FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Session Topic
0900 –  0930 Registration
0930 – 1030 Sponsors Presentation
1030 – 1100 Tea / Coffee
  All guests / Invitees / delegates are requested to be seated by 11am
1100 – 1300 Inauguration Ceremony -Chief Guest-H. E. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
1115 – 1130 Arrival of the dignitaries.
1130 H. E. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India
1130 – 1135 Invitation / Escorting Dignitaries on the Dais Presentation of Floral Bouquets
1135 – 1140 Saraswati Vandana - Lighting of the Lamp
1140 – 1145 Welcome Address – Dr. S. Arulrhaj – President, Commonwealth Medical Association
1145 – 1200 Theme Address - Dr. Akhil Sangal - CEO ICHA - India Coordinator
1200 – 1205 Introduction to Keynote Speaker - Dr. Rajan Madhok – Overseas Coordinator, Member General Medical Council, UK
1205 – 1225 Keynote Address - Mr. Martin Fletcher- CEO-NPSA – NHS, UK
1225 – 1230 Dr. Ketan Desai-President Elect - World Medical Association & President-Medical Council of India
1230 – 1235 Chief Guest  - Dr. Anupam Sibal -Group Medical Director-Apollo Hospitals
1235 – 1255 Inaugural Address - Chief Guest- H. E. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India
1255 – 1258 Memento Presentation and felicitation- Mahashay Dhraram Pal Ji
1258 – 1300 Vote of Thanks - Dr. Vijay Garg
1300 – 1400 Lunch
 
 
Friday, November 27, 2009 (DAY 1)
Session Coordinators : Dr. K. K. Srivastava / Dr. Jayashree Bhattacharya
Session Topic Speaker Chairpersons Sponsors
Session - I India Centric Concerns in Patient Safety
1400 – 1430 India Centric Concerns - Overview Dr. R. K. Srivastava
DGHS, MOHFW, GOI
Dr. R. K. Srivastava

Dr. Rajesh Upadhyay

Dr. Amarjit Singh

 

 

 
1450 – 1500 Safety Profile – Non invasive Cardiac Device Dr. Namit Gupta
1510 – 1530 Maternal Safety Dr. Duru Shah –
Chairman ICOG
Jansankhya Sthirta Kosh
1530 – 1550 Neonatal Safety Dr. Evita Fernandez – MD,
Fernandez Hospital Hyderabad
1550 – 1600 Chiranjeevi Experience (Gujarat) and Way Forward Dr. Amarjit Singh, I.A.S. Executive Director – JSK (NPSF)
1600 – 1615 Tea / Coffee Tea / Coffee Tea / Coffee Tea / Coffee
Session - II  
1615 – 1715 Research for Patient Safety - Epidemiology / Public Health Dr. Jayashree Bhattacharya  
1615 – 1635 Patient safety research in India: Dr. Joseph L Mathew
1635 – 1655 Evidence for the Efficacy and Safety of Interventions used in Healthcare Dr. Prathap Tharyan -
Director SACN & Centre
1655 – 1715 Pt. Safety in AP Urgent Need for Baseline data Dr. Mala Rao –
Director IIPH Hyderabad
Session - III  
1715 –  1730 India Best Practices Dr. Baljit Singh  
1730 – 1745 QA and best practices in Laboratory Medicine Prof. R. Selva Kumar -
CMC Vellore
1745 – 1800 Laboratory Management and Patient Safety Dr. Shyamali Pal
1800 – 1815 Design and Functioning of ER & Casualt Dr. Vijay Agarwal-
Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital
 
 
Saturday, November 28, 2009 (DAY 2)
Session Topic Speaker Chairpersons Sponsors
Session - I  
0900 – 1010 Patient Safety & building safety Culture  
0900 – 0910 Patient safety in remote health facility in India Dr. H. S. Misra-IFFCO Mr. Martin Fletcher-
CEO, NPSA-NHS, UK

Dr. Rajesh Upadhyay
                           
0910 – 0920 Promoting Pt. Safety Culture and Mitigating Errors -
Lessons from Aviation
Capt. Cdr. Sanjeev Sood
0920 – 0930 Quality improvement in SRMC Chennai Dr. S. Vijayraghvan
0930 – 0955 WHO Patient Safety & Building Safety Culture Sir Liam Donaldson
0955 – 1010 Apollo Journey to Patient Safety Dr. Anupam Sibal
Session - II  
1010 – 1145 Research for Patient Safety  
1010 – 1040 Research for Patient Safety-Overview Dr. Lilly Engineer – JHI Dr. Cyrus Engineer-
WHO

Dr. K. K. Srivastava

 

 

 
1040 – 1050 Integrating Patient Safety in to the Culture of the Organization -
How to do it?
K. Sankaranarayanan
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain U A E
1050 – 1100 Prevention Of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia by Implementing VAP Bundle in Indian ICU settings Sr. Uma Maheswari
Sr. Nursing Supervisor
Infection Control Nurse
1100 – 1110 Reporting Medication Errors – is it bane or boon Dr. Sanjeeva Reddy
P& T Committee – Chair Person, SRMC – Chennai
1110 – 1120 Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from fall Sr. Usha -Skin Care Nurse
1120 – 1130 Paving the way for a Blood Safety Culture Dr Kailash Mehta -Fortis Healthcare Ltd
1130 – 1145 Tea/Coffee      
Session - III  
1145 – 1800 Education for Patient Safety  
1145 – 1215 WHO Patient Safety Curriculum - Overview Prof. Merrilyn Walton    
1215 – 1240 The educational approach to implementing the WHO Curriculum for Patient Safety Dr. John Sandars
1255 – 1315 Councils - Medical
Dental, Pharmacy
Dr. Akshay Bhargav
1315 – 1400 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
Session - III A Extended parallel session-Patient Safety Education Prof. Merrilyn Walton
Dr. John Sandars
Dr. Joseph Mathew
Dr. Rajan Madhok

Dr. Akhil Sangal
 
Session - IV  
1400 – 1600 Best Practices-WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge - I  
1400 – 1430 Keynote- Clean care is safer care Dr. Cyrus Engineer Dr. Geeta Mehta -
SEARO WHO

Dr. T. S. Jain -
Vice President, HISI

 

 

 

Hospital Infection Society - India

 

 

 

 

1430 – 1530 Improving Hand Hygiene Practices :
Indian Hospital experience.

Panel Discussion
Dr. Anita Arora
Dr. Raman Sardana
Dr. Madhu Chowdhury  ---
Dr. Kamna Munjal ----
Dr. Vikas Manchanda
1530 – 1540 Level of awareness among medical staff and patients
on infection control measures in a tertiary care institute
Dr. Rachna Agarwal
1540 – 1550 The effect of risk stratified protocol based perioperative chemoprophylaxis on nosocomial infection rates in
a series of 31,927 consecutive neurosurgical procedures
Dr. Manish Singh Sharma - AIIMS
1600 – 1615 Tea/Coffee      
Session - V  
1615 - 1800 Best Practices- WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge II - Safe surgery saves lives  
1615 – 1635 Safe Surgery Saves Lives-Overview Dr. Atul Gawande Dr. Arun Goel

Dr. R. P. Srivastava

 

 

 

J & J Ethicon

Sanofi Aventis

 

 

 

1635 – 1650 Implementing Safe Surgery
The Association of Surgeons of India Initiative I

Dr. Arvind Kumar
1705 – 1725 Karnataka initiative & Surgical Site Infection
Dr. U. Vasudeva Rao
1725 – 1740 DVT Prophylaxis Guidelines for Indian Patients  
1740 – 1750 Discussion  
1750 – 1800 Mortality prediction in cardiac surgery patients :
Comparison of two risk stratification models for patient safety

Dr. Eesha Arora
 
 
Sunday, November 29, 2009 (DAY 3)
Session Topic Speaker Chairpersons Sponsors
Session - I  
0900 – 1215 Technology for Patient Safety-IIT Biomedical group    
0900 – 0910 Role of stem cells in providing human third dentition in elderly population: a myth or a reality? Dr. Aswini Kumar Kar Prof. Sujoy Guha

Ar. Balbir Verma
(NRDC)
National Research
in Development Corporation
0910 – 0920 Safety standards in ECT practices: An Engineering perspective Er. Vittal Candade
0920 – 0930 Intraoperative pulse and blood pressure recordings of neurosurgeons – a pilot study of human cardiovascular performance Dr. Ashish Suri
0930 – 1000 Technology Solutions for Patient Safety
"Emergence of technology for safe healthcare"
Prof. Sujoy Guha – IIT Kharagpur
1000 – 1015 Reducing clinical errors in EXG (X=C,M,E,O...). Dr. Ashok Jaryal & Dr. Narang
1015 – 1030 Technology intervention in limiting surgical accidents. Dr. Anjan Trikha AIIMS Delhi &
Dr. Amod Kumar –
CSIO Chandigarh
1030 – 1045 Safe technologies for rural healthcare Dr. Ashok Salhan – DIPAS, DRDO
1045 – 1100 Safe transition from pregnancy to motherhood Dr. Amit Sen Gupta –
CHS Mumbai
1100 – 1115 Tea/ Coffee
1115 – 1145 Systems approach to cost effective & safe patient care Prof. Sneh Anand – IIT Delhi    
1145 – 1215 Discussion  
  Medical Equipment Safety Dr. Niranjan Khambete
Session - II  
1215 – 1315 Patients for Patient Safety  
1215 – 1230   Martin Fletcher    
1230 – 1245 Video Patient Voices SEARO
1245 – 1300 Other Side of “Patient Safety”: Patient’s Perspective Prof. Anil Gupta,
PGI Chandigarh
1300 – 1400 Valedictory & Close
Martin Fletcher
1400 – 1430  
1430 – 1530 Lunch