Kalisvar Marimuthu Singapore

Associate Professor Kalisvar Marimuthu is the Clinical Director of the Department of Infection Prevention and Control at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), and a Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases. He is Chair of the National Infection Prevention and Control Committee (NIPC). He also serves as a Senior Consultant in IPC with Singapore's Ministry of Health and the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA). He co-chairs the World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Development Group on Infection Prevention and Control for Respiratory Pathogens of Pandemic Potential. His primary research interests include the transmission dynamics of emerging infectious diseases and multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), as well as de-implementation and sustainability in infection prevention and control.

Main Congress - Day 2

Time	Session

10:00am 11:10am	Symposium 1A Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Surveillance Innovations and Data Management Assoc. 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)Malaysia Q&A Conference Hall 1
1:25pm 2:35pm	Symposium 2C Multidrug Resistant Organism (MRO) Prof.Karin Thursky Chairperson University of MelbourneAustralia Dr.Noralfazita An @ Amran Chairperson Hospital Sultan Abdul HalimMalaysia Role of the Environment in the Transmission of CPE Assoc. Prof.Kalisvar Marimuthu Speaker SingaporeSingapore MRSA: Can it be Eliminated in the Surgical Setting? Prof.Keita Morikane Speaker Yamagata University HospitalJapan Convincing Surgeons to Listen and Practice IPC Prof.Anucha Apisarnthanarak Speaker Thammasat University HospitalThailand Q&A Conference Hall 3
2:50pm 4:00pm	Symposium 3C Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) in Special Settings Dr.Ahneez Abdul Hameed Chairperson Hospital SelayangMalaysia Infection Control in Long-term Care Facilities Assoc. Prof.Kalisvar Marimuthu Speaker SingaporeSingapore IPC Strategies in Immunocompromised Hosts Dr.Jasmine Chung Speaker Singapore General HospitalSingapore IPC in Hemodialysis Settings Assoc. Prof.Le Thi Anh Thu Speaker Viet Nam Infection Control SocietyVietnam Q&A Conference Hall 3