ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course: Antibiotic Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections: Prevention and Treatment -

Organized by
The Croatian Society of Infectious Diseases (CSID) and the Croatian Society of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (CSMMP) of the Croatian Medical Association

Course Organizers
Tatjana Jeren, Zagreb, Croatia (CSID)
Smilja Kalenic, Zagreb, Croatia (CSMMP)

Course Coordinators
Rok Civljak, Zagreb, Croatia (CSID)
Arjana Tambic Andrasevic, Zagreb, Croatia (CSMMP)

Course Venue: Hotel Ivan****, Solaris - Sibenik, Croatia
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Course Date: October 21-23, 2009

Course Objectives
The Course will provide participants with updated background information and a practical approach to the emerging problem of antibiotic resistance and its influence on healthcare associated infections (HCAI). Through interactive sessions participants will be able to discuss practical problems with leading experts in the field.

Target Audience
The organizing committee will accept application from all clinical microbiologists and infectious disease physicians, especially trainees, who are interested in the study of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections, and/or who are (or intend to be) members of Hospital Infection Control Committees.
The maximum number of course participants is 32.

Application Procedure
 Please download the application form (see below) and return it to the course administrative secretariat by 30 August 2009 with the following enclosures:
• Short application letter explaining your reason for attending the course.
• Curriculum Vitae
• ESCMID number if applicant is a member of the Society.
Applicants will be informed about the outcome of their application (included attendance grants) by email by 14 September 2009.
Registered participants will be required to remit the tuition fee by bank transfer by 27 September 2009. Detailed information will be given in the confirmation letter.
Registration will be considered complete only upon receipt of the tuition fee. The number of participants will be restricted to 32.
ESCMID Course Application Form.doc

Tuition Fee
ESCMID members: EUR 500.
Non-members: EUR 600.
The fee includes three nights’ accommodation, printed course material, meals, coffee breaks, social programme, venue expenses, but not travel.

Attendance Grants
ESCMID provides a number of attendance grants for young attendees (born in 1969 or later) covering the tuition fee, but not travel costs. Applicants should send the application form, a short CV with a cover letter indicating their motivation for attending the event and their ESCMID membership number (if applicable) before 30 August 2009 to the administrative secretariat.
If there are more applicants than available grants, preference will be given to ESCMID members.
Applicants will be informed about their acceptance by email by 14 September 2009.

CME Accreditation
The "Croatian Society of Infectious Diseases – Croatian Medical Association" is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
The "ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course: Antibiotic Resistance and Healthcare-associated Infections: Prevention and Treatment", is designated for a maximum of (or "for up to") 15 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician"s Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, contact the AMA.

The EACCME has granted 15 European CME credits (ECMEC) to the course.

Administrative Secretariat
Arijana Pavelic
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases
Mirogojska 8, Zagreb, Croatia
Phone:  385  1 4603190
Fax:  385 1 4678235
E-mail: apavelic@bfm.hr
Alternative e-mail: arijana.pavelic@gmail.com

Faculty Members
• Javier Garau, Barcelona, Spain
• Waleria Hryniewicz, Warsaw, Poland
• Nicola Petrosillo, Rome, Italy
• Smilja Kalenic, Zagreb, Croatia
• Arjana Tambic Andrasevic, Zagreb, Croatia
• Rok Civljak, Zagreb, Croatia
• Bruno Barsic, Croatia
• Sanda Sardelic, Croatia


Course Programme

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Multi-resistant bacteria in hospital environment
10.00 W. Hryniewicz: Antibiotic resistance in gram-positive cocci 
10.30 A. Tambic Andrasevic: Mechanisms of resistance in enterobacteriaceae
11.00 S. Sardelic: Multiply resistant non-fermentative bacteria
11.30 Discussion

12.00 – 13.00 Interactive sessions (1-4)

13.00 Lunch

Specific nosocomial clinical problems – I
14.00 J. Garau: Ventilator associated pneumonia
14.30 B. Barsic: Vascular catheter-associated infections
15.00 J. Garau: Treatment options for difficult to treat organisms
15.30 Discussion

16.00 – 17.00 Interactive sessions (1-4)


Thursday, 22 October 2009

Specific nosocomial clinical problems - II
10.00 N. Petrosillo: Skin and soft tissue infections
10.30 B. Barsic: Nosocomial urinary tract infections
11.00 N. Petrosillo: Surgical site infections
11.30 Discussion

12.00 – 13.00 Interactive sessions (1-4)

13.00 Lunch

Interventions to control bacterial resistance
14.00 A. Tambic Andrasevic: Managing antibiotic resistance
14.30 W. Hryniewicz: Monitoring the spread of successful clones
15.00 S. Kalenic: Infection control in hospitals
15.30 Discussion

16.00 – 17.00 Interactive sessions (1-4)

Friday, 23 October 2009

Control of antibiotic resistance and HCAI
10.00 R. Civljak: Bundles of care in infection control
10.30 S. Kalenic: Isolation precautions – improving compliance
11.00 R. Civljak: Exposure of HCWs to HCAI
11.30 Discussion

12.00 – 14.00 The role of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Disease Physicians in the Control of Antibiotic Resistance and HCAI
(Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks) 

14.00 End of course

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Interactive sessions:
1. Hand hygiene and other measures to prevent infections / S. Kalenic & R. Civljak
2. Resistant bacteria: difficult to detect, difficult to treat / W. Hryniewicz & J. Garau
3. Case presentation / S. Sardelic & B. Barsic
4. Case presentation / A. Tambic Andrasevic & N. Petrosillo


Documents for download:
ESCMID Course Application Form.doc
ESCMID Course Leaflet.pdf

For more information visit also www.ESCMID.org
 

Last update: October 10, 2009