Wockhardt Hospitals recently conducted '2nd Group Infection Control Conclave' at Hotel Pride in Nagpur. Industry experts in Infection control from across the country delivered lectures on the importance of Hospital Infection Prevention and Control initiatives. This conference was attended by about 150 associates, 60 of whom were from all Wockhardt Group of Hospitals and about 80 external delegates from 19 institutions comprising Medical Colleges, Hospitals & Nursing Homes & Management Colleges from in and around Nagpur city.

During his address Dr. Clive Fernandes, Group Clinical Director Wockhardt Group Hospitals shared with the audience that the chief objective of the conclave was to communicate and share with our community hospitals and institutions some of the best industry practices related to Infection prevention and control and also help each one in implementing these practices in their institutions.

The programme was inaugurated Dr Girdhar Gyani, President AHPI (Association of Healthcare Professional of India) who spoke in his key note address about the importance of spreading awareness of good infection prevention activities across all hospitals in our country. He also spoke on the importance of Quality accreditation in the country and how 17 Lac laboratories were running without quality control, that’s why to save patients a National Accreditation Board for Hospital (NABL) and National Board of Laboratories were established under his guidance.

A wide array of topics were covered by both the external and internal faculty and included VAP, UTI, SSI, CDC Surveillance, modern microbiology, perioperative care, infection control facts vs myths, antibiotic stewardship initiatives in India, eradicating MDR bugs from the ICU. Each session was followed by a round of questions from the audience which the faculty addressed. There were also panel discussions wherein the audience was actively involved. The feedback forms showed that apart from enjoying the whole program the participants liked the panel discussions the most.

On the 2nd day of Conclave, Wockhardt Group of Hospitals released their Infection control and prevention handbook. The book was released by Dr. Girdhar Gyani, along with Dr. Clive Fernandes, Group Clinical Director, Dr. Nitin Shinde, Dr. Alka Thool, Vijayarani Durairaj, Head Quality, Wockhardt Group of Hospitals, K.Sujatha & Sunil Sahasrabuddhe Centre Heads for the two Wockhardt Hospitals at Nagpur.

The representative of Indira Gandhi Medical College, Govt. Medical College, Orange City Hospital, Care Hospital, Lata Mangeshkar Arogyam,  Ashwini Kidney Hospital, Mure Memorial, Dhruv Pathology , J.N.M.C. Sewage Medicure, were among some of the external institutions that participated.