Workshop 6
Outbreak Investigation: A Clinical Microbiologist’s Toolkit
Date: 28th October 2026
Workshop Co-ordinator: Dr. Aruna Poojary
Maximum Participants: 50
| Time | Topic | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 am to 9.10 am | Introduction to the workshop | Dr. Aruna Poojary |
| 9.10 am to 9.40 am | Steps to investigating an outbreak |
Dr. J. Jayalakshmi Prof & HOD, Dept of Microbiology Kovai Medical College, Coimbatore |
| 9.40 to 10.10 am | Outbreak preparedness: Laboratory perspective |
Dr. Aruna Poojary Lab. Director & IPC Incharge, Breach Candy Hospital Trust, Mumbai |
| 10.10 am to 10.40 am | Utility of molecular methods in outbreak investigation |
Dr. Rajni Gaind Consultant & Prof VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi |
| 10.40 to 11.10 am | Using Artificial Intelligence to investigate outbreaks: a new dimension |
Dr. Sweta Shah, Lead Consultant Microbiology & Infection Control, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Research Institute, Mumbai |
| 11.10 to 11.20 am | Tea break | |
| 11.20 am to 11.50 pm | How to perform literature review for investigating outbreaks? |
Dr. Ranganathan Iyer Senior Consultant, Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Hyderabad |
| 11.50 to 12.20pm | Managing a Chicken pox outbreak in the Bone Marrow transplant unit |
Dr. Ashwini Tayade Consultant Infectious Diseases & Director Ishra Health- Infectious Diseases Clinic Visiting Consultant Wockhardt Hospital & KIMS Hospital, Nagpur |
| 12.20 to 12.50 pm | Meningoencephalitis community outbreak in Kerala |
Dr. Madhavi Deshmukh Consultant Clinical Microbiologist. Dhruv Diagnostics, Nagpur |
| 12.50 to 1.20 pm | Flu and COVID pandemic: Lessons to learn |
Dr. Nitin Shinde Senior Consultant, Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, KIMS Kingsway Hospital, Nagpur |
| 1.20 to 2.00pm | Lunch | |
| 2.00pm to 2.30 pm | Outbreak on a cruise ship! | Dr. Sweta Shah & Dr. Aruna Poojary |
| 2 to 4.30 pm |
1) SSTI MRSA 2) Ralstonia BSI in chemotherapy patients 3) VAP due to Aba in the Trauma ICU 4) C. auris 5) NTM in Surgical site infections |
Outbreak Investigations group practice sessions – lead by faculty |
