10:00

Welcome

Martin Exner – President DGKH (Germany)

Aim of the workshop
Walter Popp (Germany)

10:05-11:45

Hygiene in Surgery

Air supply in operating theatres – the French view
Pierre Parneix (France)

Air supply in operating theatres – the German view
Frank Wille (Germany)

Swedish initiatives – root cause analysis after surgical site infections in orthopedic and heart surgery
Birgitta Lytsy (Sweden)

11:45-12:45

Lunch and visit of the industrial exhibition

12:45-15:00

Handling of patients with multi-resistant bacteria

How we do it in France
Bruno Grandbastien (France)

Should we screen for multi-resistant gram-negative bacteria?
Birgit Ross (Germany)

Lessons learnt from outbreaks of multi-resistant bacteria – consequences for prevention
Martin Exner (Germany)

Prevention of antibiotic resistance in a connected world
Alex Friedrich (Netherlands)

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-17:00

What else?

Simulation training in infection control
Pierre Parneix (France)

Improving Infection Control and Hospital Hygiene in Europe – professional Networks and European Programs
Silvio Brusaferro (Italy)

Development of a regional plan for the prevention of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae infections
Angel Asensio (Spain)

17:00

Closing words

Walter Popp (Germany)