Webinars
“Expert speakers sharing specialist knowledge.”
AfPP offers a comprehensive programme of webinars designed to educate, challenge and inform. Held throughout the year, these webinars cover a wide range of relevant and current topics, making them suitable for all healthcare professionals interested in perioperative care.
Our live Webinars (lasting between 1 and 2 hours) take place on a Saturday morning. This is a great way to gain CPD hours from the comfort of your own home!
Upcoming Live Webinars
Empowering Safer Practices: Infection Prevention, Surgical Skin Prep, and Sustainable Solutions – 2 CPD Hours
23 November 2024
Sponsored by Becton Dickinson www.bd.com
Speakers: Lindsay Keeley, Beth Waugh and Helen Andrews
9am – 9:30am – Lindsay Keeley – Best Practice in Perioperative Infection Prevention and Control “Surgical Site Infection Prevention”
Infection prevention and control in the perioperative environment are essential for ensuring patient safety and achieving successful surgical outcomes. This presentation will explore evidence based best practices for minimising the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs), a persistent challenge in healthcare. I will emphasis the critical roles played by the theatre team during the perioperative and intraoperative phases of the patient’s journey. Additionally, I will discuss the importance of maintaining consistently high standards of care within the operating theatre team, highlighting the significance of care bundles in reducing the risk of SSIs.
9:30am – 10am – Beth Waugh – Enhancing Surgical Skin Prep Decision – Accuracy and Patient Safety
Surgical skin preparation has long been recognized for its importance in preventing Surgical Site Infections. Ensuring the correct skin preparation for the individual patient and procedure can be challenging. This session will introduce an innovative digital evidence-based interactive tool to support skin preparation decision making. The importance of skin preparation will be discussed and the evidence-based practices around this topic will be evaluated.
10am – 10:30am – Helen Andrews – Green Surgery: Sustainable Practices in Surgical Skin Prep
Focusing on sustainability and environmentally responsible practices in the operating theatre: review of paper/article
- Reducing waste
- Environmentally preferable products
- Efficient resource use, waste segregation
Menopause, Hormones and Health – Why This is so Important – 1.25 CPD Hours
30 November 2024
Learning Outcomes:
- The role of hormones in the body
- Diagnosis and treatment of perimenopause and menopause
- HRT – including myths and misconceptions
This session will be an overview of perimenopause and menopause. It will include the use of HRT and surgery. There will be a discussion around menopause in the workplace – the help and support available and options for symptom management. To include the three learning points above.
Green Theatres – What Can You Do? – 1 CPD Hour
25 January 2025
Speaker: Nikki Stroud
Learning Outcomes:
- To have an overview of the current state of suitability in the NHS
- To understand why it is important to be greener
- To takeaway practical tips for making your practice more sustainable
This webinar will briefly look at the environmental impact the operating theatre has on the environment and why it is important that we do what we can to minimise this. We will consider what the NHS is currently doing to meet its green targets and what we as individuals can do to help.
