First Onsite CoDe-ICI workshop
The first on-site CoDe-ICI workshop took place at the WHO Hub for Pandemic Preparedness and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin on the 19th and 20th October 2023. Partners and guests from more than 20 institutions and 8 countries joined an active, productive and exciting event.
Panellist included:
Dr. Friederike Maechler, Institute of Hygiene und Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Senior Infection Prevention and Control Doctor, Head of the Code-ICI project
Dr. Luisa Denkel, Institute of Hygiene und Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Research assistant in CoDe-ICI project
Dr. Carolin Hackmann, Institute of Hygiene und Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Research assistant in CoDe-ICI project
Prof. Dr. Joachim Trebbe, Division Media Analysis / Research Methods, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, Professor of Media and Communication Studies with the focus on media analysis and research methods in health communication, immigration and television studies
Dr. Pourang Zarif Karimi, Division Media Analysis / Research Methods, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, Research assistant in CoDe-ICI project
Dr. Muhammad Augie Bashar, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria, university lecturer at Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria, Research assistant in CoDe-ICI project
Dr. Taslim Olatunde Lawal, Federal Medical Center, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria, Pediatrician and infection control specialist
Muhammad Saddiq Ahmad, Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Nigeria, Infection control Nurse with a background in Community health and prevention.
Dr. Brar Piening, Institute of Hygiene und Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Senior Infection Prevention and Control Doctor, Deputy head of the institute
Dr. Tochi Okwor, Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Public Health Physician, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention and Control Programme Coordinator at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Prof. Dr. Annette Moter, Institute for Microbiology and Infection Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, MD specialized in Medical Microbiology, molecular diagnostics, expert in visualizing bacteria in a histological context and analyzing ‘microbial landscapes’
Dr. Wiltrud Abels, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Anesthesiologist / Intensive care physician at Charité, experienced in telemedicine projects in LMIC (e.g. Usbekistan)
Dr. Flora Haderer, Center for International Health Protection (ZIG), ZIG Office, Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany, coordination of IPC training and practice: the “Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems” – PALS project at RKI
Ute Zocher, Freelance consultant for the Robert Koch Institute, Germany, pedagogue and systemic counsellor, educational lead for IPC training and practice: the “Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems” (PALS project)
Dr. Nkolika Stella Uwaezuoke, Federal Medical Centre Abuja, Nigeria, “PALS Change Agent” with experience in using PALS for IPC improvement in health facilities in Abuja
Dr. Musa Yahaya, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, clinicians and “PALS Change Agent”. with experience in using PALS for IPC improvement in health facilities in Abuja
Training online workshops
Three online training courses on surveillance of hospital infections (HAI) and antimicrobial use were held on in May and June 2023 by Friederike Maechler for six hospitals in Nigeria. Subsequently, a pilot study with one-month surveillance of HAI and antimicrobial use was done on 12 wards in 6 Nigerian hospitals.
Online project meetings
The goals of the second online project meeting on 18th October 2022 from 11am to 2pm were:
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Networking (e.g. with CoDe-ICI project partners, colleagues from hospitals in the LMIC settings and colleagues from other global health infection control projects)
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Report and discuss the first activities within the CoDe-ICI project.
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Planning the next activities within the CoDe-ICI project.
The second workshop with 40 participants from 10 countries was interactive and included activities in break-out rooms, discussions in small groups, and ad hoc surveys.
Panellist included:
Leena Al-Hassan, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK who reported on the PRESAR network. https://www.bsms.ac.uk/research/global-health-and-infection/research-areas/presar.aspx
Friederike Maechler, Institute of Hygiene und Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Senior Infection Prevention and Control Doctor, Head of the Code-ICI project who presented the progress within the CoDe-ICI workshop.
Luisa Denkel and Carolin Hackmann, Institute of Hygiene und Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany who presented first results of systematic umbrella reviews on successful BSI / SSI interventions and surveys conducted with tools from multi criterion decision analysis (MCDA).
Joachim Trebbe and Pourang Zarif Karimi from the Media Analysis / Research Methods, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and Muhammad Augie Bashar from the Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria, Division reported together first results of their focus group analysis on hand hygiene in Nigerian hospitals.
Kick-off
The Kick-off meeting was held on 10th March 2022 from 11 am to 1pm.
The focus of this meeting was
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Networking (e.g. with CoDe-ICI project partners, colleagues from hospitals in the LMIC settings and colleagues from other global health infection control projects)
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Planning the first activities within the CoDe-ICI project.
More than 40 participants from 9 countries gained a first insight into the diversity of existing global health projects and hospitals in LMIC settings during fascinating presentations by colleagues from UK, Germany, India and Nigeria.
Panellist included:
Laurence Roope, Health Economics Research Center, University of Oxford, UK, reported on the CANDOUR study and synergies with CoDe-ICI. https://oxford-candour.com/
Joachim Trebbe and Pourang Zarif Karimi, Division Media Analysis / Research Methods, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany reported on communication-related failures of infection control interventions.
Brar Piening, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany presented the NEO-IPC project https://neoipc.org/
Paul Turner, Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit, University of Oxford, UK gave an interesting insight to the ACORN project, https://www.oucru.org/project/acorn/
Ben Cooper, University of Oxford, UK reported on study designs for clinical trials.
Tochi Okwor (Nigerian CDC) presented the amazing work of the ORANGE network in Nigeria.
Mohammed Manga, Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Nigeria have an interesting insight to infection control activities of this hospital.
Anusha Rohit, Madras Medical Mission in Chennai, India have an interesting insight to infection control activities of her hospital.