Infection Control & Infectious Disease Nurse Event

This event took place at Sheffield United Football Club on 15th May 2019

The event covered the following areas (with learning outcomes shown):

 Sepsis – Kirsty Goddard, Anne Baird, and Marlene Scott

Learning Outcomes:

1. Refresh understanding and relevance of considering sepsis in primary care consultations

2. Safer face to face assessment

3. Remote triaging:  how to protect patients (and ourselves) under pressure

Wound Care Update – Kim Drewery, CNS, TVN, Manor Clinic

Learning Outcomes:

1. Updated understanding of differing wounds and the cause 

2. Recommended treatment and stages of wound healing

3. Patient factors ie medication, age, nutrition, malnutrition, underlying disease

4. Infection control – including wound assessment, factors, process, diagnosis and treatment

Immunisation Update – Katie Markham, NHS England

Learning outcomes:

1. Have an increased knowledge and awareness of childhood 0-5 years immunisation uptake at a local level and changes to the 0-19 programme

2. Be able to identify opportunities for working with local partners to help reduce inequalities in uptake

3. Increase knowledge and awareness of the Measles and Rubella elimination strategy