07.30h UTC
Los Angeles-8h, Chicago-6h, Mexico City -6h, New York-5h, Panama -5h, Ouagadougou +0h, London +0h, Madrid +1h, Paris +1h, Rome +1h, Amsterdam +1h, Berlin +1h, Abuja +1h, Bucharest +2h, Helsinki +2, Cape Town +2h, Addis Ababa +3h, Nairobi +3h, Riyadh +3h, Tiblisi +4h, Abu Dhabi +4h, New Delhi +5.30h, Jakarta +7h, Beijing +8h, Tokyo +9h, Sydney +11h
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First of all: let’s clean our hands
Ermira Tartari (Malta- Switzerland)
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ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP
SESSION 7
07:50h UTC
Moderated by Sameer Dhingra (India)
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Actions and future strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance in healthcare
Yonghong Xiao (China)
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Difficult-to-treat-resistant bacteria in clinical practice. Which options
Matteo Bassetti (Italy)
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Good practices for the surveillance and control of antimicrobial resistance
Alessandro Cassini (Switzerland)
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Invited to comment
Garima Kapoor (India), Olivia Waworuntu (Indonesia)
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ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP
SESSION 8
09.05h UTC
Moderated by Faryal Khamis (Oman)
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Antimicrobial stewardship. Who are the stakeholders and how to engage them
Mushira Abdulaziz Enani (Saudi Arabia)
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Healthcare workers’ education and training in antimicrobial stewardship
Harumi Gomi (Japan)
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Applying antibiotic stewardship in Surgery
Heleni Giamarellou (Greece)
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Invited to comment
Natalia Dirani (Lebanon), Afreenish Amir (Pakistan)
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NON-NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS
SESSION 9
10:20h UTC
Moderated by
Massimo Chiarugi (Pisa)
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Appropriate treatment of superficial infections (impetigo, erysipelas and cellulitis, and superficial abscesses)
Marco Falcone (Italy)
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Appropriate treatment of complex abscesses (perianal and perirectal, and abscesses in intravenous drug injection sites)
Vladimir Khokha (Belarus)
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The management of mesh infection
Ines Rubio-Perez (Spain)
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Invited to comment
Yunfeng Cui (China), Gabriel Rodrigues (Oman)
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SURGICAL INFECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD
SESSION 10
11.35h UTC
Moderated by
Timothy Craig Hardcastle (South Africa)
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Prevention and management of surgical infections in Africa
Alain Chichom Mefire (Cameroon)
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Prevention and management of surgical infections in Asia
Vikas Manchanda (India)
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Prevention and management of surgical infections in South America
Helmut Segovia Lohse (Paraguay)
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Improving surgical outcomes through collaborative projects ( training) worldwide. Why and how
Kebebe Bekele (Ethiopia)
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Invited to comment
Suman Baral (Nepal), Varut Lohsiriwat (Thailand)
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NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS
SESSION 11
13:05h UTC
Moderated by
Marjolen Blussé van Oud-Alblas (The Netherlands)
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Classification and principles of treatment of necrotizing infections
Addison K May (USA)
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Pathophysiology of necrotizing infections
Jan Ulrych (Czech Republic)
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Diagnosis of necrotizing infections
Belinda De Simone (France)
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Invited to comment
Oussama Baraket (Tunisia), Vladimir Khokha (Belarus)
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NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS
SESSION 12
14:20h UTC
Moderated by
Miklosh Bala (Israel)
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Source control of necrotizing infections
Gabriele Sganga (Italy)
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Antibiotic therapy for necrotizing infections
Jeffrey M. Tessier (USA)
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Fournier’s gangrene
George Gkiokas (Greece)
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Invited to comment
Wagih Ghnnam (Egypt), Agron Dogjani (Albania)
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HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
SESSION 13
15:35h UTC
Moderated by
Lillian S. Kao (USA)
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Epidemiological aspects of healthcare-associated infections
Sonja Hansen (Germany)
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Surgical site infections. Prevention and management
Kemal Rasa (Turkey)
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Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis
Deborah McNamara (Ireland)
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Post-caesarian surgical site infections
Anthony Wanyoro (Kenya)
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Invited to comment
Dzemail S Detanac (Serbia), Arda Isik (Turkey), Diana Chebet (Kenya)
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HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
SESSION 14
17:05h UTC
Moderated by Daniela Pasero (Italy)
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Infection prevention and control in ICU patients
Paulo Mergulhão (Portugal)
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Ignacio Martin-Loeches (Ireland)
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Catheter-associated bloodstream infection
Jean-Francois Timsit (France)
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Invited to comment
Buon Kim Tan (France)
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HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
SESSION 15
18:20h UTC
Moderated by
Miguel Cainzos (Spain)
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Clostridioides Difficile infection in surgical patients
Joseph D Forrester (USA)
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Healthcare-associated infections as patient safety indicators.
Carlo Benzoni (UK)
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How the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed infection prevention and control in healthcare
Constantinos Tsioutis (Cyprus)
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How to implement infection prevention and control across the surgical pathway
Leonardo Pagani (Italy)
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Invited to comment
Peter K Kim (USA), Ionut Negoi (Romania)
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19:50h UTC
A global strategy for the management of surgical infections
Jennifer Rickard (USA)
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FINAL REMARKS
20:10h UTC
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CLOSING
20.20h UTC