Organised by 3M, the 9th European Infection Prevention Expert Conference, is taking place in Neuss, Germany, on the 21-22d April 2010.
Attended by over 350 key opinion leaders and delegates from 35 countries, the event will examine the use of “care bundles” and strategies to increase compliance – focusing on their application to the surgical site environment and in the reduction of catheter-related bloodstream infections.
Among the many high profile speakers attending will be Professor Dr Jan Kluytmans, a leading authority in infection prevention from the VU University Medical Center, who will deliver a presentation entitled: “New successful strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections: applying a zero tolerance approach to implementation of care bundles”.
The main message of his presentation will be that: “Effective implementation of existing knowledge is what patients need and expect.”
Professor Dr Andreas Voss of the Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, will also outline how addressing healthcare worker behaviour is critical to achieving compliance. Dr Voss will illustrate how interventions based on marketing and behavioural science can be effective in changing practice in both the hospital and care home settings.
The conference will further address the importance of monitoring cleanliness in the hospital environment, effective equipment decontamination strategies and the prevention of surgical site infections.
Other high-level speakers include Dr Bart Gordts of St Jan General Hospital, Brugge, Belgium; Professor Dr Petra Gastmeier of the Institute for Hygiene Charité, Berlin, Germany; Professor Tom Elliott of University Hospitals Birmingham, UK; and Professor Dr Jean-François Timsit of Albert Bonniot
Institute, France.
“3M views this conference as a fundamental part of its commitment to
partnering with hospitals to reduce the global incidence of healthcare- associated infections,” commented Mark Whitworth, business manager, infection prevention division, Europe, Middle East & Africa. “It provides the ideal platform to present new science and advances in technology across the
infection prevention spectrum and to share in the knowledge and expertise of our distinguished audience.”
For more information, please visit www.3m.com/infectionprevention.
