L1 LUNCH WORKSHOP
Organised by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Healthcare-associated infections represent an urgent public health issue and a threat to the safety of European patients. Controlling and preventing these infections is therefore a responsibility for any healthcare system and any institution providing healthcare to European patients.
The objective of this session is to engage key stakeholders, the state, the hospital, the patient and the healthcare inspectorate, as well as our audience, in a discussion about how Europe can provide the highest standards of hygiene and infection control in its innovative healthcare systems. ECDC will also be presenting the latest data available from across the EU countries.
Speakers
John F Ryan, DG Health and Consumers, European Commission
Elisabeth Presterl, Professor, Clinical Institute of Hospital Hygiene, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Jan Wijngaarden, Chief Inspector of Public Health, The Health Care Inspectorate, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands
Laurène Souchet, European Patients’ Forum
Dominique Monnet, Senior Expert & Head of Programme, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Moderation
Marc Sprenger, Director, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)