Prof.Wing Hong Seto The University of Hong KongHong Kong, China

Professor WH Seto has been a Clinical Microbiologist for many years and was the first Chief of Service (COS) of the Department of Microbiology of Queen Mary Hospital, from 1993 to 2010. He was also the first Chief Infection Control Officer (CICO) of the Hospital Authority. Professor WH Seto played a key role in initiating Infection Control in Hong Kong and started the local training course for Infection Control Practitioners in 1985. He is involved extensively in Infection Control education throughout China and the region and is the Founding President of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control. He is also the past Chairman of the Scientific Committee on Infection Control of the Centre for Health Protection of HKSAR Government. He has authored over a hundred and fifty research papers including the book “Infection Control for the Asian Healthcare Worker”. Many international societies had invited him to speak on Infection Control. The WHO has also regularly assigned him as advisor for various projects in Antibiotics Resistance and Infection Control; and he is a core group member for the WHO Hand Hygiene guideline. He was also a member of the Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations (IHR) of the WHO for the 2009 Flu Pandemic, a member of the Global Infection Prevention and Control Network (GIPCN). In the recent COVID 19 pandemic, he is also an expert in the WHO GDG (Guidance Development Group). He is also active in the related field of Quality Healthcare Management and is presently the President of the Asia Pacific Society of Healthcare Quality. He is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and was the CPHQ Examination Committee in 2000-2001. He is also a F1000 Prime Faculty Member since 2014.