Specialised Ventilation in Healthcare Premises
(creating a suitable environment and its role in infection control)
Tuesday 4 – Friday 7 November 2014
COURSE PROGRAMME
Day 1 – Tuesday 4 November 2014
Chairperson: Margaret Barrows, Theatre Manager, Methley Park Hospital
Time
Session Title
Speaker
08.45 – 09.15
Registration and coffee
09.15 – 09.45
Introduction and overview of course
Malcolm Thomas, Consultant Engineer
Heathcare ventilation - key issues
Malcolm Thomas
09.45 – 10.30
1
Questions
10.30 – 11.30
2
Airborne infection – primary concepts
Craig Mackintosh, Clinical Scientist.
Questions
11.30 – 11.45
11.45 – 12.45
Tea / Coffee
3
Ventilation – basic principles
Malcolm Thomas
Questions
12.45 – 13.30
13.30 – 14.30
Lunch
4
14.30 – 14.45
14.45 – 16.15
5
llustration of specialised ventilation 1
The operating department
Malcolm Thomas
Introduction to workshop 1
Margaret Barrows,
Operating Department Manager,
Methley Park Hospital
Margaret Barrows
Craig Mackintosh
WORKSHOP 1 – The operating suite
16.15 – 17.25
(Tea / Coffee taken during workshop)
Workshop feedback session
17.25 – 17.30
Summary of day 1 and notices
19.30
Evening meal in dining room
Malcolm Thomas
and Team
Margaret Barrows
Day 2 – Wednesday 5 November 2014
Chairperson: Craig Mackintosh
Time
Session Title
Speaker
09.00 – 09.05
Introduction to day 2
Craig Mackintosh
09.05 – 09.40
6
Air handling units – minimum standards
09.40 – 10.10
7
Filtration
10.10 – 10.40
8
Installation and distribution systems
John Middleton,
Healthy Building International Ltd
Lester Stuart,
Stuart Solutions Ltd
Malcolm Thomas
10.40 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.30
9
Tea / Coffee
Operating theatre surgeon’s panels
Malcolm Thomas
11.30 – 12.10
10
llustration of Specialised Ventilation 2
Pathology laboratories, mortuaries and
post mortem suites
Iain Banks, Consultant
12.10 – 12.40
11
Illustration of Specialised Ventilation 3
Pharmacy clean rooms
Hospital decontamination and sterile supply
units
Joe Hughes,
Clean Air Solutions (UK) Ltd
12.40 – 13.30
13.30 – 16.30
Lunch
12
Introduction to workshop 2
WORKSHOP 2 – equipment circus
Display of Air Flow measuring instruments
Demonstration of Blower door
Demonstration of Aero biology equipment
Margaret Barrows
Demonstration of UCV test methodology
Particle counting and challenge testing
HEPA filters
(Tea / Coffee to be taken during workshop)
Air quality assessment
James Dagnall, Camfil Ltd
Richard Webster, Commissioning &
Validation Services
17.30 – 17.35
Summary of day two and notices
Craig Mackintosh
19.30
Evening meal in dining room
5 Stations.
1st station
40 mins
Rest 30 mins
16.30 – 17.30
13
Alan Gilbert and Mr Stacey Ward,
BSRIA Instrument Solutions
Speaker TBC
Craig Mackintosh
Day 3 – Thursday 6 November 2014
Chairperson: Margaret Barrows
Time
Session Title
09.00 – 09.05
Introduction to day 3
09.05 – 09.50
14
09.50 – 10.30
10.30 – 10.45
15
10.45 – 11.30
16
11.30 – 12.00
17
12.00 – 12.45
18
Roles, duties & responsibilities of
Authorising Engineers (Ventilation –
AE(V), Authorised Persons (Ventilation)
– AP(V), Competent Persons
(Ventilation) – CP(V), & the Infection
Control Person
Audit – principles, practice & reports
Tea / Coffee
Malcolm Thomas
LEV systems – inspection and testing
Endoscopy cleaning and storage rooms
Safety cabs
Meeting the needs of management &
Care Quality Commission - CQC
Malcolm Thomas
Validation and verification
12.45 – 13.45
Lunch
13.45 – 14.00
Introduction to workshop 3
17.25 – 17.30
WORKSHOP 3 – Evaluation of Exemplar
reports
(Tea / Coffee to be taken during workshop)
Workshop feedback session
Critique of reports
llustration of Specialised Ventilation 4
Minimal invasive procedures and minor
operations
Summary of day three and notices
19.30
Evening meal in dining room
14.00 – 15.45
19
15.45 – 16.30
16.30 – 17.25
Speaker
20
Malcolm Thomas
Chris Needham,
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS
Trust
Colin Gaffney,
HBE
Craig Mackintosh and Colin Gaffney
Team
Craig Mackintosh
Margaret Barrows
Day 4 – Friday 7 November 2014
Chairperson: Malcolm Thomas
Time
Session Title
Speaker
09.00 – 09.05
Introduction to day 4
Craig Mackintosh
Malcolm Thomas
10.05 – 10.45
Illustration of Specialised Ventilation 5
Patient isolation facilities
(HBN 4: Supplement 1,Associated
Research & Negative pressure guidance)
Introduction to the multi choice question
exam
MCQ Exam
10.45 – 11.00
Coffee / Tea
09.05 – 10.00
21
10.00 – 10.05
22
Malcolm Thomas
11.00 – 11.30
23
Recent and current research
Guest speaker – to be announced
11.30 – 12.15
24
MCQ answers and review of exam paper
12.15 – 12.45
25
Hot topics and course summary
Malcolm Thomas and Craig
Mackintosh
Malcolm Thomas
12.45 - 13.00
Close of course and issue of CPD certificates
Buffet lunch, tea/coffee