The first webinar lecture in WHO's infection control webinar series will take place on Tuesday, January 19 at 3pm Central European time (9am in New York).
Sign up free of charge to Dr Benedetta Allegranzi's lecture on the Global Burden of Health Care-Associated Infections by going to http://tinyurl.com/yhzl3wa(remember if this link does not take you directly to the web page copy the address details into the URL line of an open web page). After you have registered your details here you will receive full instructions of how to join the webinar.
Lecture overview:
Health care-associated infections (HCAI) affect hundreds of millions of patients worldwide every year. Infections lead to more serious illness, prolong hospital stays, induce long-term disabilities, add high costs to patients and their families, contribute to a massive, additional financial burden on the health-care system and, critically, often result in tragic loss of life.
Although the risk of acquiring HCAI is universal and pervades every health-care facility and system around the world, the global burden is unknown because of the difficulty of gathering reliable diagnostic data.
This presentation will give an overview of the epidemiology and impact of HCAI in both developing and developed countries according to comprehensive systematic reviews of the literature.
System Requirements for the webinar:
- PC-based attendees
- Required: Windows(r) 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh(r)-based attendees
- Required: Mac OS(r) X 10.4 (Tiger(r)) or newer
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It is a network of like minded people working in various aspects of infection prevention & control (IPC) in Africa with an aim to establish support in training, operational research and high standards of healthcare practice in healthcare facilities
