Indhumathi Venkatachalam Singapore

Dr Indumathi Venkatachalam is a clinical epidemiologist and infectious disease physician at Singapore General Hospital. She leads the epidemiology team in the Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology. Her interest is in the prevention of healthcare associated infections through strengthening and automation of infectious disease surveillance within hospitals.

Main Congress - Day 2

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10:00am 11:10am	Symposium 1A Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Surveillance Innovations and Data Management Adj. Asst. Prof.Kalisvar Marimuthu Chairperson SingaporeSingapore Data Driven Decision-Making in Infection Prevention and Control Dr.Emily Sickbert-Bennett Speaker University of North Carolina HospitalsUnited States Automation of Routine Healthcare-associated Infection Surveillance Dr.Indhumathi Venkatachalam Speaker Singapore General HospitalSingapore Harnessing AMR Surveillance for Stronger IPC: Lessons from Malaysia’s TRIuMPH Initiative Dr.Rohaidah Hashim Speaker Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Ministry of HealthMalaysia Q&A Conference Hall 2

Time

Session

10:00am

11:10am

Symposium 1A

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Surveillance Innovations and Data Management

Adj. Asst. Prof.Kalisvar Marimuthu Chairperson SingaporeSingapore

Data Driven Decision-Making in Infection Prevention and Control

Dr.Emily Sickbert-Bennett Speaker University of North Carolina HospitalsUnited States
Automation of Routine Healthcare-associated Infection Surveillance

Dr.Indhumathi Venkatachalam Speaker Singapore General HospitalSingapore
Harnessing AMR Surveillance for Stronger IPC: Lessons from Malaysia’s TRIuMPH Initiative

Dr.Rohaidah Hashim Speaker Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Ministry of HealthMalaysia
Q&A

Conference Hall 2

Main Congress - Day 3

Time	Session

10:30am 11:40am	Symposium 5A Implementation Science in Infection Control Assoc. Prof.Andrew Stewardson Chairperson Monash UniversityAustralia Dr.Low Lee Lee Chairperson MOH (Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah)Malaysia A Multimodal Approach to AMR Prevention: Applying Implementation Science in Practice - Examples from AMR Outbreak Responses Dr.Takuya Yamagishi Speaker National Institute of Infectious DiseasesJapan Machine learning and AI-based Tools to Inform Infection Prevention Practice Dr.Indhumathi Venkatachalam Speaker Singapore General HospitalSingapore From Guidelines to the Bedside: Global Lessons in Implementing IPC on a largescale, Worldwide Prof.Didier Pittet Speaker University Hospital of GenevaSwitzerland Q&A Conference Hall 2

Time

Session

10:30am

11:40am

Symposium 5A

Implementation Science in Infection Control

Assoc. Prof.Andrew Stewardson Chairperson Monash UniversityAustralia

Dr.Low Lee Lee Chairperson MOH (Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah)Malaysia

A Multimodal Approach to AMR Prevention: Applying Implementation Science in Practice - Examples from AMR Outbreak Responses

Dr.Takuya Yamagishi Speaker National Institute of Infectious DiseasesJapan
Machine learning and AI-based Tools to Inform Infection Prevention Practice

Dr.Indhumathi Venkatachalam Speaker Singapore General HospitalSingapore
From Guidelines to the Bedside: Global Lessons in Implementing IPC on a largescale, Worldwide

Prof.Didier Pittet Speaker University Hospital of GenevaSwitzerland
Q&A

Conference Hall 2

Main Congress - Day 4

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12:25pm 12:55pm	Plenary Lecture 7 Enhancing Compliance with Infection Control Protocols:Evidence from Latest Literature Dr.Indhumathi Venkatachalam Chairperson Singapore General HospitalSingapore Prof.Sasheela Ponnampalavanar Speaker Universiti MalayaMalaysia Conference Hall 2