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30 April 2008

C. difficile and HCAI Seminar – free places, but book quickly

There are still a few places available at the forthcoming Oxoid Infection Control Seminar. This popular event is being held on Tuesday 13 May 2008 at the Walton Hall and Hotel, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. This is the fifth year that Oxoid has hosted its popular Infection Control Seminar. The Seminar is free to attend, but places do need to be booked in advance. 

The full day’s agenda includes:

• Acinetobacter - old friend or new foe: Dr Kevin Towner, Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre
• Turning the tide on healthcare associated infection: Dr Mike Cooper, Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust
• Outbreaks and the role of the laboratory in controlling incidence of Clostridium difficile: Dr Andrew Pearson, HPA, Colindale
• A vaccine for the management of C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD): Dr Paul Giannasca, Vice President for Development, Acambis
• Changing Prescribing Habits: Prof Alasdair MacGowan, North Bristol NHS Trust
• Reducing HCAI rates in the NHS: Prof Brian Duerden, Cardiff University, and Inspector of Microbiology and Infection Control at the Department of Health.

This event is accredited by the Royal College of Nursing, the Institute of Biomedical Scientists and the Royal College of Pathologists.

To request a place (places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis), please contact Fiona Macrae, marketing communications manager, Oxoid – email; fiona.macrae@thermofisher.com stating your name, position and hospital with full contact details or telephone her on 01256 694318.