 A Meta - Analysis of Antibacterial Activity of Soaps SM Mwalili
14:45 - 15:00 Outcome of care for ICU patients: what is the impact of sepsis in public hospital ICUs? Joshua Muthuiru 14:45 - 15:00 Hand hygiene compliance among laboratory staffs at Lodwar county and referral hospital Stephen Onyango
15:00 - 15:15 Etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility for bacterial surgical site infections at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret - Kenya Stephen Okello 15:00 - 15:15 Hand driers  for hand hygiene program at AIC Kijabe hospital Peter Nthumba
15:15 - 15:30 Antibiotic susceptibility and management of bacterial skin and soft tissue infections at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Caleb Langat 15:15 - 15:30 Healthcare waste management practices at high level hospital, a case study of Kisumu County, Kenya Hellen Ogollah
15:30 - 15:45 Infection prevention and control practices audit at maternity and newborn unit at Thika Level V Hospital Lucy Waweru 15:30 - 15:45 Implementation of Non - Burn Technology for infectious Medical Waste Treatment in Malindi, 2017 Saida Mohammed
15:45 - 16:00 Plenary Discussion  15:45 - 16:00 Hand washing practices in infection prevention among patients attending Busia County referral hospital Linnet Munyasia
16:00 - 16:30 16:00 - 16:30 Plenary Discussions 
16:30 - 18:30 Round Table Symposium 3: BD on AMR 
DAY 4 Friday - 1st December 2017
Time Session Chair: Dr. Wesangula
08:30 - 09:00 Point prevalence of antibiotic use in Kenya Ulzii Luvsansharav Ulzii Luvsansharav
SESSION 12 Session Chair: Dr Evelyne Wesangula
09:00 - 11:00 ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
09:00 - 09:30 Improving health worker education on antimicrobial stewardship using the ECHO platform Linus Ndegwa/ Susan Githii
09:30 - 09:45 Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance among Escherichia coli Strains in Trans - Nzoia County, Kenya Kebenei Kipkorir
09:45 - 10:00 Identification and anti - microbial susceptibility of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at Moi teaching and referral hospital, Eldoret C. Akoru
10:00 - 10:15  Real threat of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae at Kitale County hospital Jumba Sande
10:15 - 10:30 Plenary Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 TEA BREAK
11:00 - 11:45 Closing ceremony
11:00 - 11:30 Awards presentation
11:30 - 11.50 Vote of thanks and official closing
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch: Exhibitions/ Departure