Biography:

Dr Lai is the Director of Intensive Care Services at Mater Health and an Associate Professor at Griffith University. He graduated from Monash University Medical School holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand and the Royal Society of Medicine. He attained the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Echocardiography and Clinical Ultrasound from the University of Melbourne. Dr Lai is the founder, convener and faculty member of a number of courses and symposia including the Basic Intensive Care Medicine (BICMed) course, A-B-C Critical Skills for ICU, the Australian Short Course in Intensive Care, Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care (BASIC), Antimicrobial Masterclass (AIM) for Acute Care Practitioners, Short Course in Critical Infections and the Advanced Diagnostic and Physiological Monitoring in Critical Care (ADP-MoCC) Symposium. Dr Lai is a reviewer for the Respiratory Care journal and an expert consultant on mechanical ventilators for the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia.

Abstract:

To assess the effects, cost-effectiveness and safety of skin antiseptic regimes (including the use of a single agent or a combination of agents) used during CVC insertion in reducing CVC related infections and their associated consequences.