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)

Invited to comment

Buon Kim Tan (France)

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