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Microbiology
News Release from: Oxoid
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2008
Free places at Oxoid infection control
seminar
Provided as a service to the infection control community, the Oxoid Infection Control Seminar will take place on 13 May 2008 at the Walton Hall and hotel, UK, and is free to attend
Kevin Towner, of Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, begins the morning session with a presentation on "Acinetobacter - old friend or new foe", followed by Mike Cooper, of the Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust, presenting on "Turning the tide on healthcare associated infection" The morning ends with Andrew Pearson, of the Health Protection Agency, Colindale, UK, talking about "Outbreaks and the role of the laboratory in controlling incidence of Clostridium difficile"
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 18 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Paul Giannasca, vice president for development at Acambis, kicks off the afternoon session with a presentation entitled, "A vaccine for the management of C difficile-associated disease (CDAD)".
Then Prof Alasdair MacGowan, of North Bristol NHS Trust, will talk on changing prescribing habits before Professor Brian Duerden, of Cardiff University, and inspector of microbiology and infection control at the UK Department of Health, closes the meeting with a presentation on "Tackling healthcare associated infections in the NHS - biology, behaviour and performance management".
Delegates at previous meetings have described these free events as, "better than any commercial seminar I have paid for", and, "extremely informative and a great opportunity to network with colleagues from other hospitals".
Accreditation for the Oxoid Infection Control Seminar by the Institute of Biomedical Scientists, the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Nursing has been sought. Request free introductory details about products from Oxoid ...
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