2024 Programme
PROGRAMME
DAY 1
Kaitiakitanga – Looking back through an improvement lens
WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST
7:00am
Registration open and arrival tea and coffee
8:20am - 8:45am
Welcome – Mihi whakatau
8:50am - 9:00am
Welcome
Lisa Gilbert Chair, IPCNC
Brief housekeeping from organisers
9:05am - 9:55am
COVID-19 Transmission, disinformation and myths
Prof. Stephanie Dancer - Proudly sponsored by Whiteley
10:00am - 10:25am
MORNING TEA
10:30am - 10:50am
12:05pm - 12:25pm
Antimicobial Stewardship - The nursing journey and the path forward
Jo McEwen (Scotland) (pre-recorded), Brenda Waite (NZ)
10:55am - 11:35am
Pharmacist – Antimicrobial stewardship
Mo Issa
11:40am - 12:00pm
Nga Paerewa Healthcert team
Jo Noble, Principal Adviser
Endoscopy GENCA guidelines
Holly Weale
12:30pm - 1:25pm
LUNCH
1:30pm - 2:00pm
2:00pm
History of IPC in New Zealand
Francie Morgan
Transition to concurrent session
CONCURRENT SESSION A1
Kaitiakitanga - Looking forward: advancing IPC capabilities with a novel postgraduate infection prevention and control curriculum in New Zealand
Dr Sarah Berger, Jo Borren Virtual Live Presentation
Rodent management in healthcare facilities: Fundamental for maintaining infection prevention & control Kukari Lui, Esther Bogese, Katie Croom
“Implementing successful change in healthcare: Practical tools for effective change management
Ann Whitfield, Suzie Hammouche
2:05pm - 2:25pm
2:30pm - 2:50pm
2:55pm - 3:15pm
3:20pm - 3:40pm
AFTERNOON TEA
CONCURRENT SESSION A2
A revitalised hand hygiene campaign designed for our organisation. Catherine Robbins
Candida auras - The new beast in town
Bindu Francis, Beulah Varken
Meeting infection prevention and control standards for ambulatory surgical facilities and primary care
Ruth Barratt Virtual Live Presentation
3:45pm - 4:05pm
Feedback from IPAC Canada conference 2024
Jane Barnett - proudly sponsored by EBOS Healthcare | SC Johnson Professional
4:10pm - 4:40pm
Outbreak management in aged-related residential care (ARC) facilities
Aloha Sison, Hasnainali Chaudhari
4:45pm - 5:05pm
Sustainability Health New Zealand
Rick Lomax (Virtual live presentation)
5:10pm - 5:15pm
Wrap up
5:15pm - 6:15pm
Welcome reception around the exhibition stands
PROGRAMME
DAY 2
Kaitiakitanga - IPC Today
THURSDAY 22 AUGUST
7:00am
Registration opens
7:30am - 8:45am
IPCNC AGM LIGHT BREAKFAST
8:50am - 8:55am
WELCOME TO DAY 2
9:00am - 9:30am
Equity and primordial determinants of health impacting on Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Dr. Jared Green
9:35am - 10:15am
Write NZ: Clarity and care through the Plain Language Act 2022
Claire Hewitt
10:15am - 10:45am
MORNING TEA - Proudly sponsored by Endurocide Sporicidal Curtains
10:50am - 11:20am
Quick poster presentations - 30 minutes 5 posters
11:30am - 11:50am
CONCURRENT SESSION B1
12:20pm - 1:25pm
LUNCH
1:30pm - 2:00pm
What is the viable microbiome of the healthcare toilet? Compare male and female toiles and staff vs patients
Prof. Stephanie Dancer
2:05pm - 2:30pm
HQSC updates on current programmes, current work and future specific projects
Sue Atkins & Tanya Jackways
2:35pm - 3:10pm
VRE outbreak Te Manawa Taki, New Zealand
Dr Hugh McGann
3:15pm - 3:40pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3:45pm
Debate - Hand hygiene, is it really worth our while?
Affirmative Team: Lisa Gilbert, Tanya Jackways, Dr Jared Green
Negative Team: Carolyn Clissold, Francie Morgan, Prof Stephanie Dancer
To find the answer, two teams will be pitted against one another in the time honoured manner of a scholarly debate. Each team will put forward arguments supporting their allocated viewpoint – affirmative or negative. Please not; the viewpoint the debaters express may not necessarily be their personal view point.
You can expect logical consistency, factual accuracy (evidence), good humour, some eschewing of the truth and a degree of emotional appeal to you, the audience to support each viewpoint.
The Moderator, Carol Jarvis will ably preside over the proceedings and will aim to keep the teams under control.
Audience participation in the form of laughing and clapping will be required. Heckling will not be acceptable. The ‘clapmeter’ will be utilised to decide the winning team but the chair will have the final say.
4:30pm
Wrap up
6:30pm
Conference Dinner
Red, yellow & black theme, with the band Decibel
Transition to concurrent sessions
11:25am
11:55am - 12:15pm
CONCURRENT SESSION B2
Breaking the chain unleashing aseptic wizardry to conquer healthcare associated infections (HAI) at Te Toka Tumai Auckland Miranda Lu, Ann Whitfield, Jehad Kamal (presented by Bo Yun Moon)
The dilemma of antimicrobial stewardship in hospice care - A call for a collaborative framework Asma Gil
What’s the “probelem” with cleaning: A review of ultrasound probe cleaning for vascular access Rebecca Oskam-Schmidt
Advancing patient care in high consequence infectious diseases: The evolution of Te Tika Tumai’s approach
Ann Whitfield
PROGRAMME
DAY 3
Kaitiakitanga - Looking forward
FRIDAY 23 AUGUST
7: 30am
7:45am - 8:45am
Registration
8:50am - 9:00am
Cepheid sponsored breakfast session - The effect of rapid molecular to aid antimicrobial stewardship and patient pathway
Sean Munroe
Those who have indicated they wish to attend the breakfast will have access to the event from your QR code located in either the conference app or on your name badge
WELCOME TO DAY 3
9:05am - 9:25am
Australia Std 5369:2023 reprocessing of reusable medical devices replaces AS/NZS 4187:2014
Alison Stewart
9:30am - 9:55am
Working together to fight antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand
Dr Kristin Dyet
10:00am - 10:20am
The way forward in the infection services network
Carolyn Clissold
10:25am - 10:55am
MORNING TEA
11:00am - 11:45am
How to clean the occupied bed space effectively
Webber Teleclass
Prof. Stephanie Dancer - Proudly sponsored by Whiteley
11:50am - 12:10pm
The burden of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteraemia in Aotearoa New Zealand and actions to reduce these events
Dr Sally Roberts (Virtual) - Proudly sponsored by Global Medics
12:15pm - 12:35pm
Climate change and tropical ID are not liberal hoaxes
Dr Jared Green
12:40pm - 1:15pm
LUNCH
1:20pm - 1:30pm
Awards Presentation Proudly sponsored by Endurocide Sporicidal Curtains
1:35pm - 1:55pm
Sepsis - nurse led
Camilla Howard
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Introducing 'Raise the Flag' Sepsis 2.0
Dr Paul Huggan
2:25pm - 2:30pm
Conference 2026
2:35pm - 2:50pm
Wrap up/close