This exciting new hybrid training course is a collaborative effort coordinated by many leading experts from Europe, USA, Australia and the Penta-ID Network! The ESPID-sponsored programme is structured in two fully interactive components: an online training course with integrated live webinar sessions and an additional 2-day on-site IPC simulation workshop in Athens, Greece to consolidate the online learning.
- Residential course: 4 – 5 October, 2025 (Registration closed)
- Online learning: 10 March – 11 May, 2025 (Registration closed)
What is known?
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) pose a significant burden on paediatric healthcare systems worldwide. By investing in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), we can significantly reduce the incidence of HAIs in children, improving paediatric patient outcomes and saving healthcare costs. We need to do more to prevent infections that would have required management with antibiotics, which are exacerbating the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in maternal and child health. IPC is the most logical and cost-effective first step in fighting HAIs and AMR, and can be easily adapted and deployed in resource-limited settings. Hand Hygiene (HH) alone has been shown to significantly lower HAIs, thus making it the simplest, cheapest, and most effective way to lower HAIs in paediatric settings and beyond.
What is the need?
Most healthcare workers, be they paediatric infectious disease specialists or infection control nurses, have theoretical knowledge but lack skills in implementing the more practical aspects of IPC measures. For example, setting up an IPC program in a paediatric hospital, or competencies in best practices, like how to access a catheter or insert a central line.
Our Solution
Our innovative course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of IPC. We will focus on the key practical aspects in the paediatric setting, spanning from the basics of infection prevention to the implementation of IPC programs.
The online programme will explore basics of epidemiology, statistics and implementation science, outbreak investigation, setting up surveillance mechanisms for IPC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage, challenges and solutions for IPC in LMICs, tools for IPC and AMS programs. Additionally, our delegates will enjoy access to a huge wealth of complimentary educational resources – expert video presentations, surveillance and diagnostic tools, up-to-date international guidelines, academic articles and further reading material.
The on-site practical simulation workshop will complement and enrich the online learning, covering best practices for insertion, access and maintenance of catheters, as well as comprehensive simulation scenarios within a fully interactive and collegiate space.