Dr. Richard Hobday, author of The Light Revolution and The Healing Sun, will be speaking at EuroSciCon's Infection prevention in hospitals meeting on May 16th at BioPark Hertfordshire. Dr. Hobday is a leading authority on the history of sunlight therapy and has many years’ experience of solar design in buildings . In his talk 'Lighting and Fighting Infection' he will discuss contemporary medical research which confirms that sunlit environments can be healthier and safer than those that exclude the sun.
To book a place at this meeting please visit http://www.regonline.co.uk/infection08 . As the early registration deadline has passed, just use the following code - expert - to get 50% off the registration fee. Please note:ONLY 5 DISCOUNTED REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AND THESE WILL BE GIVEN ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. This discount does not apply if you have already registered or with any other offer.
Other talks:
The History of Infection Control – Dr Rajinder Pnaiser, (Chair)
Hospital Accquired Infections A surgeon’s Point of view - Mr Debashis Ghosh, Leicester Royal Infirmary
Monitoring eradication of MRSA by silver-based fabrics - Dr Fatih Awad-El-Kariem,
Is there an association between antimicrobial resistance genes with qacA/B genes in Staphylococcus aureus? - Azra Khan,
Infection in the Intensive Care Unit - Dr Dipankar Bose, Critical Care Consultant
Avoiding infection in hospital - Mrs Lizzie Robinson, Infection Control Nurse,
There is still time to submit an abstract - those accepted for poster and oral presentations will also be published in the proceedings. There will be a prize for the best poster. Abstract guidelines can be found at http://www.euroscicon.com/absguidlines.html