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This year's theme is „Safe care for every newborn and every child". The symposium is organized by the Directorate of Health's professional council on patient safety in collaboration with various healthcare professionals and users.

Agenda

• 13:00 Opening remarks. María Heimisdóttir, Medical Director of Health

• 13:15 Nicotine consumption during pregnancy and its effects on newborns. Björk Áskelsdóttir, midwife, Landspítali University Hospital

• 13:30 In progress

• 13:45 Childhood vaccinations. Kamilla S. Jósefsdóttir, Chief Physician, Department of Communicable Disease Control, Directorate of Health

• 14:00 Procedures in infant and toddler care when concerns about autism arise. Áslaug Heiða Pálsdóttir, pediatrician at the Development Centre for Icelandic Primary Health Care

• 14:15 Challenges in the assessment and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries in children. Bergþór Steinn Jónsson, emergency physician, Akureyri Hospital

• 14:30 The NICU transport team. Hrólfur Brynjarsson, neonatologist, NICU, Landspítali University Hospital

• 14:45 A parent's account of their interactions with the healthcare system. Sigríður Hrafnkelsdóttir, Einstök börn

• 15:00 Break

• 15:15 Standardized suicide risk assessment. Guðríður Haraldsdóttir, psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre

• 15:30 Safety culture at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Landspítali. Björn Hjálmarsson, child and adolescent psychiatrist and Guðlaug María Júlíusdóttir, social worker, BUGL.

• 15:45 Medication safety and children. Þórunn Óskarsdóttir, clinical pharmacist, Landspítali University Hospital

• 16:00 Children, parents and the healthcare system. Marta Jóns Hjördísardóttir, Patient advocate at Landspítali University Hospital

• 16:15 Symposium summary. Sigurður E. Sigurðsson, moderator

More information
Kjartan Hreinn Njálsson, assistant to the Medical Director of Health
kjartan.h.njalsson@landlaeknir.is