Denise Silber and Vanessa Carter

As 2019 draws to a close, let us remember an important milestone achieved this year by  ICPIC, the International Conference of Prevention and Infection Control founded by Prof. Didier Pittet, in Geneva.  For its fifth edition, ICPIC was patient-included.  This very international conference (130 countries present) opened with a memorable keynote by Vanessa Carter, which drew the full attention of the 1000+ delegate-packed auditorium. Quite an audience for Vanessa’s keynote indeed!

It was a fascinating first participation for me, with a very rich program prepared by the outstanding Scientific Committee with the support of patients like Vanessa and others who spoke at the conference.

Please watch the lovely, short testimonial below from Vanessa Carter at the end of ICPIC.

We have also, at Doctors 2.0, put together a series of links for you to enjoy all the learning material provided by ICPIC.

• The abstracts are online .
• The Patient Participation Platform video I moderated is here.
• The video of the ICPIC Innovation academy awards is online here.
• To access the ICPIC Learning Platform: icpic.reghot@mci-group.com

And don’t forget: HandHygiene is one of the most effective ways to combat hospital-acquired infection, and it requires the collaboration of professionals and patients.  Read this interesting white paper published by the International Society for Infectious Diseases.

Denise Silber

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While I, of course, am not these patients, the role I had led me to feel the weight of someone else’s experience, as I never have. I felt like a vessel through which the emotion was passing. You will hopefully note this, when you watch the video.

• The session began with an overview in English, of patient-centered care by a physician from the Geneva University Hospitals, Dr Thomas Agaritsas. For our French viewers, I think you will also understand DrAgaritsas. He uses slides and he speaks clearly.  Thomas referred very favorably to the BMJ article “Let the patient-revolution begin” and “Why we revolt” by Dr Victor Montori and clearly embraces patient partnership at the university hospital.  He also told of the meetings organized at the Geneva University Hospitals, to enable professionals and patients to discuss shared-decision making and to help change the culture.
• At 23 minutes approximately, we hear from the first patient, François Velen, who speaks about his very challenging experience with hospital-associated infection following a minor operation. His testimonial is in French, but I translate his comments to English, after each pause. Next we hear from Melissa Rudolf about her experience with patient partnership. This is a video within the video,. And thirdly, at around minute 39, we hear from François Lugeon who had a heart transplant and must now follow a strict protocol to avoid exposure to infection. He also presents his testimonial in French and I again translated to English, after each pause.
• At minute 47, I explained the pink socks concept of gifting something to people doing good and gave the socks to the patients. The last ten minutes include questions to the panelists including Vanessa Carter who had, the day before, “brought the house down” in plenary with her testimony.

Please take the time to watch this wonderful session.

Denise Silber

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