Risks from pathogens in healthcare environments – Where does decontamination come in?
Martin Kiernan
Clinical Director of GAMA Healthcare
Time: 28 March 2019, 18:00 AEDT
Venue: The Royal Women’s Hospital Conference Room A Ground Floor (Level G), 20 Flemington Road, Parkville 3025
Environmental risks from pathogens associated with healthcare-acquired infections
Whose job is it to decontaminate?
How can the environment and multi-patient devices be made safe for the next patient?
Challenges in decontamination and materials compatibility
The importance of collaboration between users and manufacturers of devices and decontamination systems.
Martin has worked in infection prevention and control for 27 years in a variety of settings. He is a Visiting Clinical Fellow at the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London and Clinical Director of GAMA Healthcare, where he is responsible for clinical research and education. Prior to this he was Nurse Consultant and Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust in the North-West of England.
Martin has been a member of the Department of Health (England) advisory committee on antimicrobial resistance, prescribing and healthcare-associated infection for the past ten years, is past president of the Infection Prevention Society and has led the scientific committee for the Healthcare Infection Society international conferences in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
His research interests centre on environmental hygiene, surveillance and urinary catheter-associated infections. He has presented at many international conferences, has published over 50 papers and articles in peer-reviewed journals.