Day 1 (Tuesday, December 3)

08.30– 09.00 Registration

09.00 – 09.10 Welcome and housekeeping

• Miquel Pujol (ICO)
• Antonio Lopez (PRAN coordination from AEMPS, Spanish Ministry of Health)

09.10 – 09.30 Introduction to the meeting. Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona (ISS)

09.30 – 11.10 IPC: Implementation and training. Moderator: Brian Kristensen (SSI)

09.30 -10.00 ECDC activities supporting IPC in the EU/EEA (Diamantis Plachouras ECDC)

10.00-10.30 Coffee break and networking

10.30 – 11.10 How ECDC is supporting IPC (to be confirmed) (ECDC)

• Status of IPC implementation in Europe and possibilities of support to EU-JAMRAI 2 (Ana Paula Coutinho Rehse, WHO)
• How EUCIC can support the institutions participating to EU-JAMRAI (Gabriel Birgand, EUCIC)

11.10 – 12.00 Tools session. Moderator: Fortunato “Paolo D’Ancona” (ISS)

1. Survey presentation: Tools and guidance to implement IPC strategies effectively across healthcare settings – Silvana Gastaldi (ISS)
2. Development of an IPC core components self- evaluation tool – Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona (ISS)

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and networking

13.00 –13.15 Presentation of the afternoon workshop

SSI representatives – Brian Kristensen

13.15 – 13.30 Moving to the group rooms

13.30 – 15.00 Breakout Session

• Group 1: Training (P2P exchange programs, mentorships, observership, webinars). Gabriel Birgand (EUCIC), Anne Kjerulf and Asja Kunøe (SSI)
• Group 2: IPC tools, self-assessment and digital platforms to enhance IPC implementation: a brainstorming / Discussing the template of pilot projects – Fortunato “Paolo” D’Ancona (ISS) and Silvana Gastaldi (ISS)
• Group 3: Blood cultures indication: adaptation to the EU context – Miquel Pujol and Ana Alvarez Fernandez (ICO (CatSalut/Departament de Salut))

15.00. – 15.30 Coffee break and networking

15:30 – 16:15 Feedback from the working groups – Moderator: Brian Kristensen (SSI) ISS, SSI, ICO (CatSalut/Departament de Salut)

16.15 – 16.45 Presentation from partners to WP7.1. Moderator: D’ancona Fortunato (ISS)

• Experience I
  • Presenter: Pia Cathrin Kristiansen. Senior Advisor, Department of Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NIPH
  • Presentation Content: NIPH’s experience with the implementation of the National tool for observation of infection prevention measures in healthcare (NOST), a short introductory video of how NOST works, and various ongoing research related to implementation of NOST
• Experience II
  • Presenter: Shirley B. Pérez, M.D. Doctor in Health Sciences. Master in Public Health, Master in Management and Planning of Health Services, Quality Manager and Health Auditor. Health Area VII. East Murcia. Hospital General Universitario. Reina Sofía.
  • Presentation Content: Experience of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) program, of the Preventive Medicine teams of five health areas of the Murcian Health Service

16.45 – 17.00 First day closing and what will happen tomorrow

Day 2 (Wednesday, December 4)

08.30 – 9.00 Arrival

09.00 – 09.10 Introduction

ISS representative

09.10 – 10.30 EU framework on standards in IPC programs

1. Status of ongoing activities on Diagnostic Stewardship on blood cultures review, and on the review of guidelines and recommendations on IPC in the ECDC directory
2. Next steps on the methodology for the development of minimum requirements for LTCFs with WHO

ICO (CatSalut/Departament de Salut) representatives

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break and networking

11.00 – 11.50 EU competency framework

Evaluation of the ECDC document on “Core competencies for infection control and hospital hygiene professionals in the European Union – and next steps. Ulisa Jeyaratnam and Asja Kunøe (SSI)

Presentation of IPC core competencies self-assessment system. Jette Holt (SSI)

11.50 – 12.00 Wrapping up. ISS representative