Conference Programme

*This Programme is Subject to Change*

08:00 - 09:00
Registration, Coffee & Networking.
09:00 - 09:10
Chair’s Opening Address.
Speakers:
- Wendy Rayner
  Programme Lead Circular Economy - Sustainability Manager - Chief Sustainability Officer - Scottish Government
09:10 - 09:30
A Net Zero NHS Scotland, How can it be achieved ?
Speakers:
- Phillip McLean
  Head of Capital Planning and NHS Facilities - Scottish Government
09:30 - 09:50
’Engineering solutions to infection control’
Speakers:
- Frank Mills
  NHS Consultant – Improvements and Innovation
09:50 - 10:10
Food Waste
Speakers:
- Duncan Simpson
  Co-Chair Technical and Innovation Group - RMAS (Resource Management Association Scotland)
10:10 - 10:30
Ventilation Matters – “You don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”
Speakers:
- Dr. Christine Peters
  Consultant - Clinical Microbiologist
10:30 - 10:50
Covid is airborne – amongst our mistakes
Speakers:
- Dr Evonne Curran
  Independent Infection Prevention and Control - Consultant
10:50 - 11:00
Questions and Answers.
11:00 - 11:30
Morning Coffee & Networking.
11:30 - 11:50
HFM Stream 01 - Managing healthcare-acquired clusters of COVID-19 across multiple wards in a Scottish health board.
Speakers:
- Prof. Stephanie J. Dancer
  Medical microbiologist in NHS Lanarkshire and Professor of Microbiology at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland.
11:30 - 12:00
IPC Stream 01 - ‘Prevention or Control? – 5 steps to managing the risk of water borne infections; A whole team approach’
Speakers:
- Becky Hill
  Water Quality Assurance Consultant – Central Sterilizing Club
11:50 - 12:10
HFM Stream 02 - NHS Clinical Waste
Speakers:
- Ruth Innes
  NHS Highland - Environmental and Sustainability Support Manager - National Services Scotland
12:00 - 12:30
IPC Stream 02 - Are we ill equipped to tackle the next pandemic?
Speakers:
- Dr. Ron Daniels
  Chief Executive Officer - The UK Sepsis Trust
12:10 - 12:30
HFM Stream 03 - The Green Theatre Programme.
Speakers:
- Alifia Chakera
  Head of Programme for Nitrous Oxide Mitigation - Scottish Government
12:30 - 12:40
Questions and Answers.
12:40 - 13:40
Afternoon Lunch and Networking.
13:40 - 14:15
Workshop 01 - The Unknown Risk of Ultrasound probes and how to mitigate
Introducing the Ultrasound Infection Prevention Toolkit

Presented By:
Helen Campbell - Decontamination Consultant
13:40 - 14:15
Workshop 02 - The future of PPE: Protecting staff, patients, and the environment.
Presented By:
Will Frost - Head of Public Affairs - Globus Group
Mark Websper - Divisional Manager - Healthcare - Globus Group
14:15 - 14:25
Transition.
14:25 - 15:00
Workshop 03 - Learning from the experience of using innovative technology to maximise IPC clinical workflows during the COVID pandemic, and how this is driving best practice for future IPC strategies.
Theme:
Discover how the IPC team at Dorset County Hospital utilised ICNET to support best practice for the management and control of COVID-19 cases and how its automated workflow meant that the team did not lose focus on other priority pathogens.

Benefits of Attending
Learn how identification of patients with SARS-CoV-2 was optimised allowing for timely isolation, reducing likelihood of hospital-acquired COVID-19; how the use of mobile devices supported remote working and collaboration enabling colleagues to carry on with their activities; and how reporting capabilities empowered timely analysis of data, ensuring senior leaders had accurate, up-to-date information enabling them to make informed decisions quickly. Learn how the system has been expanded for us in nearby Trusts and in the community.

Brief Summary of Content:
Using digital health technology to drive best practice in infection prevention and control.

Presented By:
Emma Hoyle, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer & Associate Director Infection Prevention & Control, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
14:25 - 15:00
Workshop 04 - Finally a viable alternative to HPV & UV disinfection.
Learn how one of the largest health boards in the UK are continuing to keep patients, staff and visitors safe by utilising the latest whole room disinfection solution which has been rigorously tested independently and within multiple healthcare settings to keep up hygiene standards.
This will be the first time NHS professionals will be introduced to 'Solvic' which has helped BCUHB improve room turnaround times, save money and offer a safer solution for staff to handle.

Presented By
Husain Kara - Global Operations Director - Metis Health
Paul Clarke - Head of Facilities Management - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
14:25 - 15:00
Workshop 05 - Rethinking Water Management
Theme
This workshop will discuss waterborne pathogens and considerations for continuous improvement of water management plans based on research and case studies.

Benefits of Attending
This workshop will feature a discussion on what can be done when updating water management plans. It will include new research and new pathogens and get attendees to consider the hidden risks and transmission pathways to consider.

Brief Summary of Content
-Why we continue to see waterborne outbreaks
-Transmission pathways and risk factors
-UK pathogens: existing and emerging
-What can go wrong?
-Research: Things to Consider

Presented By:
Marissa Khoukaz - Business Development Manager - Pall Medical
15:00 - 15:30
Afternoon Coffee & Networking
15:30 - 15:50
IPC Stream 03 - The Public Health Implications of Environmental AMR
Speakers:
- Dr Donald Morrison
  Lecturer Microbiology - Edinburgh Napier University
15:30 - 15:50
HFM Stream 04 - The WHO Global Analysis of Waste in the context of COVID-19
Speakers:
- Dr. Anne Woolridge
  Chair - Healthcare Waste Working Group, International Solid Waste Association
15:50 - 16:10
IPC Stream 04 - Commissioning Air Filtration Units for hospital wards: The Addenbrooke’s Air Disinfection Study.
Speakers:
- Dr. Matthew Butler
  Consultant Geriatrician - Department of Medicine for the Elderly - Addenbrookes Hospital.
15:50 - 16:10
HFM Stream 05 - Procurement – The Circular Economy
Speakers:
- Wendy Rayner
  Programme Lead Circular Economy - Sustainability Manager - Chief Sustainability Officer - Scottish Government
16:10 - 16:30
IPC Stream 05 - ‘Reducing COVID-19 transmission by identifying barriers and avenues to safe behaviours in hospitals’
Speakers:
- Dr. Anne Templeton
  Lecturer in Social Psychology - University of Edinburgh
16:10 - 16:30
HFM Stream 06 - A week with a Validation Engineer
Speakers:
- Murray Galloway
  Validation Engineer - Health Facilities Scotland Engineering, Environment & Decontamination
16:30 - 16:50
IPC Stream 06 - The Art of Brilliance
Speakers:
- Dr. Andy Cope
  Doctor Of Happiness
16:30 - 16:50
HFM Stream 07 - ‘Stan has developed a nasty cough…’
Speakers:
- Becky Hill
  Water Quality Assurance Consultant – Central Sterilizing Club
16:50 - 17:00
Questions and Answers
17:00
Close of Conference

*This Programme is Subject to Change*