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and sepsis project lead, who will be giving the overview of the project undertaken and the results.
l Jennie Wilson, associate professor, healthcare epidemiology, University West London, will be sharing with the audience the One Together Project work she has helped to develop and which Northumbria had participated as one of the pilot sites in the launch. Jennie will also be discussing the change in micro- organisms causing surgical site infection.
l Tamsin Oswald and David Tate, consultant microbiologists at Northumbria, have agreed to step up to have the debate on positive urine dip/culture and the decision of whether to give antibiotics or cancel scheduled primary/revision surgery, followed by participation of the audience after the debate and vote.
l Annie Laverty, clinical director, patient experience, Northumbria, will present “Top Tips for Improvement in Trauma and Orthopaedics”.
l Jeff Brown, consultant anaesthetist from Northern Ireland, will present his work on “Improving Rates of Normothermia – looking at Non-invasive Solutions for Core Temperature”.
l Mike Reed on day two will be presenting on the evidence for ring fencing of beds and use of Betadine lavage for infection prevention. He will be jointly presenting alongside Annie Laverty.
Advanced surgical
cutting solutions DE SOUTTER MEDICAL is a leading manufacturer of surgical power tools developing, producing cost effective, advanced surgical cutting solutions for a rapidly changing global healthcare market. The De Soutter Medical product range is primarily focused on the orthopaedics and trauma marketplace. Its instruments are used for both large and small bone surgery. The company also manufactures powered instruments for arthroscopy, maxillo- facial, oral, ENT, cardiothoracic, neuro, spinal and plastics procedures. Its surgical range includes both modular and dedicated instruments, with a choice of battery,
rates and antibiotic resistance patterns”.
l Andrea Pujol Nicolas, clinical fellow, Northumbria, will be talking on a “New paradigm in the treatment of
periprosthetic joint infections – enzymatic biofilm prevention and dispersal using a marine Endonuclease.”
l Ramsay Refaie, specialist registrar, Northumbria, will deliver the results on his work in “Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention”.
l Haaris Iqbal, academic fellow, will be presenting work on the “qPCR diagnostics – point of care in theatre”.
l Ajay Malviya, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, will be delivering his talk on the MSSA screening pre-operatively initiative at Northumbria.
l Richard Holleyman, specialist registrar at Northumbria, will be delivering two talks over the day on “Risk factors for development of deep infection following primary hip and knee surgery” and also on “Risk factors for development of deep infection following hip fracture surgery”.
l Martin Marsh, specialist registrar at Northumbria, will be presenting on “High dose dual antibiotic cement and the effect it has on hip hemiarthroplasty infection
Northumbria will again be hosting a gala dinner on the evening of Tuesday 18 October and the team are excited to have secured Claire Lomas as the after dinner speaker. Claire made worldwide headlines in 2012 when completing the London Marathon in a pioneering robotic suit taking 17 days. She has overcome adversity and turned her life around and has fundraised over £500,000 to help cure paralysis and become one of Britain’s most inspirational women. There are still some places available and anyone wishing to register please go to
www.qist.co.uk or you can email for more information: qist@nothumbria-
healthcare.nhs.uk
l Please note places for the gala dinner on Tuesday 18th October are limited and are on a first come first served basis.
Theatre quality, single-use
electric or pneumatic power options. In addition, the company produces a full range of cast removal systems and autopsy saws. All De Soutter Medical surgical instruments are supported by an extensive Stericut range of sterile packed burs and blades, and the ECO Pulse lavage system.
Blade and scalpel safety solutions
A full range of blade and scalpel safety solutions, along with training on best practice when handling surgical blades, is available through SWANN-MORTON – assisting healthcare institutions in achieving compliance with current UK legislation on Sharps Safety, which is now being audited by the HSE.
The single-use blade remover, retractable safety scalpels, including the stitch cutter
OCTOBER 2016
and the KLEEN blade management system are now joined by a Qlicksmart range which features Blade FLASK, Blade SINGLE, Blade CASSETTE and the BladeNeedle SYSTEM offering simpler safer ways of removing and disposing of contaminated blades after use. SnapIT, an easy-to-use multi-use ampoule opener, which helps to avoid sharps injury also comes in house.
instruments RB MEDICAL is well established in the supply of instruments and accessories for ENT, gynaecology, laparoscopy, urology, ophthalmology and orthopaedics. It offers a wide range of theatre quality, single-use instruments including metal suction tubes, biopsy forceps and TUR electrodes. The company also supplies single-use instrument procedure packs for use in most surgical specialties.
More and more hospitals are choosing the RB Medical basket system because it offers the best protection of reusable instruments during the decontamination process. Every set of instruments requires a unique design to achieve perfect protection. The company’s versatile holding system can be adapted to a wide range of sizes of baskets and cassettes for instruments from all medical specialties including dental and ophthalmic. By choosing the RB Medical fully validated system, hospitals enjoy the benefits of longer instrument life, reduced repair bills and less down time through missing parts.
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