Program and Presentations

Presentations are available for download via the links in the program below.

Conference Program

April 19th Topic Speaker Name
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Breakfast  Posters and Exhibitors
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Elizabeth Bryce,
PICNet Co-Director
8:40 – 9:15 Update on PICNet Bruce Gamage
PICNet
9:15 – 10:15 Keynote Speaker
Successful Collaborations: The Secrets		 Faye Wightman
CEO, Vancouver Foundation
10:15 – 10:45 Health Break Posters and Exhibitors
10:45 – 11:30 Bed bugs: What to look for and what to do if you find them Jessica Ip and Shelly Beaudet
Environmental Health Officers, VCH
11:30 – 12:00 Update on Provincial Infection Prevention & Control Framework
(presentation will not be posted)		 Brian Sagar, Director of Clinical Care and Patient Safety, Ministry of Health
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch Posters and Exhibitors
12:45 – 2:45

Moving forward: Finding ways to appreciate each other (slides)

Results of interactive session (PDF document) 

 Helen Roberts
Change Leader, Providence Health Care
2:45 – 3:15 Health Break Posters and Exhibitors
3:15 – 4:00 Break-out sessions:
1. Antibiotic Stewardship

2. The Changing Face of TB:
- How to counsel a staff member who has been exposed
- TB comorbid with HIV
1. Dr. Jim Hutchinson
VIHA

2. Nash Dhalla
TB Control Unit
4:00 – 4:15 Wrap-up Bruce Gamage
PICNet
     
April 20th Topic Speaker
8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast Posters and Exhibitors 
8:30 – 10:00 Fear of Immunization:
addressing public and healthcare workers’ fear of immunization (specifically, MMR, influenza, and Gardisil)
Presentations:
HPV Vaccine
MMR
Immunization of Healthcare Workers		 Panel Discussion:
Dr. Monika Naus, Dr. Gina Ogilvie (BCCDC), and Elayne Preston, Managing Consultant, Health & Wellness, Workplace Health, Fraser Health
10:00 – 10:30 Health Break Posters and Exhibitors
10:30 – 11:15 Emerging organisms through travel
(NDM1, MDR TB, etc.)		 Dr. Jen Grant
Medical Microbiologist, VCH
11:15 – 12:00 Patient hand hygiene: the missing link Joanne Archer
PICNet
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch Posters and Exhibitors
1:00 – 2:00 A Lens on Calamity: The patient experience of infection control
(presentation will not be posted)		 Carolyn Canfield
2:00 – 2:45 Understanding the health and safety risks
for medical tourists		 Janet Bristeir
2:45 – 3:15 Stomp! Maria Avila
3:15 – 3:30 Wrap-up Bruce Gamage
PICNet

 

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