2018 National OPAT Conference

BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 200 OPAT EXPERTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE, DISCUSS SUCCESS STORIES AND LEARN ABOUT UPCOMING CHALLENGES IN THE OPAT SETTING

DAY 1 – 13 DECEMBER
QEII CONFERENCE CENTRE, LONDON

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Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mr Mark Gilchrist

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SESSION ONE: CAN I TELL YOU A STORY?

My OPAT journey – a younger person’s perspective, Question and Answer sessions

Mr Thomas Mallet

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SESSION TWO: OPAT CHALLENGES IN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

OPAT via telemedicine (Presentation via Skype)

Dr Paul Ingram

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Defining the positive outcome – OPAT in palliative care

Dr Eoghan de Barra

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Managing Staphylococcal Bacteraemias

Sanjita Brito-Mutunayagam

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The challenge of orthopaedic infections in the post OVIVA era

Dr Bridget Atkins

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SESSION THREE: DELIVERING SAFER OPAT

Good Practice Recommendations – the key learning points

Dr Ann Chapman

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Using OPAT to drive paediatric stewardship

Dr Sanjay Patel & Miss Emily Tanner

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Beyond the OPAT MDT: hazards and opportunities

Dr Andrew Seaton

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DEBATE: OPAT COMPETENCIES – NEEDED OR NOT?

Speaking in favour

Dr Sue Snape

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Speaking against

Dr Sarah Logan

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SESSION FIVE: DRUGS & DEVICES

Outpatient management of complex oral antibiotic regimens

Ms Julie Statham

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ECG directed PICC line insertion

Mrs Elizabeth Wilson

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Vascular health management in children

Miss Ruth Cantwell

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A comparison of bolus versus infusion administration of ceftraiaxone in patients under OPAT

Miss Lucille Mclean

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Evaluating the safety of antibiotic administration using elastomeric devises in children managed within a tertiary paediatric OPAT service

Mrs Jacqueline Gray

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SESSION SIX: LESSONS AND DILEMMAS FROM THE REGIONS

Setting up an in house elastomeric device service for OPAT

Dr Sue Snape

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Role of OPAT in hemodialysis

Dr Carolyn Hemsley

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Vascular graft infection and OPAT

Dr Fiona Andrewartha

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Tubo-ovarian abscess and OPAT

Dr James Hatcher

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Nurse led management of SSTIs

Ms Claire Vallance

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SESSION SEVEN: NATIONAL DISCUSSION FORUM

Facilitated discussion addressing issues raised by delegates

Panel comprising: Mr Mark Gilchrist, Dr Andrew Seaton, Dr Sanjay Patel, Mrs Liz Wilson & Dr Ann Chapman

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DAY 2 – TUESDAY 13 MARCH
QEII CONFERENCE CENTRE, LONDON

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SESSION EIGHT: INTERACTIVE CLINICAL CASE STUDIES

Case Study 1: UBI PUS, IBI EVAQUA & Case Study 2: Double Trouble

Dr Chris Lynch

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Case Study 3: Bacteraemia, Haemodialysis and OPAT

Dr Hector Maxwell-Scott

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Case Study 4: Bacteraemia, Haemodialysis and OPAT

Dr Anna Goodman

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SESSION TEN: KEYNOTE LECTURE

Role of extended dosing interval antimicrobials in OPAT

Dr Urania Rappo

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SESSION ELEVEN: INVITED PAPERS

Colour coded classification of OPAT patients as an alternative model of care

Ms Julie Statham

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Developing a Risk Prediction Model for 30-Day Unplanned Hospitalisation in Patients Receiving Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Dr Chris Durojaiye

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Identifying risk factors for non-completion of OPAT course to enable intervention before and during home treatment

Dr Ian Miskin

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Using NORS data to optimise duration of antibiotic therapy in OPAT

Dr John Williams

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A systematic review of Human Factors identified from Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy research using the SEIPS 2.0 model

Mrs Sara Jo Bugeja

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SESSION TWELVE: INFORMING THE FUTURE AGENDA

Measuring practice and outcomes – Registry outputs and what they mean

Mr Mark Gilchrist

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UK Drug Stability Testing Programme – outputs and future aspirations

Dr Conor Jamieson

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OPAT 2019 and beyond

Mr Mark Gilchrist

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