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09.09.2026

Postgraduate Course SSI

Montreux Conference centre

Room Agora 1-4

13:00 - 17:00

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Infections in the immunocompromised host/ Fungal infections /Fever of unknown origin

Coordination: Philipp Kohler, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen

Nicolas Müller, University Hospital Zürich

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Speakers

 

Latifi B: Infections in neutropenic patients; case presentation

Scherz V: Infections in neutropenic patients; overview

Köhn F: Antibacterial prophylaxis with quinolones: yes or no?

Giannini A: Universal prophylaxis vs. pre-emptive approach against fungal infections

Vouloagka A: Discontinuation of antibiotic therapy: Can antibiotics be stopped in a neutropenic patient under some circumstances?

Staiger W: Infections in solid organ transplant recipients; case presentation

Lippmann J: Infections in solid organ transplant recipients; overview

Wettstein S: Asymptomatic bacteriuria in kidney transplant recipients: to treat or not?

Tallon de Lara C: CMV management: prophylaxis vs. preemptive approach 

Schumacher M: Secondary prophylaxis against PJP after first episode: yes or no? If yes, how long?

Bellini P: Fever of unknown origin; case presentation

Simon N: Fever of unknown origin; structured approach

Friedrich B: Is there still a role for patient history in FUO?

Ruiz Arabi E: Should a PET-CT scan be performed as first line radiological diagnostic step 

Mertelsmann A: What is the role of AI in the diagnostic process?

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02.09.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

September 2, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

 

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Implementation and Communication Sciences in IPC

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Speakers

 

Lauren Clack, University of Zurich

 

Moderation: 
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne

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08.07.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

July 8, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

 

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Control of the hospital environment, including requirements for air quality, water, and surface maintenance

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Speakers

 

Dominique Blanc, CHUV Lausanne

 

Moderation: 
Niccolò Buetti, University Hospital Geneva

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10.06.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

June 10, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

 

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Health policy and legal aspects

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Speakers

 

Delphine Berthod, Hôpitaux du Valais

Gaud Catho, Hôpitaux du Valais

Benedikt Wiggli, Cantonal Hospital Baden

 

Moderation: 
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne

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04.06.2026

Fellows' session

June 4, 2026; 12:15-13:00

Zoom session

 

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Antibiotics in palliative/End-of-Life situations

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Speaker: Blerina Latifi, Inselspital Bern

Moderator: Eloïse Magnenat, Inselspital Bern

03.06.2026

Séminaire d'infectiologie Genève

3 juin 2025, 14:00-17:00

Hôtel Royal, Rue de Lausanne 41, 1201 Genève

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Programme provisoire, du 14 avril 2026

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13.05.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

May 13, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

 

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Prevention strategies and surveillance elements for HAI: nv-HAP, SSI, and viral infections

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Speakers

 

Delphine Berthod, Hôpitaux du Valais

Aline Wolfensberger, University Hospital Zurich

 

Moderation: 
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne

Slides

07.05.2026

Symposium für Infektionsprävention BBZ

13:30-16:30
Inselspital Bern

Auditorium Maurice E. Müller

Freiburgstrasse 16, 3010 Bern

Hybride Veranstaltung

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Programm, Status 23. April 2026

Registrierung geschlossen

Speakers

 

Colin E.: Update Epidemiologie: Globale Trends – lokale Herausforderungen

Damonti L.: CRAB Ausbruch auf der Intensivstation – Lektionen für die Zukunft

Frick W., Bishtawi D.: Herausforderungen in Reinigung und Desinfektion, Inputreferat

Mutters N.: Herausforderungen der Infektionsprävention: Deutschland

Zingg W.: Herausforderungen der Infektionsprävention: Schweiz

Tschudin Sutter S.: Publikationshighlight Infektionsprävention

Slides

22.04.2026

Pragmatic Clinical trials in infectious diseases: innovative designs for greater impact

Wednesday, 22nd April 2026, 13:30-17:45

Hybrid event

Auditoire Jequier Doge, CHUV

Rue de Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne

Métro CHUV

 

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Programme, mise-à-jour 3 mars 2026

Registration closed

Speakers

 

Davis J: The SNAP example: Platform adaptive trial designs

Huttner A: Why do we need clinical trials in Switzerland? Investigator perspective

Nagy Bonnard L: Why do we need clinical trials in Switzerland? Patients' perspective

Speich B: Switzerland: a country of cohorts – The TWICS opportunity 

Tan R: Cluster randomized controlled trials: advantages and caveats 

Lassen M: The power of routine data: conducting the mega-Danish clinical trial 

Keitel K: Pragmatic clinical trial in low resource settings 

Bielicki J: Large consortia in clinical trials: Opportunities and challenges 

Slides

08.04.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

April 8, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

 

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Concepts, prevention strategies, and surveillance elements for healthcare-associated infections (HAI): CLABSI, VAP, and CAUTI

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73 participants

Speakers

 

Niccolò Buetti, University Hospital Geneva

Andrea Büchler, CHUV Lausanne

Walter Zingg, University Hospital Zurich

 

Moderation: 
Niccolò Buetti, University Hospital Geneva

Slides

11.03.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

March 11, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

 

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Epidemic management

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65 participants

Speakers

 

Gaud Catho, Hôpitaux du Valais

Lauro Damonti, Inselspital Berne

 

Moderation: 
Niccolò Buetti, University Hospital Geneva

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05.03.2026

Fellows' session

March 5, 2026; 12:15-13:00

Zoom

 

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ESBL-Producing Enterobacterales: Epidemiology, therapy, and the current evidence behind infection control measures

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Speaker: Roberta di Nicola, University Hospital Basel

Moderator: Nadine Bernasconi, University Hospital Basel

04.03.2026

Postgraduate Course SSI

Bern, Inselspital, SITEM

13:30-17:30h

Freiburgstrasse 3, 3010 Bern

Felix Frey Auditorium

 

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Bone and joint infections/ Skin & soft tissue infection

Coordination: Eveline Hofmann, Inselspital;

Richard Alexander Kühl, University Hospital Basel

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65 participants

Speakers

 

Tamó R: Diagnosis and treatment of native joint infections

Török J: Diabetic foot infections: duration of antibiotic treatment after amputation

Brahier Th: Indications for surgery in vertebral osteomyelitis 

Vouloagka A: Diagnostic criteria, classification and treatment of fracture-related infections 

Pallanza M: DAIR in prosthetic joint infections: indications and risk factors for failure

Valente L: The role and evidence of rifampicin in prosthetic joint infections

Schumacher M: Are antibiotics “holidays” necessary before re-implantation in two-stage exchange of a prosthetic joint infection?

Gubser P: Which antibiotics penetrate well into the bone - what is the evidence?

Dörr T: Classification of skin and soft tissue infections and their risk factors

Bock L: Antibiotic treatment duration of skin and soft tissue infection

Turicchi G: How to prevent recurrent cellulitis

Calame A: The returning traveler with a skin ulcer on the leg

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11.02.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

February 11, 2026, 13:00-13:45

Zoom session

 

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Strategies for preventing the spread of germs

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80 participants

Speakers

 

Mohamed Abbas, University Hospital Geneva

Davide Bosetti, University Hospital Geneva

Sarah Tschudin Sutter, University Hospital Basel

 

Moderation: 
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne
Niccolò Buetti, University Hospital Geneva

Slides

05.02.2026

Fellows' session: Infectious diseases perspectives on burn patients

February 5, 2026; 12:15-13:00

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Fellows' session: Infectious diseases perspectives on burn patients

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Speakers & moderators:

Giacomo Stroffolini & Florian Tagini, CHUV Lausanne

16.01.2026

35th Challenge in Infectious Diseases, 16 - 17 January 2026

Engelberg, Kursaal

Announcement

Registration closed

154 participants

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Programme, updated January 9, 2026

Speakers

Slides

 

Muller-Durovic B: Metabolic targets in EBV-infection 

Hale B: Interferon autoantibodies - slides not available

Renner E: Inborn immunodeficiencies and invasive infections 

Jeker L: Targeting CD45 to replace the hematopoietic system for HIV eradication? 

Rooijakkers S: Antibody-based Therapies for Infectious Diseases - slides not available

Berney M: Innovation in Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development - slides not available

Kouyos R: Primer: Mathematical Models in Infectious Diseases 

Opatowski L: Mathematical and Epidemiological Modeling of Antimicrobial Resistance Drivers 

Perez L: Computational Vaccine Design 

Mongiat M: Back to geography class

Berger Ch: Twins prematurely born due to an infection?

Gauthiez E: Horse or zebra? - slides not available

Baumgartner Ch: Decompensated Cirrhosis: The Unusual Suspects - slides not available

Marinosci A: Encephalitis at sixty-five

Frater J: Can T-cells confer sustained HIV suppression after bNAb therapy 

Rutishauser R: Eliciting effective immune responses against HIV rebound

Trkola A: Multi-specificity is a common trait of HIV-1 broad neutralizing capacity - slides not available

Feldman M: Biogenesis of extracellular vesicles in human gut bacteria

Valvano M: Intracellular persistence 

Ramsey M: One (or two) ways in which bacterial commensals may prevent disease 

Alimonti A: Microorganisms in oncogenesis and anti-cancer immune responses 

Wong T: Diet-mediated immunometabolic regulation promotes Klebsiella pneumoniae airway clearance 

Julian T: From clinical settings to wastewater systems 

Schünemann V: Tracing pathogens through time with ancient DNA - contact secretary@safe-id.ch for slides

2025

11.12.2025

Virtual session: Tardoc

Virtual lunch session: 

Tardoc

December 11, 2025; 12:00-12:45

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107 participants

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Tardoc

Speakers

 

Barbara Hasse, University Hospital Zürich

Madeleine Rothen, Board member SSI

Slides

04.12.2025

18. Nordwestschweizer Infektiologie Symposium

Universitätsspital Basel

13:15-17:45

Kleiner Hörsaal ZLF (D2)

Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel

Registrierung geschlossen

77 participants

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Programm, Status 14. November 2025

Speakers

 

Gitzinger M: Herausforderungen der Antibiotikaforschung

Merz K: How infectious diseases meet pathology – Vorstellung des neuen Zentrums für Infektionsdiagnostik 

Bättig V, Schumacher M, Gürtler M, Erba A: Journal Club – Neues aus der Infektiologie

Skov R: Global implications of antimicrobial resistance

Kühl R: Was gibt es Neues zu Staphylococcus aureus-Bakteriämien?

Würfel E: Kontrolle übertragbarer Erkrankungen – eine Public-Health-Perspektive

Bassetti St, Keller P: Eine infektiologische Knacknuss

Slides

04.12.2025

Postgraduate virtual lunch session: Between Evidence and Influence: The interplay of infectious diseases practice and political decision making

Postgraduate virtual lunch session: The interplay of infectious diseases practice and political decision making

December 4, 2025; 12:15-13:00

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The interplay of infectious diseases practice and political decision making

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Speaker: Tamara Dörr, HOCH Health Ostschweiz St. Gallen

Moderator: David Weller, University Hospital Zürich

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27.11.2025

Séminaire d'infectiologie Genève

27 novembre 2025, 14:00-17:00

Hôtel Royal, Rue de Lausanne 41, 1201 Genève

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70 participants

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Programme version le 31 octobre 2025

Speakers

 

Laura Cordes Lourenço: Infections urinaires: une update

Mattéo Reymond: Infections sexuellement transmissibles

Alice Berger: Sinusite aiguë

Annabelle Roth: Pneumonie : diagnostic et traitement en charge ambulatoire

Manuel Schibler: SSI Guidelines: infection respiratoire aiguë et/ou syndrome grippal chez l’adulte

Romain Martischang: Vaccination contre: grippe, RSV, SARS-CoV-2: FAQs

Adrien Calame: Une molécule banale, une update extraordinaire