programme of i international legionella fast detection congress

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Thursday26th November 2015

Castellón (Spain)

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I International Legionella Fast Detection Congress - Thursday 26th November 2015

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Welcome to the First International Legionella Fast Detection Congress 2015 on Legionella rapid testing and water safety.

Although for the foreseeable future there will always be a place for culture, well-known drawbacks of this gold standard are driving the incorporation of methods obtaining a faster result than the reference method. These fast methods can be used as standalone or supplementary to the gold standard. Alternative methods are gaining acceptance for the commissioning of risk facilities or when something has gone wrong, but also in point

of use to supplement laboratory testing, outbreak/public health investigations and for routine testing.

In this scenario, an understanding of the rapid assay will help you to interpret data. Do you understand what the test is telling you? Choosing a suitable test requires to answer a number of issues: validation? Peer-reviewed evidence? Sensitivity/specificity compared to reference method, Units? Will end user understand them? Suitable for your laboratory or need? Cost?

Customers will have questions to ask to their testing laboratories: what does the test mean? What does the test measure? Manufacturer and lab validation? Is the test certified? does it meet regulatory testing requirements?

Immuno-magnetic approaches can bring benefits such as same day results, viable only detection, good specificity, useful for complex matrices, can match sensitivity of culture method or even can be used up-front before culture/PCR to increase sensitivity.

The end user must be able to interpret results correctly in order to take appropriate action and the laboratories should take an active role in ensuring the customer understands new tests, including limitations and what the results actually mean. The developers should overcome the difficult to explain scientific principles to non-scientists, helping to the building of customer confidence in rapid techniques.

This first Congress is focusing on practical cases and real world best practice on water safety using rapid testing. Thanks to all our expert speakers who will be sharing success stories and tips to help you tackle the strategic and day-to-day challenges of prevention, risk assessment and treatment on the basis of a rapid testing. Speakers from Spain, Australia, Germany, UK and USA will be joining to us for a one-day comprehensive event.

It is going to be a wonderful day of case studies, vital information, practical insight and networking. Thank you for attending and making today possible. I very much hope you enjoy the International Legionella Fast Detection Congress 2015!

Best regards,

Santiago V. LuisDpt. of Inorganic and Organic ChemistrySupramolecular and Sustainable Chemistry GroupUniversity Jaume I

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P L A C E

The organizing committee would like to welcome you to Spain for International Legionella Fast Detection Congress. This will be held at the Universitat Jaume I – Espaitec 2, right in the City of Castellón de la Plana.

We hope you will find the meeting both scientifically stimulating and socially rewarding

H O W T O G E T

From Valencia airport (AP-7)Manises Airport in Valencia, with national and international flights, is 76 km away (55 minutes from UJI).

From Barcelona airport (AP-7)Barcelona Airport with national and international flights is 269 km away (2h 34 min from UJI).

From Reus airport, Tarragona (AP-7)Reus Airport, in Tarragona, with national and international flights, is 187 km away (1h 45 min from UJI).

By train:Castellón is connected with Valencia, Reus and Barcelona by train. Castellón de la Plana station is 3km to UJI and has a greater number of buses that stop in their platforms. Since there you can take a taxi (cost between 6-8€).

R E G I S T R A T I O N

Please contact us if you would like to enquire about registration. The registration fee for active participants includes admission to scientific sessions, the exhibition and the Opening Ceremony. Registration fees: 60€

Confirmation

On receipt of a completed registration form and correct fee, each participant will receive an electro-nic confirmation of their registration. An individual e-mail address must be provided at all times.

Payment

The payment must be done by transfer bank: SABADELL 0081-5181-01-0001192621IBAN: ES93 0081 5181 0100 0119 2621 BIC/SWIFT : BSABESBBPlease make sure all bank fees are covered by the submitting account and that the payment is free of charge for the receiver account. All registration fees must reach the account of the registration partner without reduction of bank fees.

Registration Partner

Biotica S.L.Parque Científico Tecnológico y Empresarial de la Universidad Jaume I - Campus Riu SecEspaitec 2, planta baja, laboratorio 2.12071, Castellón

Tel. +34 964 108 131 / Fax. +34 964 737 [email protected] / [email protected]

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Please book your accommodation early from our hotels with allocated rooms. If you book in the following hotel you could get special prices for being registered to this congress:

Hotel Intur Castellón **** C/Herrero nº20, 12002 Castellón, Spain Tel: +34 964 225 000 Fax: +34 964 232 606

Hotel Luz Castellón **** C/Pintor Oliet nº3, 12002 Castellón, Spain Tel: +34 964 201 010 Fax: +34 964 201 011

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Videoconference followed by Q&A

RAPID METHODS OF TESTING AND MINIMIZATION OF THE RISK

Vyt Garnys, Managing Director and Principal Consultant CETEC P/L and FORAY Laboratories. Notting Hill- Australia.

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09:00 Registration

13:20 Lunch and exhibition viewing break

09:50

10:10

Presentation followed by Q&A

NORM UNE 100030: ongoing perspectives and new guidelines

Paulino Pastor, President of the committee 100 of air conditioning of AENOR. Madrid- Spain

15:50

Case study presentation followed by Q&A

RISK MANAGEMENT: challenges of identifying a potential source at risk facilities on the beach

Cristina Ferrer, Chief of Innovatives Services and Technologies in SITRA. Castellón- Spain.

10:40


IMPLEMENTATION OF RAPID TECHNIQUES FOR LEGIONELLA DETERMINATION

Inma Solís, Chief of Microbiology Department, IPROMA SL. Castellón- Spain.

11:30

Case studies presentation followed by Q&A

HEALTH PUBLIC LABORATORIES: Presenting rapid testing experiences

Juan Carlos Montero, Chief of Section of Clinical and Environmental Microbiology of the Institute of Health Science. Talavera de la Reina- Spain.

12:20


ENAC-ACCREDITATION: Challenges of Introducing alternative methods and Technical Sheet No. 32

Isabel de la Villa, Chief of Health Department within the Technical Directorate of ENAC (the National Accreditation Body). Madrid- Spain.

12:50

Networking drinks 11:00


OPENING WELCOME

Santiago Vicente Luis Lafuente, Dpt. of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry Supramolecular and Sustainable Chemistry GroupUniversity Jaume I – Castellón- Spain.

15:20 Videoconference followed by Q&A

Rapid testing from a biosafety perspective in cruisers

Mario Hrsak, Director of Vessel Sanitation Program Carnival Cruise Line Miami-USA.

16:20 Closing Remarks

Carlos Ferrer, Managing Director of Biótica, Bioquímica Analítica, S.L. Scientific Park of University Jaume I- Castellón- Spain.

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LEGIONELLA PREVENTION: key points of the regulation for the legionella control and inspection: model of Madrid’s Community.

Mercedes Butler, Technical support for the Environmental Health Service- Community of Madrid. Spain

11:50

15:00 Presentation followed by Q&A

Lab Testing: Impact of rapid testing on the routine work at a Laboratory

Jorge Álvarez, Latis Scientific- London


Dr. Inma Solís is Head of Microbiology Department at Iproma, S.L. for the last 20 years, a recognized ISO 17025 Laboratory devoted to environmental analysis. Dr. Solís is member of the Spanish Society for Microbiology, really also as member of the governing body of this scientific society founded in 1946 at the Jaime Ferrán Institute, which belongs to the National Research Council (CSIC). She actively works in three Specialist Groups of this Society: Water Microbiology, Food Microbiology, and Normalization of Methods. Dr. Solís is also member of the technical advisory committee of ENAC (National Accreditation Entity in Spain). She has a wide experience validating alternative methods.

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Dr. Vyt Garnys, Managing Director and Principal Consultant of CETEC, is a recognised leader in understanding Legionella ecology and measures for its monitoring and control in drinking water systems and cooling towers. In 1987, Dr Garnys conducted Australia’s first general industrial workshop on Legionella. In 2000, he investigated the Legionella outbreak at Melbourne Aquarium and subsequently was an active participant in the development of the Victorian risk management guidelines for cooling towers. In 2013, Dr Garnys and the CETEC team were contracted by The Wesley Hospital to provide a solution to recurring Legionella in their potable water system. He also assisted Queensland Health in the development of new Guidelines for Managing Microbial Water Quality in Healthcare Facilities, released late 2013. Dr Garnys co-authored four papers and also presented at the 2013 International Legionella Conference. In the last year he has written articles (Hospital Engineer), broadly consul-ted and presented at seminars on the management of microbial water quality in healthcare facilities

Dr. Santiago Luis Lafuente is professor at University Jaume I, Director of the Development Research group on Supramolecular and Sustainable Chemistry, and Coordinator of Inter-university Programmes on Sustainable Chemistry, Dr Santiago Luis Lafuente is regarded as one recognized expert on developing fluorescent probes for specific molecules sensing and polymeric chemistry. He investigated the controlled radical polymerization of monomeric units containing chiral ionic liquids (CILs) allowing the synthesis of intrinsically chiral polymers through a bottom-up design. He also investigated the fluorescence response of receptors selective to anions based on new pseudopeptidic molecules containing an acridine unit, and he developed turn-on

fluorescent probes for nitric oxide sensing based on the ortho-hydroxyamino structure showing no interference with dehydroascorbic acid.

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Dr. Butler is Head of the Section of Environmental Health, Sub-directorate General of Environmental Health - General Directorate of Management and Inspection of the Community of Madrid. She is an expert on key aspects of the auditing of Legionella treatment companies. She participated in the coordination of the Guidance for the designing of self-control programs in public swimming pools at Community of Madrid.

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Dr. Cristina Ferrer is in charge of Innovative Services and Technologies in SITRA, SL., a company dedicated to bringing optimal solutions to the treatment and purification of water for industrial markets and providing the best customer experience in meeting water needs. Expert in Environmental Services, she is actively working on the treatment and disinfection of waters at risk facilities, being the implementation of rapid techniques one of its major concerns. The company is pioneer in Spain using fast detection techni-ques for Legionella to optimize the risk management at facilities in leisure environments.

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Dr. Juan Carlos Montero is Chief of Section of Clinical and environmental Microbiology of the Institute of Sciences of the health at Talavera de la Reina (Toledo, Spain). He is Degree in Biological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. Researcher in several projects on public health, he is Doctor by the Rey Juan Carlos University (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Immunology and Medical Micro-biology), master's degree in public health by the University College of public health of the community of Madrid, Master in environmental management by the Ecological Research Institute of Malaga and the Open International University.

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Paulino Pastor is Industrial Engineer with 25 years of experience, is President of the Committee 100 of air conditioning of AENOR, Chairman of the Subcommittee 171.3 of indoor environment quality, inspection and audit.

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Mario Hrsak, is Director of Vessel - Sanitation Program at CARNIVAL Cruise Lines. He has recently collaborated with Center for Disease Control and Prevention at Atlanta (CDC) for the evaluation of a New Environmental Sampling Protocol for Detection of Human Norovirus on Inanimate Surfaces. With the amount and variety of water on a cruise ship, including pools and drinking water, Carnival are always looking for new versatile testing systems able to provide quick results, including rapid Legionella testing. The fact that it could be portable allows Carnival technicians the opportunity to test water at various locations and receive instant and accurate results.

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Dr. Isabel de la Villa is Chief of Health Department within the Technical Directorate of ENAC (the National Accreditation Body). She has a Doctorate in Pharmacy and she is participating very actively in congresses and workgroups on key issues related to accreditation issues. ENAC accreditation is recognized and used both by central and local government in their respective spheres of competence in such sectors as industry, agrifood, the environment, defence, construction, health, telecommunications, metrology, etc. Dr de la Villa provides the expertise required in the field of accreditation of microbiological laboratories.

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Dr. Jorge Álvarez is Scientific Officer in Latis Scientific. This UK company offers a comprehensive range of accredited and tailored microbiological laboratory services, with expert consultancy for many aspects of water, air and environmental microbiology. Latis has been developing studies of comparing different techniques for Legionella determination.

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Rapid testing: an elephantin your room...

Microbiology is rapidly evolving.New rapid testing methods are already here.

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