Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Time

Topic

Speaker

4:00 – 4:15 pm

Registration

4:15 – 4:20 pm

Welcome Remark

Dr. Edmond Siu Keung, MA

Consultant (AMR), Infectious Disease Control Training Centre, Hospital Authority / Infection Control Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health

4:20 – 4:30 pm

Launch of the IMPACT sixth edition

Dr. Pak Leung, HO

Chairman and co-Editor, IMPACT editorial Board

4:30 – 4:40 pm

Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)

Dr. Tak Chiu, WU

Co-Editor, IMPACT and Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

4:40 – 4:50 pm

Is metronidazole still good for Clostridioides difficile infection?

Dr. Sandy Ka Yee, CHAU

Associate Editor, IMPACT and Consultant, Department of Pathology, United Christian Hospital

4:50 – 5:00 pm

Rational approach to Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children and adults

Dr. David Christopher, LUNG

Associate Editor, IMPACT and Consultant Pathologist (Microbiology), Department of Pathology,

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

5:00 – 5:10 pm

Short course IV and early IV-to-Oral antibiotic treatment

Dr. Jason Ka Wah, FONG

Associate Editor, IMPACT and Resident Specialist, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine & Geriatrics,

Kwong Wah Hospital

5:10 – 5:20 pm

Foe revisited: focus update of Staphylococcus aureus for clinicians

Dr. Anthony Raymond, TAM

Associate Editor, IMPACT and Associate Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital

5:20 – 5:30 pm

Q & A

Moderators: Dr. Pak Leung, HO and Dr. Tak Chiu, WU