Anaesthesia, Surgery and Antibiotics
Join the CRE RESPOND Anaesthesia, Surgery and Antibiotics seminar to hear from expert clinicians and clinical educators.
CRE RESPOND offers light dinner to those attending in person from 5:30pm. Zoom link will be provided to those attending the seminar online.
Program (all times in AEST, local times below)
5:30pm Light dinner and registrations
Foyer, Level 2, Auditorium, UQCCR
6pm Welcome and introduction
Chair: Associate Professor Jayesh Dhanani, Principal Research Fellow, UQCCR, UQ, Australia
6:05pm Antimicrobial optimisation in the peri-operative period
Dr Rochelle Ryan, Anaesthetist, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Australia
6:20pm The burden of joint infections and ONE way to address this
Dr William Steadman, Orthopaedic Principal House Officer, Ipswich Hospital and PhD candidate, QUT, Australia
6:35pm Embracing the cutting-edge - impact of transformative quality improvement program on surgical site infections in children
Nicolette Graham, Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Children's Health Queensland, Australia
6:50pm Q&A session with presenters
7:15pm Close
Local times:
Melbourne, Australia 7pm AEDT
Perth, Australia 4pm AWST
Auckland, New Zealand 9pm NZDT
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4pm MYT
Jakarta, Indonesia 3pm WIB
Nîmes, France 9am CET
London, UK 8am GMT
About Antimicrobial Optimisation Webinar series
Infections in the healthcare setting are common and cause too many people to die. Severe infections commonly occur in patients with critical illness, burns, transplant, cystic fibrosis and immunosuppression. Infections in these patients are more difficult to treat, leading to multi-drug resistant (‘superbug’) infections associated with increased mortality and poorer health outcomes.
This Antimicrobial Optimisation workshop will convey the principles of susceptibility testing for antibacterial, antifungal, viral and antimycobacterials. Expert practitioners will describe the principles of drug dosing in different patient populations and clarify the role of therapeutic drug monitoring. The format of the workshop will be four, 20-minute presentations followed by opportunities for questions and answers.
Learning objectives of the Antimicrobial Optimisation Webinar series:
- Principles of susceptibility testing for antibacterial, antifungal, viral and antimycobacterials
- Pharmacokinetic considerations in special patient populations
- Principles of drug dosing in different patient populations
- Role of therapeutic drug monitoring
- Therapeutics for invasive fungal infections and antifungal drugs
Thank you to our program sponsors:
