8th Annual Infection Control, Sterilization & Decontamination Conference

8th Annual Infection Control, Sterilization & Decontamination Conference is organized by MarketsandMarkets Conferences and will be held from Mar 21 - 22, 2024 in London, England, United Kingdom.

With the increased risk of infection due to improper sterilization and decontamination practices, the safety of patients and healthcare workers is of paramount importance nowadays. This conference aims to bring together all the stakeholders to discuss the obstacles in achieving and maintaining an infection-free environment in the hospital and outpatient settings, as well as effective and research-based ways to reduce the risks of the outbreak of healthcare-associated infections through microbes and medical equipment because of subpar infection prevention and control methods and contaminated medical devices.

With this, it also gives experts a platform to share their views on comparing newly developed automated cleaning procedures with manual cleaning practices through interactive panel discussion sessions.

Key Highlights:

• Multi-drug resistant organisms and antimicrobial stewardship
• Hospital environment and infection prevention and control
• Education and training – a key pillar of infection prevention and control
• Decontamination, disinfection, and sterilization of diagnostic and other clinical devices and equipment.
• Maintaining facilities for robust disinfection of endoscopes
• The environmental impact of medical devices can we be more sustainable in our practices
• The pros and cons of reusable versus disposable items in healthcare
• What healthcare strategies can be employed to combat the impacts of climate change
• How can we make Decontamination more sustainable without harming the patient
• The pro’s and con’s using containers as sterile barriers
• The importance of audit within Decontamination
• Decontamination of ENT scopes – are manual wipes acceptable