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2013 Free Teleclass Series on Infection Control

To support our call to action for 5 May 2013 on monitoring and feedback, Dr John Boyce (New Haven, USA) will make a presentation on “Innovation and new indicators in hand hygiene monitoring”. This teleclass will take place on 9 April 2013 at 1.30 pm (NYT) and will be kindly chaired by Dr Hugo Sax. Go on, Register Now! 

See our web site about the dates for celebrations around

May 2013!

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 Joint IPNET-K / ICAN Conference

6-8 November 2013

White Sands Resort & Spa, Mombasa, Keyna

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Click on the link below to submit abstracts and apply for bursaries 

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Download the 2012 Conference Lectures

Click on the Conference Tab and go to the ICAN Download folder

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Antibiotic Awareness:

Exclusive letter to The Editor of The Financial Times.

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WHO Patient Safety News Letter

WHO Launches Open-Access Book on Antimicrobial Resistance

The Patient Safety Programme of WHO made its new book "The Evolving Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance – Options for Action" freely available online on March 8. The book calls attention to the “limited lifespan of antibiotics” and the “crisis [that] has been building up over decades, so that today common and life-threatening infections are becoming difficult or even impossible to treat.” WHO comprehensively addresses the ever-increasing health and economic burden by urging stronger worldwide actions across a broad spectrum of policymaking, including improved surveillance, reducing antibiotic use in animal husbandry, ensuring infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities, and making political commitments to support innovation

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