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1 Hospital Week INFECTIOUS DISEASES SYMPOSIUM Wednesday 28th August 2019 Westmead Education and Conference Centre, Westmead Hospital The Westmead Association 41 Years of Excellence 1978-2019 09.00 - 09.05 Welcome Mr. Graeme Loy (Chief Executive, Western Sydney Local Health District) Chairperson: Dr. Nicky Gilroy (Senior Staff Specialist, Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital) 09.15 - 10.15 MERS-CoV outbreak following a single patient exposure in South Korea Dr. Yae-Jean Kim (Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunodeficiency, Samsung Medical Centre, Seoul) 10.15 - 10.45 Chairperson: Dr. David Mitchell (Senior Staff Specialist, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital) 10.45 - 11.10 Biopreparedness : A framework for action Dr. Kavita Varshney (Senior Staff Specialist, Emergency Medicine, Westmead Hospital) 11.10 - 11.35 Biocontainment Units-origins & relevance in the 21st Century Dr. Nicky Gilroy (Senior Staff Specialist, Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital) 11.35 - 12.00 The NSW Biocontainment Centre (NBC) Professor Ramon Shaban (Clinical Chair Infection Prevention and Control, University of Sydney and WSLHD) 12.00 - 12.25 Laboratory Services: operational aspects in managing high consequence pathogens Dr. Matthew O’Sullivan (Senior Staff Specialist, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital) 12.25 - 12.50 Protecting staff: Training and personal protective equipment Dr. Patricia Ferguson (Senior Staff Specialist, Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital) 12.50 - 14.00 MORNING TEA High Consequence Infectious Diseases and Biopreparedness Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Lessons Learned Biopreparedness and Biocontainment LUNCH
Transcript of The Westmead Hospital Week INFECTIOUS DISEASES …
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Hospital Week
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SYMPOSIUM Wednesday 28th August 2019
Westmead Education and Conference Centre, Westmead Hospital
The Westmead
Association
41 Years of Excellence
1978-2019
09.00 - 09.05 Welcome
Mr. Graeme Loy
(Chief Executive, Western Sydney Local Health District)
Chairperson: Dr. Nicky Gilroy (Senior Staff Specialist,
Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital)
09.15 - 10.15 MERS-CoV outbreak following a single patient
exposure in South Korea
Dr. Yae-Jean Kim (Division of Infectious Diseases &
Immunodeficiency, Samsung Medical Centre, Seoul)
10.15 - 10.45
Chairperson: Dr. David Mitchell (Senior Staff Specialist,
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital)
10.45 - 11.10 Biopreparedness : A framework for action
Dr. Kavita Varshney (Senior Staff Specialist,
Emergency Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
11.10 - 11.35 Biocontainment Units-origins & relevance in the 21st Century
Dr. Nicky Gilroy (Senior Staff Specialist,
Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital)
11.35 - 12.00 The NSW Biocontainment Centre (NBC)
Professor Ramon Shaban
(Clinical Chair Infection Prevention and Control,
University of Sydney and WSLHD)
12.00 - 12.25 Laboratory Services: operational aspects in managing
high consequence pathogens
Dr. Matthew O’Sullivan (Senior Staff Specialist,
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital)
12.25 - 12.50 Protecting staff: Training and personal protective equipment
Dr. Patricia Ferguson (Senior Staff Specialist,
Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital)
12.50 - 14.00
MORNING TEA
High Consequence Infectious Diseases and Biopreparedness
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV):
Lessons Learned
Biopreparedness and Biocontainment
LUNCH
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Hospital Week
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SYMPOSIUM Wednesday 28th August 2019
Westmead Education and Conference Centre, Westmead Hospital
The Westmead
Association
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41 Years of Excellence
1978-2019
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Chairperson: Dr. Matthew Watts (Staff Specialist,
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital)
14.00 - 14.30 AMS in aged care facilities: rationale and implementation
Professor Karin Thursky
(Director NHMRC National Centre for Antimicrobial
Stewardship Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Doherty)
14.30 - 15.00 Antimicrobial use in Veterinary Practice:
risks to animal and human health
Professor Ruth Zadoks
(Professor of Production Animal Health, University of Sydney)
15.00 - 15.30
Chairperson: Dr. Indy Sandaradura (Staff Specialist,
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital)
15.30 - 15.55 The emergence of AMR: implications for sexual health
Professor David Lewis
(Director, Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre)
15.55 - 16.20 Candida auris: what health care practitioners need to know
Professor Sharon Chen (Medical Microbiologist, Director
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory
Services, ICPMR-Pathology West)
16.20 - 16.45 Hepatitis C resistance testing at Westmead –
from shoestring to reference laboratory
A/Professor Mark Douglas
(Infectious Diseases Physician, Molecular Virologist,
Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney)
AFTERNOON TEA
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) - Beyond the bedside
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - new challenges
