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Session Z:  The critical role of the nurse for integrating health care for people who use drugs

Tracks
Track 3
Friday, September 13, 2019
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Fortifications, Level 9

Speaker

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Mrs Janet Catt
Nurse Consultant
Kings College Hospital

Easy Access Within the Clinic and Corrections

3:15 PM - 3:25 PM

Video Recording

Biography

A conscientious and experienced Nurse with 18 years viral hepatitis /hepatology experience, both in a community/countywide setting and including x2 tertiary referral centres in London, including Prisons. My main focus for several years has been to improve patient experience amongst a wide range of service users and providers, and to develop innovative projects that will enable greater access to care for all patient/client groups.
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Nurse Sidsel Fjord
Nurse
CWT Meetings & Events

Collaborating Within the Addiction Clinic

3:25 PM - 3:35 PM

Speaker Presentation

Video Recording

Biography

Sidsel Sejr is a nurse and head of development and quality control, studying a master in Public Health (MPH). She has been working with people who uses drugs in ten years. In 2018 she implemented SACC in her organization (Shared Addiction Care Collaboration), which focus is to treat people with Hepatitis in-house in the OST clinics.
Ms. Lesley Gallagher
Hepatitis C Nurse Clinician
Saskatchewan Infectious Disease Care Network

Treat and Teach - Outreach to Indigenous Communities

3:35 PM - 3:45 PM

Biography

Lesley Gallagher is a clinical research nurse, working in Vancouver, at three inner city clinics, which have HCV treatment programs embedded into their primary care/addictions programs. She also works in Saskatoon, for the Saskatchewan Infectious Disease Care Network (SIDCN), providing Hepatitis C care within the urban centre and in northern and rural areas of the province. Lesley is the vice president and education director for the Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses (CAHN) and represents CAHN, as a member of the steering committee for Action Hepatitis Canada (AHC). Lesley is a facilitator for the HCV Education Program, organized by The International Network on Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU), providing HCV training sessions for nurses and general practitioners in Canada.
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Ms Jan Tait
Lead Nurse Specialist Gastroenterology
Nhs Tayside

The Independent Nurse Working as a Physician Delegate

3:45 PM - 3:55 PM

Speaker Presentation

Video Recording

Biography

Jan Tait is Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gastroenterology at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland. She completed a BSc in Nursing at Queen Margaret’s University, Edinburgh and a MSc in Advanced Nursing Practice at Dundee University. She has provided a nurse-led hepatitis service for the last 20 years
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Mrs Ragnheidur Fridriksdottir
Project Manager
Landspitali University Hospital

Managing HCV Elimination

3:55 PM - 4:05 PM

Biography

Ragnheidur (Heidi) Fridriksdottir is the project manager of the TrapHepC program in Iceland. With a background in nursing, clinical research and project management, Heidi has been responsible for the setup, management and day to day operations of the TrapHepC program - the largest preventative program in Iceland to date.
Mr Manasseh Muriithi
Nurse
MDM- France, Kenya

Confidence to treat HCV through Mentorship

4:05 PM - 4:15 PM

Biography

Panel

Questions & Discussion

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography


Chair

Lesley Gallagher
Hepatitis C Nurse Clinician
Saskatchewan Infectious Disease Care Network

Donna Zukowski
President
Cahn

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