Webber Training Teleclass

Date: October 20th, 2022

Time: 10:30 am PST

Speaker: Prof. Didier Pittet, University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland

Objectives:

– Understand that respiratory medical devices are ubiquitous, and are used in both clinical and domestic settings globally
– Discuss our work on understanding what microbes are present on medical devices as they arrive from the manufacturer, if they are sterile or simply low microbial burden
– Discuss scenarios/ cases that illustrate: how such devices, in cystic fibrosis or COPD settings, may become colonised with potential pathogens; how and why cleaning may not happen or may not be effective including involvement of water source at home and in hospitals; and an example of a novel device to overcome this problem