DAY 1

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08:00 – 08:30 Registration

08:30 – 08:45 Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop

• Anna Teresa Palamara (tbc)
• Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona

08:45 – 10:00 Topic 7.1.1: Strengthening implementation of IPC core competencies:

• Presentation of recommendations for changes to the current IPC competency guidance for the European Region (15 minutes). Presenters: Ulisa Jeyaratnam and Asja Kunøe (SSI, DK)
• Presentation of the preliminary new tool to self-assessment of competencies (SAS)(30 minutes). Presenters: Jette Holt (SSI, DK) and Elodie Couvé-Deacon (CHU de Limoges, France)
• Experiences from partners having pilot-tested SAS. Presenters: Anne Kjerulf (SSI, DK) and partners
• Interactive session: Bridging the gap between technical guidance and practical implementation of competencies (15 minutes). Presenters: SSI, DK and partners

10:00 – 10:45 WP7.1.2: Understanding IPC in European LTCFs: What Do the Data and the Front Line Tell Us?

• Introduction and context (5 min)
• Mapping the landscape (25 min): Analysis of LTCFs in Europe, IMAGINE project results and context.
• What Your Experience Reveals (15 min): Interactive discussion using real-time polling (Mentimeter) to capture the on-the-ground reality. Partners will share their perspectives on the challenges, structural barriers, priorities and what tools EU-JAMRAI 2 could provide for IPC implementation in LTCFs.

Presenter: Maria López (ICO, Spain) and IMAGINE (on-line)

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:45 WP 7.1.2 Innovation to support IPC implementation: the experience in Italian LTCFs.

• Online presentation
• Presenter: Prof. Antonella Agodi. Full Professor of Public Health, Director of the Department GF Ingrassia, University of Catania, Italy

11:45 – 12:15 WP7.1.3 — Implementation of IPC core components at national and local level

Presenter ISS: Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona

• IPC core components in Europe: insights from the point prevalence surveys of HAIs – online presentation
• Presenter ECDC: Diamantis Plachouras. Acting Head of Section Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections, One Health Diseases Unit, ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden

12:15 – 13:15 WP7.1.3 — INSIGHT Self-Assessment Tool: description of the tool and Mock Platform.

• Presenter ISS: Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona

13:15 – 14:00 Light Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 IPC Tools Repository: Overview of the Pilots and the repository

• Presenter: Silvana Gastaldi

15:00 – 15:30 Pilot Project “Champions” Presentations

Facilitator: Silvana Gastaldi

• Pilot 1: IPC in Austrian primary care – a clean sweep or room for improvement?
• Presenter: Richard Pentz – EU-JAMRAI team of the Austrian Public Health Institute (GOEG), Austria
• Pilot 2: Infection Control in Blood Culture Collection: Developing a Checklist for Process Monitoring
• Presenter: Ieva Voita – Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvija

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:30 Opportunities and challenges on the road of infection prenvention and control for a large University tertiary hospital – Policlinico Gemelli experience

• Presenter: Prof. Patrizia Laurenti – Director, Operative Unit of Hospital Hygiene, Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation IRCCS – Rome, Italy

16:30:17:00 Closing Remarks

• Presenter: Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona

DAY 2

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08:30 – 09:00 Arrival

09:00 – 09:15 Recap of Day 1

Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona

09:15 – 10:00 Mentimeter: “Where Are We Struggling?”

To rapidly collect participants’ perceptions of the main problems, challenges, barriers and unmet needs encountered so far in implementing WP7.1 activities (Core Components, Competencies, INSIGHT, Tools Repository, Pilots).

Facilitators: Silvana Gastaldi, Ulisa Jeyaratnam, Maria López Rodríguez

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:15 WP7.1.2 — Strengthening the Evidence Base: Insights from Diagnostic Stewardship, Guidelines Mapping, and Surveillance Harmonisation

• Interactive Evidence Check: Diagnostic Stewardship in Blood Cultures (15 min): A live poll (Mentimeter) will engage participants and highlight crucial takeaways from our systematic review.
• From Data to Directory: Launching the JAMRAI IPC Guidance Map (5 min): Presentation of the developed IPC Guidance Directory and interactive country map on the JAMRAI website.
• The Power of Collaboration: Harmonising Infection Case Definitions (7 min): The main conclusions from the report on harmonising surveillance definitions will be presented.
• Closing & Thanks (3 min). Presenter: Maria López (ICO, Spain)

11:15 – 12:15 WP 7.1.3. Peer-to-peer (P2P) activities and next steps (15 minutes)

Presenter: Asja Kunøe and Anne Kjerulf (SSI, DK) and EUCIC

• Interactive session (20 minutes): Experience with the P2P program so far. Suggestions for modifications. Needs the next two years? Which P2P activities have the greatest impact? Facilitator: Asja Kunøe, Anne Kjerulf and Ulisa Jeyaratnam (SSI, DK), and EUCIC
• P2P round table scenario with expert (15 minutes). Content from a round table about one IPC topic will be presented in plenum. Presenter: EUCIC and invited expert
• Interactive session: Questions and comments (10 minutes). Presenter: EUCIC and invited expert