Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Description |
9.15 - 9.45 |
David Gray
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Tissue Viability, Aberdeen |
Wound infection: an overview of the problem and its implications for the patient and society |
This session will provide an overview of the pathology
of wound infection and the impact this condition has
on the patient, their family and the health service |
9.45 - 10.30 |
Martin Kiernan
Nurse Consultant in Prevention and Control of Infection,
Southport District Hospital |
Prevention of wound infection |
This session will focus on the developments that have occurred in infection control and how lessons may be learned in wound management |
10.35 - 10.45 |
Tea and Coffee |
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10.45 - 11.30 |
John Timmons
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Tissue Viability, Aberdeen |
Managing infection in wounds |
The delegate will be led through the management of wound infection using topical methods, oral antibiotics
or a combination of both |
11.30 - 12.15 |
Richard White
Professor of Tissue Viability, University of Worcester |
Emerging Technologies |
The speaker will introduce the mode of action of Cutimed® Sorbact® topical antimicrobial and the supporting evidence from both clinical and laboratory studies |
12.15 - 1.45 |
Lunch |
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1.45 - 2.30 |
Ray Norris
Tissue Viability Specialist
and
Sylvie Hampton
Tissue Viability Consultant, TVCS, Eastbourne |
Clinical Case Reports |
Case reports of Cutimed® Sorbact® in use in the management of leg ulcers |
2.30 - 3.15 |
Paul Trueman
Director, York Health Economics Consortium, York |
Health Economics |
A review of health economics of the management of wound infection using topical antimicrobials |
3.15 - 3.30 |
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Question Time |
Questions to the panel |
