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News Release from: Oxoid | Subject: Infection Control Seminar
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 28 April 2006
Book your place at Oxoid infection
control seminar
There are still a few free places available for infection control professionals at the Oxoid Infection Control Seminar, to be held on Tuesday 9 May 2006 at the Crewe Hall Hotel, Crewe, Cheshire, UK
This is the third year that Oxoid has hosted its popular Infection Control Seminar Visitors to last year's event were quoted as saying, "Much better than many courses that I have paid for," and, "A very informative and well organised event with great opportunities to mingle with colleagues and share ideas and experiences." The seminar is free to attend, but places do need to be booked in advance
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 10 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Invited audience of infection control and microbiology professionals from all over the UK heard the latest thinking on infection control matters and had the opportunity to network
The full day's agenda includes:.
CJD: implications in infection control - Pat Cattini, clinical nurse specialist infection control, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust.
MRSA: comparative evaluation of Oxoid Chromogenic MRSA agar and an introduction to routine use - Ros Montgomery, Nottingham University Queen's Medical Centre.
MRSA: issues surrounding hospital-acquired infections from a patient's viewpoint - Arnold Fewell, MRSA patient.
Environmental monitoring: lessons that can be learned, by hospitals, about environmental monitoring and control from the food industry - Chris Griffith, University of Cardiff.
Multi-resistant Gram-negative organisms - Dr Soothill, consultant microbiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Eradicating healthcare-associated environmental organisms: laboratory-based evidence for cleaning protocols - professor Mike Wren, consultant biomedical scientist (microbiology), University College Hospital, London and visiting professor, University of Westminster.
Legal issues surrounding hospital-acquired infections: MRSA and patient claims - Anne Reed, solicitor.
To request a place (places will be allocated on a first come first served basis), please contact Fiona Macrae, clinical applications manager, Oxoid. Request a free brochure from Oxoid ...
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