8TH INFECTION PREVENTION NETWORK CONFERENCE
DATES: 26TH – 29TH NOVEMBER 2019
VENUE: ACCACIA PREMIER HOTEL, KISUMU KENYA
Conference dates 26th - 29th November 2019.
The Conference starts on 26th November 2019, 8:30am, with the Official conference opening ceremony the evening of 26th November 2019.
The conference runs through to Friday 29th November 2019 with an award and closing ceremony at 12:00 noon.
Call for Abstracts:
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPENS: 11TH JUNE 2019
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30TH SEPTEMBER 2019
CONFERENCE THEME: PUTTING IPC AND QUALITY AT THE CENTER OF UHC
SUB THEMES FOR THE CONFERENCE
- IPC Governance and Coordination in devolved governance
- Antimicrobial Stewardship, Resistance, Emerging Pathogens and the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- Capacity building in Infection Control and prevention
- Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Injection safety and Post Exposure prophylaxis (PEP)
- IPC in blood transfusion services
- IPC in Public Health Outbreaks response, Investigation, , and Health Policy and outbreak management
- IPC and waste management
- Public Private Partnerships in IPC
- Prevention of Healthcare-associated infections in hospital environment
- Social media support of infection prevention and control measures
- Empowering key stakeholders in IPC (CEO, Nurse, patient)
- Infection Control in Clinical Practice
- Immunization – Tool of Infection Prevention and Control and immunization
- Antiseptics, Disinfection, and Sterilization • Education, Training, and Competencies
- Environment of Care, Construction, and Remediation
- Occupational Health and Healthcare Worker Safety
- Implementation Science, Research, Surveillance and Technology
- Leadership and Professional Development in IPC
- Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement in IPC
Special Workshops on AMR hosted jointly by IPNET / British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and also an AMS workshop hosted by IPNET / GSK