22nd Oct 2020
19:00
Welcome and Introduction to Meeting
Prof. Sam McConkey, President IDSI & Dr. Eoghan de Barra, Secretary, IDSI
Oral Presentations
19:05
The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Healthcare Workers in Galway University Hospitals
Marcella O'Callaghan
Galway University Hospital
19:10
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Healthcare Workers following the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Eamonn Faller
Cork University Hospital
19:15
Rapid and Laboratory-based SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing in Asymptomatic High-risk Hospital Associated Cohorts, a Validation and Epidemiological Study
Brendan O'Kelly
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
19:20
An Audit on the Investigation of COVID-19 Infection in Patients with Negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR Swab Results and ongoing Clinical Suspicion, with a Focus on the Use of Chest CT, as compared to World Health Organisation Recommendations
Jonathan McGrath
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
19:25
Tocilizumab Therapy in Individuals with COVID-19 Infection and Hyperinflammatory States
Rachel MacCann
St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
19:30
COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes amongst a Population of Hospitalised Adults in a Large Tertiary Hospital in Dublin
Niamh Reidy
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin
19:35
ePoster Round
Prof. Sam McConkey, Leader
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
19:50
A Cost of Illness Study of Tuberculosis in the Republic of Ireland
James O'Connell
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
19:55
Improving the timely IV-PO Switch of Antimicrobials: a Quality Improvement Initiative
Marion Murphy
Galway University Hospital
20:00
Attitudes towards Influenza Vaccination amongst Staff in a Tertiary Care Irish University Hospital
Emma Kearns
St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
20:05
Keynote Presentation: IPC as an ID physician – an accidental career?
Dr. Eimear Brannigan
Consultant in Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Division (AMRIC)
HSE
20:25
Keynote Presentation: Reflections on COVID and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Susan Hopkins
Deputy Director of Infection Prevention & Control for Public Health England, Chief Medical Adviser NHS Test & Trace
20:55