| 0830 – 1230 | Pre-Congress Workshops |
| 1500 – 1745 | Registration |
| 1745 – 2100 | Welcome Reception Programme Emcee: Dr Surinder Kaur M S Pada, Singapore |
| 1800 – 1830 | Opening Plenary Lecture 1: SARS & COVID-19 A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
| Awards Presentation | |
| 1830 – 1850 | Hand Hygiene Excellence  |
| 1850 – 1905 | Safe Surgery 2019 |
| 1905 – 1930 | CSSD COE 2019 |
| 1930 – 1935 | LED Lion Dance Performance |
| 1935 – 2100 | Welcome Cocktail |
| Hall 406D | Hall 406CX | Hall 405B | |
| 0730 – 0900 | Registration | ||
| 0800 – 0845 | Satellite Symposium |
Satellite Symposium
Environmental Surveillance to Inform Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Public Health Threats
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| 0845 – 0900 | Opening Ceremony Emcee: A/Prof Helen Oh, Singapore |
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| 0845 – 0850 | Welcome Speech A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore President, Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC) |
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| 0850 – 0900 | Welcome Address Guest-of-Honour: Dr Janil Puthucheary Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications, and Information & Ministry of Health Governement Whip |
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| 0900 – 0930 | Plenary Lecture 2: COVID-19 Prof Peter Collignon, Australia Session Chair: A/Prof Helen Oh, Singapore |
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| 0930 – 1000 | Teabreak / Exhibition / E-Poster Viewing | ||
| 1000 – 1130 | Symposium 1: Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Surveillance Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 2: COVID-19 Dr Cori Dennison, United States of America |
Symposium 3: Hand Hygiene Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
| 1000 – 1020 | Asian Perspective Prof Chung Doo Ryeon, Republic of Korea |
COVID Response from Regional Hospital in Singapore Dr Surinder Kaur M S Pada, Singapore |
Global Perspective on Hand Hygiene Prof Didier Pittet, Switzerland |
| 1020 – 1040 | CDC Perspective Speaker coming soon! |
COVID Response from National Centre Dr Shawn Vasoo, Singapore |
Practical Issues on Hand Hygiene compliance Dr Sharon Salmon, Philippines |
| 1040 – 1100 | WHO Perspective Dr Benedetta Allegranzi, Switzerland |
COVID Response from whole of country A/Prof Vernon Lee, Singapore |
Behavior Science and Hand Hygiene: An Incomplete Science Dr Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
| 1100 – 1120 | Question and Answer Session | Laboratory Safety in COVID-19 Diagnostics A/Prof Viji Vijayan, Singapore |
Question and Answer Session |
| 1120 – 1130 | Question and Answer Session | ||
| 1130 – 1230 | Satellite Symposium |
Adult Pneumococcal Vaccination in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond |
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| 1230 – 1300 | Plenary Lecture 3: Politics and Pandemic Dr Trish Perl, United States of America Session Chair: Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Singapore |
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| 1300 – 1430 | Symposium 4: Healthcare Associated Respiratory Diseases Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 5: Sterilisation & Disinfection Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 6: IPC in Special Settings: ILTC and Home Care Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
| 1300 – 1320 | HA Tuberculosis Dr Wing-Hong Seto, Hong Kong SAR |
Will Guidelines Help Ms Patricia Ching, Hong Kong SAR |
State-of-the-art for ambulatory IC Dr William R. Jarvis, United States of America |
| 1320 – 1340 | HA Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses Prof Tan Ban Hock, Singapore |
Singapore Perspective on Endoscopy Reprocessing Ms Sherry Chua, Singapore |
Local Perspective on IPC in ILTCs Ms Leong Chin Jong, Singapore |
| 1340 – 1400 | High Level Isolation for Highly Contagious Infections Prof Leo Yee Sin, Singapore* |
Latest Update on Sterilisation & Disinfection Dr David Weber, United States of America |
Situation of MDRO transmission prevention among hospitals in a middle income country Dr Akeau Unnahalekhaka, Thailand |
| 1400 – 1420 | Question and Answer Session | Lessons Learnt from an Incident of Incomplete Sterilization in a Large Dental Facility Dr Chelsia Sim, Singapore |
Question and Answer Session |
| 1420 – 1430 | Question and Answer Session | ||
| 1430 – 1500 | Teabreak / Exhibition / E-Poster Viewing | ||
| 1500 – 1630 | Symposium 7: Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Organisms Session Chair: Ms Christine Eu, Singapore |
Symposium 8: Environmental Hygiene Session Chair: Ms Foo Meow Ling, Singapore |
Symposium 9: Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) / Ventilator-Associated Events Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
| 1500 – 1520 | Epidemiology of MDROs in Asia Prof Po-Ren Hsueh, Taiwan |
Building Design and Engineering approaches in Air-Borne Infection Control A/Prof Terrence Rohan Chinniah, Sri Lanka |
Strategies for prevention of VAP Dr Sasheela A/p Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, Malaysia |
| 1520 – 1540 | Clostridioides Difficile Prof Thomas Riley, Australia |
Outbreaks related to the environment Dr Trish Perl, United States of America |
Controversies in definition of VAP Prof Stephan Harbarth, Switzerland |
| 1540 – 1600 | Antimicrobial Use, Infection and MDROs: A Whole-Health-Economy Perspective Prof Alison Holmes, United Kingdom |
Controversies in Decontamination Prof Andreas Voss, Netherlands |
Treatment of VAP and AMR Dr Mo Yin, Singapore |
| 1600 – 1620 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1620 – 1630 | |||
| 1630 – 1800 | Debate Session 1: Lockdown vs No Lockdown Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 10: Waste Management Session Chair: Ms Lee Lai Chee, Singapore |
Symposium 11: Free Paper Presentation Session Chair: Dr Sharon Salmon, Philippines |
| 1630 – 1650 | A/Prof Alex Cook, Singapore Prof Peter Collignon, Australia rowspan3 |
The role of surfaces in the transmission of emerging infectious diseases (MERS, COVID-19, Ebola): Pathogen survival and disinfection Dr David Weber, United States of America |
1630 – 1645 hrs Microbiological surveillance of endoscopes in a Singapore tertiary academic hospital: A retrospective study from 2018 to 2021 Ms Zhimin Zhang, Singapore |
| 1650 – 1710 | Waste Handling for Highly Infectious Pathogens Dr Brenda Ang, Singapore |
1645 – 1700 hrs Reduce Cost and Re-sterilization rate of Reusable Medical Device Sets by Reorganizing and Rearranging Packaging and Process Mrs Rungtawan Sutthiwichienchot, Thailand |
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| 1710 – 1730 | Waste Management Issues in Low and Middle-income Countries Dr Namita Jaggi, India |
1700 – 1715 hrs Surveillance and Control Efforts for Carbapenemase-Producing Gram-Negatives at a High Burden Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Dr Tuan Huynh, Vietnam |
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| 1730 – 1750 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | 1715 – 1730 hrs Incidence and Predictors of Escherichia coli Producing Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL-Ec) in Queensland, Australia, from 2010 to 2019: A Population-Based Spatial Analysis Ms Weiping Ling, Australia |
| 1730 – 1745 hrs Acquisition rate of carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) among hospital contacts of CPO patients: An interim subgroup analysis of a cohort study Ms Sharifah Farhanah Syed Husen, Singapore |
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| 1750 – 1800 | Question and Answer Session | ||
| 1800 – 1900 | Council Meeting Hall 406D |
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| Hall 406D | Hall 406CX | Hall 405B | |
| 0730 – 0900 | Registration | ||
| 0800 – 0845 | Satellite Symposium |
Satellite Symposium
Moisture Retention; The Great Cover Up
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| 0900 – 0930 | Plenary Lecture 4: IPC for AMR Prof Susan Huang, United States of America Session Chair: Dr Tan Seow Yen, Singapore |
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| 0930 – 1000 | Teabreak / Exhibition / E-Poster Viewing | ||
| 1000 – 1130 | Symposium 12: Outbreak Management Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 13: IPC Considerations in Building and Renovation Session Chair: Ms Foo Meow Ling, Singapore |
Symposium 14: Implementation Science in IP Dr Cori Dennison, United States of America |
| 1000 – 1020 | Lessons Learnt from historical outbreaks Dr William R. Jarvis, United States of America |
Overview Ms Glenys Harrington, Australia |
Behavioral Change Dr Wing-Hong Seto, Hong Kong SAR |
| 1020 – 1040 | WHO Perspective on outbreak management Prof Dale Fisher, Singapore |
How can patient environment contributed to HAI? Dr Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
Implementation of Infection Prevention across different cultures Dr Ermira Tartari, Malta |
| 1040 – 1100 | Local Perspective on outbreaks Dr Shawn Vasoo, Singapore |
Local Perspective A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
Implementing IPC & AMS best practice Dr Andrew Stewardson, Australia |
| 1200 – 1220 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1120 – 1130 | |||
| 1130 – 1230 | Satellite Symposium | Session Chair: A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore
Efficacy of PX-UV to SARS-CoV-2 and Anti-Microbial Resistance Through 3 Countries Experiences A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore
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| 1230 – 1300 | Plenary Lecture 5: Getting infection control right in the face of a pandemic Prof Didier Pittet, Switzerland Session Chair: Ms Foo Meow Ling, Singapore |
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Symposium 15: Antibiotic Stewardship in the Region Session Chair: Dr Tan Seow Yen, Singapore |
Symposium 16: Microbiological Diagnosis for IPC Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 17: Prevention of Blood Stream Infections Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
| 1300 – 1320 | East Malaysia Perspective Dr Siew-Moy Fong, Malaysia |
Role of Public Health Lab in IPC Dr Nancy Tee, Singapore |
Chinese Perspective on CLABSI Dr Zong ZhiYong, China |
| 1320 – 1340 | National Implementation of Surveillance of Antimicrobial Utilization and Antimicrobial Stewardship Dr Mari Rose los Reyes, Philippines |
Role of Laboratory in detection, effective management and control of IPC A/Prof Terrence Rohan Chinniah, Sri Lanka |
What is New with Devices Dr Trish Perl, United States of America |
| 1340 – 1400 | Local Perspective A/Prof David Lye, Singapore |
Emerging Carbapenem Resistance – Microbiological Approaches Dr V Balaji, India |
Recent Development Closer to date Ms Glenys Harrington, Australia |
| 1400 – 1420 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1420 – 1430 | |||
| 1430 – 1500 | Teabreak / Exhibition / E-Poster Viewing | ||
| 1500 – 1630 | Symposium 18: MRSA & Other Gram Positive Session Chair: Ms Christine Eu, Singapore |
Symposium 19: Molecular Typing in IPC Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 20: SSI Prevention Strategies Session Chair: Ms Lee Lai Chee, Singapore |
| 1500 – 1520 | Latest in Preventional and Control of MRSA Prof Susan Huang, United States of America |
Role of Molecular Typing Prof Stephan Harbarth, Switzerland |
Japanese Perspective Dr Keita Morikane, Japan |
| 1520 – 1540 | Singapore Perspective on MRSA control Prof Dale Fisher, Singapore |
Molecular Typing in IPC in Singapore Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, Singapore |
Using Data to Improve SSI Survelliance Speaker coming soon! |
| 1540 – 1600 | MRSA molecular epidemiology in Asia A/Prof Hsu Li Yang, Singapore |
Molecular epidemiology in outbreaks A/Prof Koh Tse Hsien, Singapore |
SSI Updates Dr Tan Seow Yen, Singapore |
| 1600 – 1620 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
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| 1630 – 1800 | Debate Session 2: Is room ventilation important in management of patients with respiratory viral infections? Session Chair: Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, Singapore |
Symposium 21: Paediatric Neonatal IPC Session Chair: Ms Lee Shu Lay, Singapore |
Symposium 22: Emerging Fungal Infection Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
| 1630 – 1650 | Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Singapore Dr Julian Tang, United Kingdom |
Neonatal IPC A/Prof Zubair Amin, Singapore & Ms Wang Xia, Singapore |
Outbreaks of fungal infections Dr Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
| 1650 – 1710 | IC in Respiratory Pathogens & Paediatric Dr Chan Si Min, Singapore |
Aspergillus and Indoor Air A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
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| 1710 – 1730 | Norovirus and Enteroviruses – Infection Control Challenges Dr Siew-Moy Fong, Malaysia |
Emerging Fungal Infection A/Prof Louis Chai, Singapore |
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| 1730 – 1750 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1750 – 1800 | |||
| Hall 406D | Hall 406CX | Hall 405B | |
| 0730 – 0900 | Registration | ||
| 0800 – 0845 | Satellite Symposium |
Satellite Symposium |
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| 0900 – 0930 | Plenary Lecture 6 – Future of IPC in Post-COVID World Prof Benedetta Allegranz, Switzerland Session Chair: Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, Singapore |
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| 0930 – 1000 | Teabreak / Exhibition / E-Poster Viewing | ||
| 1000 – 1130 | Symposium 23: Recent Outbreaks Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 24: Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Healthcare Settings Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 25: IPC in Haemodialysis, OPAT and Other Ambulatory Settings Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
| 1000 – 1020 | Candida Auris Dr Somani Jyoti, Singapore |
Vaccines for Healthcare Workers in Singapore Dr Sapna Pradip Sadarangani, Singapore |
Practical Ambulatory IPC Ms Glenys Harrington, Australia |
| 1020 – 1040 | Containminated Ultrasound Gel Dr Surinder Kaur M S Pada, Singapore |
COVID Vaccine Speaker coming soon! |
CDC Recommendations on ambulatory IC Speakrer coming soon! |
| 1040 – 1100 | Outbreaks Surveillance in the Pandemic Dr Mari Rose De Los Reyes, Philippines |
National Guidelines on adult vaccination A/Prof Helen Oh, Singapore |
Local Perspective on IPC in hemodialysis Dr Suzie Burford, Singapore |
| 1100 – 1120 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1120 – 1130 | |||
| 1130 – 1230 | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium | |
| 1230 – 1300 | Teabreak / Exhibition / E-Poster Viewing | ||
| 1300 – 1430 | Symposium 26: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 27: IP Professional Development Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
Symposium 28: Literature Review Session Chair: Coming Soon! |
| 1300 – 1320 | Lab in CAUTI Prof Yee-Chun Chen, Taiwan |
HK Experience Dr Patricia Ching, Hong Kong SAR |
Literature review – what IPNs read apart from COVID-19 updates? Ms Lee Lai Chee, Singapore |
| 1320 – 1340 | Novel Technologies in CAUTI Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Singapore |
Global Approach to IPC career development Prof Alison Holmes, United Kingdom |
Infection control papers for bedtime reading Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, Singapore |
| 1340 – 1400 | Using Collaborative model to improve practice (Prevention of CAUTI)? Dr Akeau Unnahalekhaka, Thailand |
Local Experience A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
Making Sense of COVID Literature A/Prof David Lye, Singapore |
| 1400 – 1420 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Social Media Dr Martin Kiernan, United Kingdom |
| 1420 – 1430 | Question and Answer Session | ||
| 1430 – 1600 | Closing Ceremony Hall 406CX1. Video from Next President2. Awards Presentation of 3 Best Poster Presentation3. Closing Speech A/Prof Helen Oh |
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Note:
Programme is updated as of 25 June 2022
The programme may be subject to change without prior notice.