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Building Design & Engineering Approaches to Airborne Infection Control University of Pretoria 18th-23rd June 2012 |
Introduction
In South/Southern Africa there is a lack of specialised training available on undergraduate, postgraduate and for continuing professional development for healthcare-related topics in built-environment curricula. This results in low awareness levels and poor technical competence in addressing various issues such as airborne infection risks.
The CSIR, in association with the University of Pretoria, is delighted to present the inaugural ‘Building Design & Engineering Approaches to Airborne Infection Control’ Course to be held in Pretoria from 18th-23rd June 2012.
The course is being funded by the CDC and is based on a prestigious Harvard School of Public Health course of the same name. It will bring together a body of local and international technical expertise common to the control of human airborne infections with particular reference to resource-constrained settings. Targeted at built environment professionals, the cooperative award funding will provide a learning opportunity to 50 (mainly public sector) built environment professionals and health professionals drawn from across South Africa, and will include regional (SADC) representation.
Control strategies to be addressed will include: ventilation (natural and forced), the design and use of space, Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI), filtration, personal protective equipment, and others. The strategies covered will be applicable to preventing transmission of infection in workplaces (including clinics, hospitals, laboratories) and congregate living settings. The course will include lectures, a visit to laboratories and ‘hands-on’ sessions at the University of Pretoria and a site visit to Modimolle MDR-TB Hospital in Limpopo. Experienced faculty will be drawn from Harvard School of Public Health (Dr Edward Nardell), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Dr Paul Jensen), University of Pretoria, CSIR and other domestic and international sources.
Participants / Applicants
Preference will be given to applicants who:
Successful applicants will be provided lectures, course materials, light meals during the programme and site visit/s (together worth approx. R15,000) at no cost; however, all accommodation, breakfasts and dinners daily, travel and subsistence will be borne by the applicants [or their employers] and arrangements for these must be handled by the participants themselves. The University of Pretoria will provide recommendations or information regarding accommodation in the area but will not assist directly in making these arrangements.
There are a maximum of 50 places. Selection will be at the sole discretion of the Organising Committee.
Application Process
Interested applicants will be required to submit:
· EITHER a PDF/ scanned ‘early submission’ for the AIC solution [optional] OR a letter of intent indicating what will be presented / submitted as an AIC solution OR what specific AIC-related problem will be addressed.
Interested applicants are urged to apply as soon as possible. Those meeting the required criteria will be notified within 3 days of applying so as to enable them to make the necessary arrangements to attend.
Enquiries and submissions to: Elna Venter: [email protected] or tel: 012 420 5015
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday June 1st 2012
Programme
Monday 18 June 2012
7h15 – 7h50
Registration
University of Pretoria
8h00 – 8h10
Welcome
Annatjie Peters, CDC, South Africa
8h10 – 9h00
TB Epidemiology in South Africa
Dr Norbert Ndjeka, National Department of Health
9h00 – 9h50
Clinician’s overview, impact of treatment
Dr Edward Nardell, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
9h50 – 10h05
Open discussion
10h05 – 10h35
TEA
10h35 – 11h25
Spaces and places: overview
Dr Paul Jensen, CDC, Atlanta
11h25 – 12h15
Infectious diseases including bioterrorism but other than TB
Prof Anton Stoltz, Univ. of Pretoria
12h15 – 13h05
Mechanics of transmission by the airborne route
Dr Edward Nardell, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
13h05 – 13h20
Open discussion
13h20 – 14h20
LUNCH
14h20 – 15h10
Hierarchies of control
Dr Paul Jensen, CDC, Atlanta
15h10 – 16h00
Occupational health and safety: recourse, laws, standards, implications, impacts
Dr Muzi Zungu, National Institute of Occupational Health
16h00 – 16h15
Open discussion
16h15 – 16h30
TEA
16h30 – 17h20
HACCP and risk assessments
Thabang Molefi, CSIR
Tuesday 19 June 2012
8h00 – 8h45
Basic principles of ventilation
Dr Paul Jensen, CDC, Atlanta
8h45 – 9h15
The Lima natural ventilation papers
Nkhensani Baloyi, CSIR
9h15 – 9h45
Passive design for climate
Dr Dirk Conradie, CSIR
10h00 – 10h15
Open discussion
10h15 – 10h45
TEA
10h45– 11h30
Natural ventilation handbooks
Faatiema Salie, CSIR
11h30 – 12h00
Case studies: Turbine ventilators for infection prevention and control
Helen Cox, Médecins Sans Frontières
12h00 – 12h50
Case studies: The Global Fund Drug Resistant TB centres projects
Geoff Abbott, CSIR
12h50 – 13h05
Open discussion
13h05 – 14h05
LUNCH
14h05 – 14h45
Northern Namibian healthcare facility
Hans Mulder
14h45 – 15h30
PPE Basic principles
Jeanneth Manganyi, National Institute of Occupational Health
15h30 – 16h00
TEA
16h00 – 17h00
PPE Qualitative vs quantitative fit testing
Jeanneth Manganyi, National Institute of Occupational Health
Wednesday 20 June 2012 – Site visit day
8h30 – 10h30
Travel to Modimolle TB Hospital, group photos
10h30 – 13h00
5 x 30 minute rotations
Address by facility clinical manager
Dr Duma Letshufi, Modimolle Hosp
Air-flow measurements
Paul Jensen
CO2 decay demonstration
Toby van Reenen & Faatiema Salie
Address by hospital architects
Rudolf Roos, HDG Architects
Modimolle site visit / walkabout
Carla Rheeder & Izak Coetzee
13h00 – 13h15
Transfer to lunch venue
13h00 – 15h00
SOCIAL LUNCH
15h00 – 17h00
Travel to Pretoria
Evening: Public/Open event with Dr Paul Jensen and Dr Edward Nardell as speakers
Thursday 21 June 2012
8h00 – 8h45
Systems approach to healthcare engineering
Dr Louwrence Erasmus and Mladen Poluta, University of Pretoria
8h45 – 9h30
Basic principles of mechanical engineering approaches to airborne infection control
Dr Paul Jensen, CDC, Atlanta
9h30 – 10h15
Room Air Distribution: mixed ventilation
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