Abstracts can only be submitted online and in English, using the appropriate template.

Two types of submissions are accepted:

• Research-based: describing a formal study on a specific aspect of infection prevention and control
• “How we did it”: providing a more descriptive account of how infection control practitioners or teams tackled a specific challenge or brought improvement in healthcare associated infections within their institution or country.

Research style paper: Abstract should be formally structured into: Introduction/Aims; Methods; Results; Conclusions.

“How we did it”: a more descriptive account of how infection control practitioners or teams tackled a specific infection control challenge or brought about improvement in the prevention or control of healthcare associated infections in their institution or country. Abstracts should also be formally structured into: Introduction/Aims; Interventions; Results; Conclusions.

Applicants should complete all the required information fields and copy the abstract body into the designated space. The maximum word count for the abstract body is 250 words. Applicants should also indicate whether they only wish to submit their paper in a poster format or would alternatively be willing to present it as a short 10 minute oral lecture.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 May 2009. Due to strict printing deadlines, we are unable to consider abstracts arriving after this date.

All abstracts will be judged by an appointed adjudication scientific panel. The decision of the panel will be communicated to all applicants via email by early July .  This communication will also indicate the mode of presentation for accepted submissions. The decisions of the panel will be final and uncontestable.

DO NOT USE THIS SUBMISSION FORM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AN IFIC SCOLARSHIP. Please click on this link to be directed to the scholarship application form.

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