Shaheen Mehtar
Professor Shaheen Mehtar is an internationally recognised expert in the field of infection control. She currently heads up the Unit for Infection Prevention and Control at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University. Her passion for IPC has resulted in the development and growth of a post graduate diploma in IPC (PDIC), a diploma in Decontamination Sciences, as well as several basic education and training programmes in Africa. She has served on the executive committees of the Hospital...See more
Professor Shaheen Mehtar is an internationally recognised expert in the field of infection control. She currently heads up the Unit for Infection Prevention and Control at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University. Her passion for IPC has resulted in the development and growth of a post graduate diploma in IPC (PDIC), a diploma in Decontamination Sciences, as well as several basic education and training programmes in Africa. She has served on the executive committees of the Hospital Infection Society (UK), International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC), British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) and the European Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. She currently serves on several WHO committees relating to IPC and is the current Chair of the newly formed IPC Africa Network (IPCAN). See less
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