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24 Jan. 13THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE
Speaker: Margaret Murphy, Expert Lead, Patients for Patient Safety, World Health Organization
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31 Jan. 13INFECTION PREVENTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Speaker: Prof. Elaine Larson, Columbia University
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06 Feb. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - Europe)
IMPROVING THE PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE AS A SUCCESSFUL COMPONENT OF INFECTION CONTROL STRATEGIES

Speaker: Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi, World Health Organization, Geneva
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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07 Feb. 13WHY EVIDENCE SHOULD HAVE BIOLOGICAL PLAUSIBILITY: THE STORY OF CHLORHEXIDINE AND ITS ROLE IN SKIN ANTISEPSIS
Speaker: Prof. Matthias Maiwald, National University of Singapore
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12 Feb. 13(FREE ... British Teleclass)
COMMISSIONING INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL SERVICES IN THE NEW NHS

Speaker: Debbie King, NHS Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group, UK
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13 Feb. 13(South Pacific Teleclass)
HOSPITAL DESIGN AND INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Speaker: Dr Massimo Giola, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, New Zealand
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28 Feb. 13THE CLINICAL AND BUSINESS CASE FOR INVESTING IN IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE
Speaker: Mark Heller, Unisource Worldwide, Canada
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06 Mar. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - North America)
PATIENT PARTICIPATION IN HAND HYGIENE PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT - PROS & CONS

Speaker: Dr Maryanne McGuckin (arguing PRO) & Prof. Yves Longtin (arguing CON)
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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07 Mar. 13RATIONALE AND CONCEPTS IN DENTAL INFECTION CONTROL
Speaker: Prof. Raghu Puttaiah, Managed Care Concepts, L.L.C.
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11 Mar. 13(FREE ... Broadcast Live from APIC C.diff Conference)
DETECTING C. DIFFICILE: IS THERE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE COLON?

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Brecher, PhD, VA Boston Health Care System
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12 Mar. 13(FREE ... Broadcast Live from APIC C.diff Conference)
PRACTICAL STRATEGIES TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF C. DIFFICILE IN HEALTHCARE

Speaker: Phenelle Segal, RN, CIC, Infection Control Consulting Services
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14 Mar. 13UPDATE ON "NO TOUCH" ROOM DISINFECTION SYSTEMS: UV LIGHTS, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND OZONE
Speaker: Dr. Dick Zoutman, Queen’s University, Canada
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21 Mar. 13TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION CONTROL IN HIGH HIV BURDENED COUNTRIES
Speaker: Ginny Lipke RN, MHA, ACRN, CIC , Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta
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09 Apr. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - North America)
INNOVATION AND NEW INDICATORS IN HAND HYGIENE MONITORING

Speaker: Prof. John Boyce, Yale University, Connecticut
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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11 Apr. 13(FREE Teleclass)
IMPROVING HEALTHCARE QUALITY

Speaker: Dr. M. Rashad Massoud, Quality & Performance Institute, Maryland, USA
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17 Apr. 13(South Pacific Teleclass)
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE IN THE COMMUNITY: FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

Speaker: Prof. Tomas Riley, University of Western Australia
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18 Apr. 13LEADERSHIP IN INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Speaker: Martin Kiernan, Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
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25 Apr. 13(FREE … Denver Russell Memorial Teleclass Lecture)
ROLE OF SURFACES IN DISEASE TRASMISSION: DOES ENHANCED DISINFECTION REDUCE TRANSMISSION?

Speaker: Prof. Bill Rutala, University of North Carolina
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06 May. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - Europe ... Special Lecture for May 5 Activities)
HAND HYGIENE PROMOTION UNIVERSAL SPREAD: IMPACT AND PATIENT PARTICIPATION

Speaker: Prof. Didier Pittet, University of Geneva Hospitals and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety
Margaret Murphy, Patients for Patient Safety Programme, WHO, UK
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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09 May. 13SURVEILLANCE OF HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN ACUTE CARE SETTINGS
Speaker: Teresa Horan, MPH, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta
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16 May. 13WHAT'S NEW IN TECHNOLOGIC INNOVATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION
Speaker: Prof. Mark Rupp, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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30 May. 13PREVENTING CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN ACUTE CARE SETTINGS
Speaker: Laurie J Conway, Columbia University School of Nursing
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04 Jun. 13(FREE Teleclass ... Broadcast live from CHICA-Canada conference)
GLOBAL PATIENT SAFETY

Speaker: Sir Liam Donaldson, World Health Organization
Teleclass broadcast sponsored by GOJO (www.gojo.com)
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10 Jun. 13(FREE Teleclass ... Broadcast live from APIC conference)
INFECTION CONTROL DURING DISASTERS

Speaker: Steven Bock, New York University Langone Medical Center
Mie Saijo, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Japan
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11 Jun. 13(British Teleclass)
EU DIRECTIVE ON THE PREVENTION OF SHARPS INJURIES IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR – GETTING THE POINT ACROSS

Speaker: David Halicki, IOSH Manchester & NW Districts Branch
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12 Jun. 13(South Pacific Teleclass)
QUALITY AND SAFETY AND INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Speaker: Dr Sally Roberts, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand
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20 Jun. 13PATIENT’S EXPERIENCE OF MRSA SCREENING - WHAT CAN WE LEARN?
Speaker: Dr. Carol Pellowe, King’s College, London
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25 Jun. 13(FREE Teleclass ... Broadcast live from ICPIC conference)
(TO BE ANNOUNCED)

Speaker: To be announced
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10 Jul. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - Europe)
RISK ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITY SETTING IN INFECTION CONTROL IN LOW- TO MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

Speaker: Dr. Nizam Damani, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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11 Jul. 13SEVERE SEPSIS: EARLY RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT SAVES LIVES
Speaker: Kathleen Vollman, Advanced Nursing LLC, Michigan
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25 Jul. 13IMPROVING HAND HYGIENE BEHAVIOUR: THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND LEADERSHIP
Speaker: Dr. Anita Huis, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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07 Aug. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - North America)
DECONTAMINATION OF HIGH-TOUCH ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES IN HEALTHCARE: A CRITICAL LOOK AT CURRENT PRACTICES AND NEWER APPROACHES

Speaker: Prof. Syed A. Sattar, University of Ottawa, Canada
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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22 Aug. 13THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE FALLOUT FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTERS - THE HURRICANE SANDY STORY
Speaker: Dr. Michael Tapper, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York
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22 Aug. 13(FREE South Pacific Teleclass ... Broadcast live from the NDICN conference in New Zealand)
TO BE ANNOUNCED

Speaker: Prof. Cathryn Murphy, Infection Control Plus, Australia
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29 Aug. 13UTILIZING HOSPITAL-TO-HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIPS TO STRENGTHEN IPC
Speaker: Dr. Shams B. Syed, WHO African Partnerships for Patient Safety, Geneva
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03 Sep. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - North America)
PREVENTING CENTRAL LINE-ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS: MATCHING MICHIGAN APPROACH APPLIED IN THE USA AND OTHER COUNTRIES

Speaker: Prof. Peter Provonost, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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19 Sep. 13NOROVIRUS CONTROL IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS
Speaker: Judy Potter, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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26 Sep. 13THE ROLE OF THE CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN HOSPITAL PROTOCOLS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL RATIONAL USE
Speaker: Silvana Maria de Almeida, Hospital Albert Einstein, Brazil
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30 Sep. 13(FREE British Teleclass ... Broadcast live from IPS conference)
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE URINARY CATHETER

Speaker: Martin Kiernan, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
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02 Oct. 13(FREE British Teleclass ... Broadcast live from IPS conference)
MRSA PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Speaker: Professor Barry Cookson, University College, London
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03 Oct. 13THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT OF RELATED TO HAND HYGIENE PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE
Speaker: Dr. William Jarvis, Jason & Jarvis Inc.
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09 Oct. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - Europe)
IMPLEMENTING INFECTION CONTROL THROUGH A PATIENT SAFETY PARTNERSHIP APPROACH IN AFRICA

Speaker: Julie Storr, World Health Organisation, Geneva
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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17 Oct. 13(FREE Teleclass)
THE ROAD TO CIC CERTIFICATION: GETTING STARTED AND WORKING TOWARD SUCCESS

Speaker: Dr. Kathryn N. Suh, MD FRCPC CIC, The Ottawa Hospital ... and Ruth M. Carrico, PhD RN CIC, University of Louisville School of Public Health
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24 Oct. 13INFECTION CONTROL CONCERNING MRSA IN A LOW-ENDEMIC AREA
Speaker: Bjørg Marit Andersen, Oslo University, Norway
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30 Oct. 13(South Pacific Teleclass)
PROMOTING HANDWASHING WITH SOAP IN THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CONTEXT

Speaker: Liz McDonald, Melzies School of Health Research, Australia
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31 Oct. 13TEN TIPS FOR INCORPORATING SCIENTIFIC QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTO EVERYDAY WORK
Speaker: Prof. Don Goldmann, Harvard University
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06 Nov. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - Europe)
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE ISSUES WORLDWIDE AND THE WHO APPROACH TO COMBAT IT

Speaker: Dr. Carmen Lucia Pessoa da Silva, World Health Organisation, Geneva
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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07 Nov. 13OCCUPATIONAL INFECTION CONTROL IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS
Speaker: Robert Marton, Miami-Dade County, Florida
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14 Nov. 13DENTAL UNIT WATER CONTAMINATION - HEALTH RISKS AND METHODS OF CONTROL
Speaker: Prof. Raghu Puttaiah, Managed Care Concepts, L.L.C.
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04 Dec. 13(FREE … WHO Teleclass - Europe)
CONTROL OF MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT ORGANISMS IN THE NURSING HOME SETTING

Speaker: Prof. Andreas Voss, Nijmegen University, Netherlands
Sponsored by the World Health Organization First Global Patient Safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care (www.who.int/gpsc/en)
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12 Dec. 13LYME DISEASE: KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES OF PHYSICIANS IN A LOW ENDEMIC AREA
Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
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19 Dec. 13IS THERE VALIDITY TO VRE TESTING AND SCREENING?
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Alpha, University of Winnipeg
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