Do you want to know more about how to risk assessment your environmental risk to patients?
Are you keen to understand the
evidence behind the role of the environment in
healthcare associated infection?
Then welcome to the Environment Network!
This is a network for people in
clinical/scientific roles within the NHS and other associated organisations who
are interested in the role of environmental infection prevention and control in
preventing infection.
The aim of the network is to support infection prevention and control professionals involved in commissioning, environmental audit, water, air and surface testing within their Trusts. By working together we can share best practice between Trusts; as well as circulating the latest evidence and discussing personal experiences.
The 2024 meeting will focus on bringing together members from industry, clinical, scientific, engineering and built environment backgrounds to discuss risks linked to water, air, and surfaces. What developing risks we should be aware of and what kind of interventions may be open to us.
The morning will consist of lectures from experts and the afternoon will consist of case studies where participants can share learning.
Agenda (with holding titles)
09:30 – 10:00: Coffee and registration
10:00 –10:05: Welcome and introduction to the network
(Professor Elaine Cloutman-Green, Great Ormond Street Hospital)
10:05–10:30: Same words, different meaning: What do we mean by risk assessment?
(Karren Staniforth, UKHSA)
10:30–10:55: Combining clinical/engineering risk: why silos are bad for risk assessment
(Dr Susanne Surman-Lee, Leegionella Ltd)
10:55-11:20: Capturing water and ventilation risks as part of governance strategies
(Louise Clarke, GPT Consult)
11:20–11:45: Coffee
11:44 – 12:10: This thing is not like the others: Community risk assessment
(Dr Derren Ready, UKHSA)
12:10–12:35: Construction, derogations and risk
(Andrew Poplett, Andrew Poplett Enterprises Ltd)
12:35–12:55: New tools for assessing surface-based transmission risks
(Sam Watkin, University College London/UKHSA)
12:55–13:00: Case study sign posting
13:00-14:00: Lunch and networking session
14:00–14:45: Case study 1
14:45–15:30: Case study 2
15:30–15:50: Coffee
15:50–16:35: Case study 3
16:35–16:40: Environment Network moving forward
Environmental Infection Prevention and Control Network – Your guide to all things linked to prevention of infection transmission from healthcare environments (environment-network.com)
