The 7th international congress of the asia pacific society of the infection control
26-29 March 2015
APSIC 2015
ESMID-SHEA Training Course in Hospital Epidemiology
20-23 October 2014
Module B: Applied Infection Control Module
Objective:
To provide in-depth training on the epidemiology and prevention of a limited number of healthcare-related infections. The focus will be on the application of the theoretical background in clinical practice. At the end of the training, participants will be able to deal with infection control issues in their own institutes.
Topics:
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Epidemiology and control of multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
- Epidemiology and control of MRSA
- Epidemiology and control of Clostridium difficile & norovirus
- Influencing healthcare workers to improve compliance in infection control
- Human factors engineering & infection control
- Device-related infections
- Role of environment in infection contro