Infection Prevention and Control Response and Escalation Framework: Evaluation and Application Beyond a Pandemic
Date: April 22, 2026
Faculty: Kathy Dempsey, Clinical Excellence Commission, Australia
Live broadcast time:
1:30pm-2:30pm in Sydney
11:30pm (April 21) in New York / Toronto
5:30am in Geneva
12:30am in Buenos Aires
6:30am in Riyadh
Objectives
- Define how the COVID-19 pandemic challenged and overwhelmed health systems around the world
- Observe that Infection Prevention and Control became the epicentre of pandemic response across the globe although IPC decision‑making during emergencies is often reactive, inconsistent, and variable across services
- Identify the many frameworks that were developed during and for responding to the pandemic, most if not all of which are no longer available
- Describe how structured escalation frameworks strengthen IPC preparedness, not just emergency response
- Determine that IPC must be embedded as a strategic, system‑level function rather than a reactive specialty response – Conclude that development and implementation of a response and escalation framework beyond pandemics such as this supports resilient, learning health systems
