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ICAN CONFERENCE 2019
INFECTION CONTROL AFRICA NETWORK
7th - 8th August 2019Cape Town - South Africa
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Registration / Refreshments |
| ICAN- sustainable partnerships | |
|---|---|
| 08:30 - 08:50 | New WHO Guidelines for the built environment - Core Component 8Prof Shaheen Mehtar, ICAN - Infection Control Africa Network, Chair-education Committee |
| 08:50 - 09:10 | Combined roles of IPC & Engineering in revitalization of healthcare facilitiesSr Elizabeth Schoeman, Mediclinic IPC |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | Cost effective means of transferring knowledge across AfricaMs Anna Vorndran, Exec Manager, ICAN |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Refreshments / Visit Exhibition |
| ICAN- IPC & the built environment | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Designs to reduce infection transmission - TB management of HCWDr Jack Meintjes, Stellenbosch University/Tygerberg Hospital UIPC head |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | The latest evidence on hand wash basins and facilitiesSr Yolanda van Zyl, IPC Specialist, Paarl Provincial Hospital |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Eliminating of biofilms in the sink and the wasteClinton Soutter, National Sales Manager, Franke South Africa |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch / Visit Exhibition |
| ICAN- biofilms & decontamination services | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Biofilms in medical devices- IPC implicationsSr. Michell Osborne, IPC Manager, Panorama Mediclinic |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | The role of biofilms incross resistance between disinfectants and antibioticsProf Shaheen Mehtar, ICAN |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Discussion |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Visit Exhibition / Refreshments |
| ICAN- improving efficiency through IPC | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Designing an efficient decontamination unit with low resourcesMs Lizzie Sithole, Training Coordinator, ICAN, Zimbabwe |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | Managing healthcare waste end disposal - a partnershipSr Rina Voss, IPC Specialist, UIPC/Tygerberg Hospital |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Discussion |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Registration / Refreshments |
| 08:30 - 08:50 | Neonatal units and engineering supportSr Marina Aucamp, IPC Specialist, UIPC/Tygerberg |
| 08:50 - 09:10 | Operating theatres - when and how to monitor the environmentMs Briette Du Toit, Infection Prevention & Control Officer, Mediclinic Southern Africa |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | What is special about Burns Units?Dr Wayne Kleintjes, Head: Western Cape Adult Provincial Tertiary Burns Unit, Tygerberg Hospital |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Refreshments / Visit Exhibition |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Role of engineering in multi-drug resistant gram negative outbreaks in healthcare facilitiesProf Shaheen Mehtar, ICAN |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Managing cholera in displaced person dwellingsJames Kambaki, Head of Field Human Resources, Doctors without Borders (MSF) SA |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30 - 12:45 | Join the SAFHE CEASA delegates to discuss “Making the Conference into Workable Solutions” |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch |