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Announcing Preliminary Program & Registration
19/10/16 @ 08:00 - 20/10/16 @ 17:00
$200This course is designed for the practicing critical care or infectious diseases physician and for all those who manage serious infection. It provides a first-principles understanding of the major infections that precipitate or complicate critical illness, as well as a focus on the practical management of scenarios that are unique to it. Faculty includes leaders in infectious diseases, microbiology & intensive care.
The course is accredited as a workshop for CICM, ACEM, RACP.
Short Course in Critical Infection 2016
Faculty includes leaders in infectious diseases, microbiology & intensive care
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
$150 for students/trainees*, nursing and allied health
professionals
*e.g. CICM, ANZCA, ACEM, RACP, RCPA
$200 for all other attendees
including morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
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Further information on speakers may be found here
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SHORT COURSE IN CRITICAL INFECTION
Speakers : Cheryl Jones
SharonChen JenKok Louise Cooley Stephen Macdonald
SimonFinfer DavidMitchell Lyn Gilbert David Paterson
NicoleGilroy Sundaram(Sunny)Rackachonda Krispin Hajkowicz Indy Sandaradura
Jon Iredell Ian Seppelt
More information on speakers may be found here
DAY 1 WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER
THE BIG PICTURE
Keynotes
The Microbiome: Adaptation and Manipulation
Biomarkers of Sepsis
INFECTION CONTROL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP
Everything you wanted to know about
infection control
Physician, heal thyself-protecting the healthcare worker-SARS, MERS, Ebola and beyond
Antimicrobial stewardship in the ICU-interventions and efficacy
INFECTIONS IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
Infections in transplant recipients
Use of biologics-monoclonal therapies and infection
DIAGNOSTICS-RAPID PCR/POINT OF CARE/BIOMARKERS
Prophylaxis-who, when, what
SYDROMIC CASES FOR DISCUSSION
Case-based topics with expert panel review
DAY 2 THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER
SEPSIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Keynotes
Sepsis 3—what’s new
Antibiotics and Resistance: an overview
THE 10 BEST PAPERS IN CRITICAL CARE AND INFECTION
DIAGNOSTICS-RAPID PCR/POINT OF CARE/BIOMARKERS
Bacterial, fungal, viral POC testing in the ICU
Encephalitis-diagnostic workup
Rational Clinical Pathology Testing in the ICU
THERAPEUTICS in CRITICAL CARE—WHAT’S NEW?
Gut decontamination-SDD
Optimal dosing of antimicrobials in the critical-ly ill (or similar)
ATYPICAL PATHOGENS AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (DISCUSSION)
Case-based topics with expert panel review
This is a preliminary program, speakers and topics are subject to change