Challenges in infections among older adults: from diagnosis and stewardship to prevention, vaccination and goals of care

Event Description

This postgraduate course provides a multidisciplinary overview of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infections in older adults, addressing challenges related to frailty, multimorbidity, antimicrobial safety, and complex clinical decision-making. Through expert lectures, interactive case discussions, workshops, and roundtables, participants will explore practical approaches to diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship, vaccination, infection prevention, and ethical considerations across hospital and long-term care settings. The course emphasises strategies that can be implemented in routine clinical practice to improve patient care.

Intended audience

This course is designed for infectious disease physicians, clinical microbiologists, geriatricians, intensivists, antimicrobial stewardship specialists, hospital pharmacists, infection prevention and control professionals, and clinicians working in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. It is also suitable for trainees in these disciplines seeking to strengthen their knowledge of infection management in older adults.

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Individualise infection management in older adults by considering frailty, antimicrobial safety, source-control options, suppressive therapy, care settings, and goals of care.
• Apply diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship principles to common and complex infections, including urinary tract infections, pneumonia, Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), catheter-related infections, and deep-seated infections.
• Develop infection prevention strategies for older adults in hospitals and long-term care facilities, including vaccination, aspiration prevention, CDI prevention, and multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) control.
• Integrate ethical considerations, patient-centred communication, and end-of-life care into infection management decisions.
• Identify relevant research priorities and feasible study approaches to improve infection management in frail older adults.

Course coordinator

Jean-Philipe Lanoix, France

Organisers

ESCMID, ESGIE, Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française (SPILF), Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM)

Accreditation

ESCMID office will apply for EACCME accreditation. 
Each participant can only receive the number of credits according to actual participation in the event and upon completion of the feedback survey.

Certification

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Participants are required to attend at least 70% of live sessions to be eligible to receive a certificate.

Course Venue

Espace Dewailly
3 Place Louis Dewailly 80000 Amiens, France

Accommodation

B&B Amiens Centre Cathédral 
4 Rue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 80000 Amiens, France

Registration details

Registration fees include full access to the course, coffee breaks and lunches described in the programme. Travel costs and accommodation are not included with either fee.

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