14 November 2018, ICC Birmingham

OneTogether is a partnership between leading professional organisations, who have a shared interest in reducing the risk of surgical site infection (SSI). Our annual conference is free to attend, and brings together hundreds of clinicians from across the UK and further afield, with places on a strictly limited basis.

Event Agenda

The fifth annual conference for OneTogether will see the launch of our third Quality Improvement Resource, which is focused on the surgical environment. Based on the latest scientific evidence, guidance around theatre ventilation, movement in and out of theatres and cleaning processes will be shared.

Time	Topic	Speaker
10:00	Welcome	Dawn Stott
10:15	How the past can inform the future: the time travelling operating theatre	Harriet Palfreyman
10:45	Introducing the OneTogether Surgical Environment Quality Improvement Resource	Tracey Radcliffe
11:00	Break
11:30	Stop the flow! Reducing movement in theatres	Kathryn Topley
12:00	How clean is your theatre?	Jennie Wilson
12:30	Good air days. Ventilation in theatres to reduce SSIs.	Peter Hoffmann
13:00	Lunch
13:45	Surgical Site Surveillance for all knife to skin procedures	Vanessa Whatley
14:15	Photo at Discharge (PaD): Improving information to patient and carers	Melissa Rochon
14:45	Impact Awards 2018	Adrian Jones
15:15	Below 10,000 feet. Fostering a positive environment for change	Robert Tomlinson
15:45	Evaluation and Feedback	Dawn Stott
16:00	Close

New Resources

All delegates at the conference will receive a copy of our new Surgical Enviroment Quality Improvement Resource. Summarising the latest scientific evidence around theatre ventilation, movement in and out of theatres and cleaning processes. We will also be launching a Skin Disinfection Decision Guide in a poster format.

Impact Award

We are inviting health care professionals to enter our annual Impact Awards. If you have undertaken steps to improve patient outcomes and reduce the risk of SSI, then we want to celebrate and share your success. Enter before 30 September 2018. Please visit the OneTogether website for more information.