I’m lucky.
I get to
attend a number of different conferences throughout the year covering the gamut
of subjects for both human and animal health.
There are some conferences where, just like a child the night before
Christmas, the anticipation and excitement begins to build to such high levels
that I almost feel giddy!
The National
IPAC-Canada conference is one of them….and we’re only 2 sleeps away before its
start!
The reason for my excitement is twofold. I get to ‘get my geek on’ and spend 3 days
talking and educating conference delegates about my favorite topic – cleaning
and disinfection! #TalkCleanToMe. I also get to spend 3 days catching up with
people I am honoured to have gotten to know from across Canada over the last 13
years and call my friends.
So what am I going to ‘get my geek on’ over? The following are the research abstracts I am
going to be checking out:
- Can using active UV-C technology
to treat the air reduce surface pathogens in a healthcare setting?
- Development and piloting of a
clinical office practice infection prevention and control (IPAC)
checklist/audit tool
- Infection Control: To boldly go
where no man has gone before...
- The IPAC Procurement Predicament:
Buyer Beware or Be Aware!
- Picture This: Creating a Cleaning
Process for Paramedic Services
- Patient Safety Behind Closed
Doors: Quality Improvement Reviews of Medical Device Reprocessing
- Creating a Clean Culture
- Clean and Green: A
multidisciplinary initiative to reduce patient supply waste and improve
environmental cleaning capabilities
- To flush or not to flush? Wipes
clog pipes!
- Wipes and Disinfectants - The
Significance of Proper Pairing for Appropriate Efficiency
- Operating Room Floor Technology:
What is the Best Combination of Cleaners, Disinfectants and Cleaning
Methodology for Removal of Staphylococcus aureus?
- Introducing a sodium hypochlorite
(SH) based cleaner-disinfectant across multiple quaternary-hospital sites:
challenges, successes and lessons
- Reprocessing in the Community:
The Evolution of a Knowledge Product
Aside from checking these research abstracts out, you’ll
find me soaking up everything I can during a full day symposium on
Implementation Science where Jason Tetro (aka The Germ Guy) will kick off the
day and Ms. Jacquie Brown, an Implementation Science expert, will take
attendees through a workshop format of learning, implementing and applying our
newfound knowledge! From there I plan on
basking in the knowledge that I know Dr. Didier Pittet
will transfer during his talk on “Infection Prevention: From Care Bundles to
Multimodal Interventions” and Dr. Laura Kahn’s talk titled “Physicians,
Farmers, and the Politics of Antibiotic Resistance: A One Health
Analysis”. Of course I’ll also have to
attend Dr. Thomas Louie’s talk “The Scoop on Poop” and Dr. Dave Goldfarb’s talk
“What’s new in Number 2?” because what conference would be complete without
talking about diarrheal diseases!
There are of course many other sessions I’ll be flitting to
and from, but I think you’ll agree the session line up is going to be great -
and I think like me, everyone attending will come away recharged, energized,
braindead and yes…..probably a little sleep deprived!
Bugging Off!
Nicole
