Conference 2017 Program

	OPENING CEREMONY ON MONDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2017 AT 6:00 - 8:30PM BY H.E THE GOVERNOR OF UASIN GISHU H.E Hon. Jackson Mandago
DAY 1	Tuesday - 28th NOVEMBER 2017
SESSION 1	Session Chairs: Dr. Evelyne Wesangula
	Multidisciplinary AMR Pre - congress workshop Theme: Promotion of Anti - Microbial Stewardship through Skill based Training and Education of multidisciplinary teams.
08:30 - 09:00	Overview and importance of AMR				Prof Zipporah Ngumi
09:00 - 09:30	Global AMR scenario in Respiratory Tract Infections – Kenyan context				Dr Loice Achieng
09:30 - 10:00	UTI - a strong driver of AMR – role of rapid diagnosis				Dr David Silverstein
10:00 - 10:30	Plenary Discussions
10.30 - 11:00	TEA BREAK: Exhibitions
11:00 - 11:30	Role of laboratory in control of AMR				Prof. Revathi
11:30 - 11:50	Importance of point of care testing in control of AMR				Dr Reena Shah
11:50 - 12:20	Do nurses play a role in controlling AMR?				Evelyne Wesangula
12:20 - 12:50	Challenges and opportunities to implementation Antimicrobial stewardship in LMICs				Prof Sam Kariuki
12:50 - 1:00	Plenary Discussions
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 2	Session Chair: Prof. Revathi
14.00 - 14.30	Engaging to combat AMR				Nyawira Njeru
14:30 - 4:00	Practicum and Demonstrations for lab technologists and nurses
	1. Point of care testing of UTI, Influenza, RSV.
	2. Reading interpretation and reporting of results,
	3. Susceptibility testing
DAY 2	Wednesday - 29th NOVEMBER 2017
SESSION 3	Session Chair: Linus Ndegwa
08:30 - 09:30	National Policy on Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance and its National Action Plan						Jared Nyakiba
09:30 - 10:00	Guest Speaker : Infection Control within a Laboratory Environment						Michael Omondi
10:00 - 10:30	Guest Speaker: Implementation of IPC in a referral and teaching facility - MTRH				IPC Lead MTRH
10.30 - 11:00	TEA BREAK: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 4	Session Chair: Jemimah Katama
11:00 - 13:00	GENERAL IPC
11:00 - 11:15	Impact of Infection prevention and control program at Kapkatet Sub - County Hospital ,Kericho County				Lucy Chepkirui
11:15 - 11:30	Enhancing infection prevention and control in the facility set up				E Nyaga
11:30 - 11:45	Infection, prevention and control audit in relation to infrastructure				Abijah Muthoni
11:45 - 12:00	Best facility IPC practices and role of an active IPC committee: Vihiga CRH experience				Marietta Omega
12:00 - 12:15	Cholera outbreak among Residents of Bunyala in Busia County 2016				Oscar Gaunya
12:15 - 12:45	Plenary Discussions
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions		13:00 - 14:00	Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 5	Session Chair: Doris Bota		SESSION 6	Session Chair: Erick Kitangala

14:00 - 16:00	Laboratory Quality and BioSafety as part of Infection Control		14:00 - 16:00	Blood Safety and Hepatitis
14:00 - 14:30	Overcoming Barriers for Improving Laboratory Quality Systems in Kenya - lessons learned from RRI for lab QMS	Ernest Makokha	14:00 - 14:20	Accelerating Quality Improvement in Health Facilities through Team Mentorship Approach		Erick Kitangala
14:30 - 14:45	To evaluate infection prevention and control practices at Lodwar county and referral hospital laboratory	Alice Nataba	14:20 - 14:45	Hepatitis B surface Antigenaemia and HIV in blood donors; Regional blood transfusion centre Eldoret		Reuben Tulel
14:45 - 15:00	Infection prevention & control audit at Busia county referral hospital laboratory	Oscar Gaunya	14:45 - 15:00	Challenges of hepatitis b outbreak investigation and response in Kipipiri sub - county, Nyandarua kenya		Hellen Wangai
15:00 - 15:15	Effectiveness of corrective and preventive action forms on laboratory documentation and monthly review involving decontamination logs at Vihiga county referral hospital	Brigid Soita	15:00 - 15:15	Implementation of blood safety activities at county level - The Machakos County experience		David Maundu
15:15 - 15:30	Improvement of Biosafety and Biosecurity through on - site practices at Kendu Adventist Hospital Laboratory	Shadrack Wechuli	15:15 - 15:30	Hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at Lodwar satelite blood transfusion center		James Marcomic
15:30 - 15:45	Laboratory biosafety biosecurity preparedness in Busia county laboratories	Rosemary Okuku	15:30 - 15:45	Plenary Discussions
15:45 - 16:05	Plenary Discussions
16:30 - 18:30	IPNET - KENYA AGM
DAY 3	THURSDAY - 30TH NOVEMBER 2017
08:30 - 09:10	Keynote 2: Injection safety Dr. Christie Reed
SESSION 7	Session Chair: Rachel Kamau
09:10 - 11:00	Occupational Safety and Health/Injection safety
09:10 - 09:25	Magnitude of accidental exposures among health care workers to blood and body fluids in selected health facilities, 2011 - 2014 in Kenya				Roseline Warutere
09:25 - 09:45	Low completion rates of occupational post - exposure prophylaxis (PEP) among health workers in Kenya: Call for action				Daniel Kimani
09:45 - 10:00	Safe phlebotomy practices in infection control at Busia county referral hospital.				Fridah Sirma
10:00 - 10:15	Awareness and practice of safety precautions amongst laboratory workers in the laboratories of public health facilities in Bungoma county				Vincent Aliong'o
10:15 - 10:30	Detection of occupational exposures at infectious diseases hospital, IDH, Kano, North Western, Nigeria				Yusuf Mohammed
10:30 - 11:10	TEA BREAK: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions		11:00 - 11:30	TEA BREAK: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 8	Session Chair: Ernest Makokha		SESSION 9	Session Chair: Mercy Njeru
11:00 - 13:00	TB - Infection Control and Prevention		11:00 - 13:00	Laboratory Biosafety/Biosecurity 2
11:00 - 11.30	Compliance with WHO TB laboratory Biosafety Measures in Public Health Laboratories in Kisumu County, Kenya, 2015	B Burmen	11:00 - 11.30	Current Initiatives on Biosafety & Biosecurity in Kenya	Kennedy Yatich
11:30 - 11:45	Successful Infection Prevention at Tuberculosis Department in Lodwar County and Referral Hospital Laboratory	Simon Leting	11:30 - 11:45	IPC in Devolved Government Status in Bungoma County	Jennifer Nyongesa/ Isaac Mugo GIS
11:45 - 12:00	Integration of comprehensive care services with chest clinic at Awendo sub county hospital.	Peter Omware	11:45 - 12:00	Impact of laboratory safety audits in IPC	Edward Oula
12:00 - 12:15	Applying health system strengthening to improve infection prevention control in health facilities in Awendo sub county	Godfrey Magawe	12:00 - 12:15	IPC and Biosafety as a game changer at Homabay CRH	Judith Oyuga
12:15 - 12:30	The role of the nurse in the prevention and management of tuberculosis: a systematic literature review, Kenya	Diana Kipsoisoi	12:15 - 12:30	Effect of Biosafety and Biosecurity interventions in Tenwek mission Hospital	Joyce Rotich
12:30 - 12:45	Plenary Discussions		12:30 - 12:45	Impact of accreditation process in ensuring personnel safety at Chulaimbo county hospital	David Juma
			12:45 - 13:00	Plenary Discussions
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions		13:00 - 14:00	Lunch: Poster Viewing/Exhibitions
SESSION 10	Session Chair: Zipporah Ngumi		SESSION 11	Session Chair: Samuel Mwalili
14:00 - 16:00	General IPC and IPC in Special Units		14:00 - 16:00	HAI and Hand hygiene and HCWM
14:00 - 14:30	IPC in Special Units	Prof. Zipproah Ngumi	14:00 - 14:30	Challenges Facing Hand Hygiene Practice at Kitale County Hospital	Stella Mamuti
14:30 - 14:45	IPC in devolved government, status in Vihiga County	Jafarali Ahmed	14:30 - 14:45	A Meta - Analysis of Antibacterial Activity of Soaps	SM Mwalili
14:45 - 15:00	Outcome of care for ICU patients: what is the impact of sepsis in public hospital ICUs?	Joshua Muthuiru	14:45 - 15:00	Hand hygiene compliance among laboratory staffs at Lodwar county and referral hospital	Stephen Onyango
15:00 - 15:15	Etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility for bacterial surgical site infections at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret - Kenya	Stephen Okello	15:00 - 15:15	Hand driers for hand hygiene program at AIC Kijabe hospital	Peter Nthumba
15:15 - 15:30	Antibiotic susceptibility and management of bacterial skin and soft tissue infections at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital	Caleb Langat	15:15 - 15:30	Healthcare waste management practices at high level hospital, a case study of Kisumu County, Kenya	Hellen Ogollah
15:30 - 15:45	Infection prevention and control practices audit at maternity and newborn unit at Thika Level V Hospital	Lucy Waweru	15:30 - 15:45	Implementation of Non - Burn Technology for infectious Medical Waste Treatment in Malindi, 2017	Saida Mohammed
15:45 - 16:00	Plenary Discussion		15:45 - 16:00	Hand washing practices in infection prevention among patients attending Busia County referral hospital	Linnet Munyasia
16:00 - 16:30			16:00 - 16:30	Plenary Discussions
16:30 - 18:30	Round Table Symposium 3: BD on AMR
DAY 4	Friday - 1st December 2017
Time	Session Chair: Dr. Wesangula
08:30 - 09:00	Point prevalence of antibiotic use in Kenya Ulzii Luvsansharav Ulzii Luvsansharav
SESSION 12	Session Chair: Dr Evelyne Wesangula
09:00 - 11:00	ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
09:00 - 09:30	Improving health worker education on antimicrobial stewardship using the ECHO platform				Linus Ndegwa/ Susan Githii
09:30 - 09:45	Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance among Escherichia coli Strains in Trans - Nzoia County, Kenya				Kebenei Kipkorir
09:45 - 10:00	Identification and anti - microbial susceptibility of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at Moi teaching and referral hospital, Eldoret				C. Akoru
10:00 - 10:15	Real threat of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae at Kitale County hospital				Jumba Sande
10:15 - 10:30	Plenary Discussion
10:30 - 11:00	TEA BREAK
11:00 - 11:45	Closing ceremony
11:00 - 11:30	Awards presentation
11:30 - 11.50	Vote of thanks and official closing
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch: Exhibitions/ Departure

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