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OneTogether: the mission to reduce SSIs
The mission to reduce the incidence of surgical site infection continues to gain momentum, with a high impact programme of expert insights at this year’s OneTogether conference. CSJ provides an overview of this must-attend event.
Dedicated to reducing the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs), the OneTogether UK Expert Conference 2025 is taking place on the 6 March 2025 at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham. Organised as part of a partnership between the Infection Prevention Society, Central Sterilising Club, Association for Perioperative Practice, The College of Operating Department Practitioners and Solventum, the event brings together top experts to drive improvement. SSIs account for 16% of healthcare associated infections and are associated with considerable morbidity, mortality and increased costs of care. Around 5% of all surgical patients develop an SSI and those patients that experience an infection are five times more likely to be readmitted and are twice as likely to die.1 Surveillance of SSIs in NHS hospitals in
England (April 2023 to March 2024), by the UKHSA, shows that Enterobacterales continued to make up the highest proportion of causative organisms across all surgical categories for both superficial (29.9%) and deep or organ and space (30.1%) SSIs. Compared to the previous year, the proportion of SSIs caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) showed marginal increases for superficial (2.1% and 2.3%) infections and decreases for deep or organ and space
Venue and travel
The National Conference Centre (NCC) is centrally situated at J6 on the M42 with excellent transport links to Birmingham International Airport and train station, which are both just a 5-minute drive away. Central Birmingham is a 25 minutes’ drive, and is equally accessible from the North and South, with both Manchester and London a 2-hour drive away. There are over 1000 FREE parking spaces
on site at the NCC. Charge points for electric vehicles and disabled parking is also available.
The NCC is an accessible venue, with all public
entrances allowing step free access by wheelchair via low gradient ramps and automatic doors. Once inside the venue, all floors are on a level, offering unobstructed travel to all areas of the event venue. There are lifts available to access the lower floors and dedicated chairlifts to access the upper floors. You can find out more about this year’s
venue by visiting the NCC website: https://www.
nationalconferencecentre.co.uk/
infections (2.5% and 2.4%), while the proportion caused by meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) decreased for both superficial (17.3% and 15.9%) and deep or organ and space infections (18.4% and 17.2%.)2 While progress has been achieved in tackling
SSIs in UK hospitals, there is still room for significant improvement and sharing best practices can help to reduce unnecessary readmissions, reduce the length of hospital stay, reduce costs for healthcare providers and, most importantly, improve outcomes and the quality of life for patients. The mission of the OneTogether partners
is to promote and support the spread and adoption of best practice to prevent SSIs across the surgical patient pathway. By connecting interested professionals in surgery, infection prevention and key industry partners for the healthcare community, OneTogether is striving to improve overall patient care. OneTogether aims to:
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