Ministry of Health, Kuwait at IDWeek 2026

Oct 21–24, 2026 Washington, DC ~12k attendees Website

Ministry of Health, Kuwait brings 3 presentations to IDWeek 2026 in Washington. Its program centres on preventing bloodstream infections in intensive care units through universal daily chlorhexidine bathing. It measures the effect on central line infections and hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia, both overall and from Candidozyma auris.

Organization	IDWeek 2026 Attendance
MH Ministry of Health, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
	Poster Thu Oct 22 12:15pm–1:30pm The Impact of Universal Daily Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Bathing with 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) on the Incidence of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Due to Candidozyma auris and All Pathogens Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1482 N4. Health Care-Associated Infections: Device-Associated (CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP) Talk Thu Oct 22 12:35pm–12:40pm Part of Rapid-Fire Poster Session: "Don't Touch That" and Other Professional Advice The Impact of Universal Daily Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Bathing with 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) on the Incidence of ICU Hospital-Onset Bacteremia and Fungemia (HOB) Due to Candidozyma auris and All Pathogens RF Arena 4 Infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology Poster Sat Oct 24 12:15pm–1:30pm The Impact of Universal Daily Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Bathing with 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) on the Incidence of ICU Hospital-Onset Bacteremia and Fungemia (HOB) Due to Candidozyma auris and All Pathogens Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-504 C7. Bacteremia

Organization

IDWeek 2026 Attendance

Ministry of Health, Kuwait

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Poster

Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm

The Impact of Universal Daily Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Bathing with 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) on the Incidence of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Due to Candidozyma auris and All Pathogens

Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1482

N4. Health Care-Associated Infections: Device-Associated (CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP)

Talk

Thu Oct 22
12:35pm–12:40pm

Part of Rapid-Fire Poster Session: "Don't Touch That" and Other Professional Advice

The Impact of Universal Daily Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Bathing with 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) on the Incidence of ICU Hospital-Onset Bacteremia and Fungemia (HOB) Due to Candidozyma auris and All Pathogens

RF Arena 4

Infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology

Poster

Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm

Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-504

C7. Bacteremia

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