Surgical Infection Society Europe 2019
PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME
Subject to change
Wednesday 26th June 2019 | |||||||||||||
12:00 – 15:00 | Council Meeting | ||||||||||||
15:00 – 18:00 |
SIS-E Olympics case report contest – €30 to attend /Free for delegates
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18:00 | Welcome Networking Event & Drinks – Free Join us in the Pub for informal pre-congress drinks to meet colleagues and start networking! Olympics prize giving! All delegates and accompanying persons are welcome to this free event, but places are limited, please indicate on your registration form if you would like to attend. |
Thursday 27th June 2019 | |
07:30 – 18:00 | Registration |
08:15 – 08:30 |
Congress Welcome Updates from SIS-E, SIS-NA, JSSI, WSIS |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Free Paper Session I Chair: Kamal Itani (USA) Intestinal microbiota and butyrate depletion drive gut-derived infections in necrotizing pancreatitis. Using a novel 3-dimensional intestinal organoid to elucidate the mechanisms of the immune cell, probiotic, intestinal lumen interactions. A multicentre randomized non-inferiority trial comparing usual care to restrictive strategy for cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones and abdominal pain. Antibacterial porous microcarriers with pathological state responsive switch for wound healing. A systematic review of studies that evaluate perfusion changes during Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. A systematic review evaluating the influence of incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on scar formation. |
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session |
10:30 – 11:30 |
Symposium I: Colorectal Surgery – update on challenging topics 10:30 – 11:00: Infection and IBD 11:00 – 11:30: Prevention and Management of colorectal anastomotic leaks Chair: Ines Rubio-Perez (Spain) |
11:30 – 12:00 |
Young Investigator Lecture: Microbiome Presenter: Stella Dilke (UK) Chair: Marja Boermeester (Netherlands) |
12:00 – 12:30 |
How to give a good presentation: tips & tricks from the expert Presenter: Des Winter (Ireland) |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition |
13:30 – 14:00 |
Semmelweis Lecture: Burns and infection Presenter: Nikki Allorto (South Africa) Chair: Marjolein Blusse van Oud Alblas (Netherlands) |
14:00 – 15:00 |
Topic discussion – Intra-operative SSI prevention measures and outcomes assessments Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies | Ethicon Intra-operative measures and coated sutures meta-analysis Triclosan coated sutures trial – preliminary results Patient reported wound outcome Discussion |
15:00 – 15:30 |
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Presenter: Deborah McNamara (Ireland) Chair: Metin Cakmakci (Turkey) |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Session |
16:00 – 16:25 |
Antibiotic treatment of acute appendicitis, where do we stand now? Presenter: Sander Ubels (Netherlands) |
16:25 – 16:45 |
Cockpit, the automated OR safety system NewCompliance Presenter: Bo Wiesman (Netherlands) |
16:45 – 18:15 |
Free Paper Session II Chair: Robert Sawyer (USA) Characterization of microbiota in the surface of double ring wound protectors used in abdominal surgery by high-throughput sequencing. The circadian rhythm for both complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis and its relation to postoperative complications. Evaluating patterns of diverticulitis presentation in a Spanish hospital: can treatment protocols be optimized? Benefits of Negative Pressure Therapy over closed wounds for infection prevention in complex abdominal wall repairs. Guideline compliance in antibiotic prophylaxis for abdominal surgery. CT scans for recurrent diverticulitis: how many are too many? Clinical and microbiological aspects of surgical site infections after transanal mesorectal excision (TaTME) |
19:15 |
Congress Dinner and Drinks € Tickets available through registration |
Friday 28th June 2019 | |
08:00 – 18:00 | Registration |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Free Paper Session III Chair: Donald Fry (USA) Gaps between evidence and practice in prevention of surgical site infection. A survey of the Observatory of Infection in Surgery. Online data collection tools and mixed method follow-up improves accuracy of SSI documentation following colorectal surgery. The impact of a quality improvement initiative on the rates of surgical site infection in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery. The risk of pneumonia among geriatric trauma patients is decreased with the use of a geriatric focused rib fracture protocol Reduction of incisional and organ/space Surgical Site Infections in elective colorectal surgery after the implementation of a bundle of care. Root cause analyses in quality improvement – how best to approach them? Using telephone surveys to improve accuracy of caesarean section surgical site infection surveillance. |
10:00 – 10:30 | Presidential Address: Do you really see what you think you see? Marja Boermeester (Netherlands) |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Session |
11:00 – 11.35 | A closer look at practice-changing trials/Papers in Surgical Infections (Young SIS-E) Chairs: Stijn de Jonge (NL), Luis Asensio (Spain), Sarah Gans (NL) |
11:35 – 12:00 |
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Chair: Stijn de Jonge (NL) |
12:00 – 13:00 |
Symposium II: ‘Failure to rescue’ KCI-Acelity Symposium 12:00-12:30: Novel techniques for intestinal fistula management 12:30- 13:00: Negative pressure therapy (wound and abdomen) ‘If you fail to plan, you plan to fail’ Chair: Jan Gooszen |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition |
14:00- 15:00 |
Symposium III: Joint symposium with SIS-NA Gaps in SSI definition and surveillance CDC Funded Project – ASSIST regarding the integration of patient generated health Incorporation of wound imaging into the future definition of SSI Advancing the use of photography in LMIC for the surveillance of SSI Chair: Kemal Rasa (Turkey), Marja Boermeester (NL) |
15:00 – 15:30 |
New technologies I – Biosynthetic mesh How do I handle ab walls Presenter: Sean Johnston (Ireland) Chair: Marja Boermeester (Netherlands) |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Session |
16:00 – 17:00 |
New technologies II – Biologic 16:00 – 16:30: Reinforced Biologic in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Presenter: Maarten Persenaire (USA) Chair: Jan Gooszen (Netherlands) New technologies III – Infection Presenter: Jose Balibrea (Spain) Chair: Ines Rubio-Perez (Spain) |
17:00 – 18:15 |
Symposium IV Joint Symposium with WSIS (previously OASIS) How to coordinate infection prevention globally: what is WSIS? Presenter: Kui Hin Liau (Singapore) Source control guideline development Presenter: Rob Sawyer (USA) Reducing maternal SSI rates in Kenya: results from the Lucina project. Presenter: Joe Solomkin (USA) Chair: Joe Solomkin (USA), Kemal Rasa (Turkey) |
18:15 – 18:45 |
SIS-E Members Business Meeting Society updates and election of new members All member delegates welcome |
IMPORTANT DATES

Congress Dates
26 - 28 June 2019

End of Early Bird Registration
10 April 2019

Accepted authors to confirm
30 April 2019
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