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As a part of the CLEEN study, we examined how long it takes to appropriately clean shared equipment in a time and motion study. Just published Journal of Hospital Infection This will inform future cost-effective evals and cleaning models. Freely available journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-… Katrina Browne

🫧Cleaning time & motion: an observational study on the time required to effectively clean shared medical equipment, from Brett Mitchell Martin Kiernan ⏰Study can inform staffing & training, underpin business cases and cost-effectiveness evaluations of cleaning ow.ly/ghaz50T1Pkl

Apologies for the late arrival of this episode - went on the boat and forgot the laptop! Anyway, Brett Mitchell and I discuss what study would be needed to discard some aspects of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE (other pathogens avalable). infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/08/30/rem…

Sepsis is a medical emergency but if you know the signs and act fast, it can be prevented. @SepsisAU has created the #SepsisChallenge to raise awareness during sepsis awareness month. I nominate Dr. Nick Coatsworth Paul Young and The Spence to give it a go 😀World Sepsis Day

🚨 Time’s running out! Just 1 week left to register, closes 10th Sep 🚨 National EMCR Nursing & Midwifery Research Symposium: Charting the Future of Healthcare. If you’re a nursing or midwifery researcher (0-10 years post-PhD), click here: lnkd.in/gSvQTv_S Caleb Ferguson

Blog on the brill CLEEN study by Brett Mitchell et al.: "Improving cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment: it’s time to ‘CLEEN between’" reflectionsipc.com/2024/09/03/imp… Brett will be leading an IPC Journal Club on this next Wednesday - register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eeb7606b…

Latest episode released and guest moderator Sally Havers talks to Kate Browne, Brett Mitchell @PLR_aus and I about the CLEEN study recently published in the Lancet. Results so good they provoked incredulity at ECCMID infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/09/04/the…

Infection prevention: Safer hospitals, healthier patients Improved hospital cleaning practices can dramatically combat the incidence of healthcare-associated infections, with a new trial showing a 35% reduction @PLR_aus Brett Mitchell #MonashLens @monash_FMNHS lens.monash.edu/2024/09/17/138…

New podcast today and @PLR_aus and Dr Gemma L Saravanos talk about IPC and sustainability following a recent open access paper infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/09/18/is-…

Thank you Phil Russo & the awesome Infection Control Matters podcast crew for highlighting our paper on infection #prevention & #sustainability …cglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… A/Prof Meru Sheel Jocelyne Basseal Brett Mitchell Md. Saiful Islam A/Prof Holly Seale Anny Huang #SDGs #SydneyNursingSchool

Infection Control Matters podcast - subscribe and find a podcast. Find out more in our video below. We are doing a live recording from IPS conference next week. #IP2024 IPS @PLR_aus Martin Kiernan linkedin.com/posts/brett-mi…

In our second live session at a major conference, this episode of Infection Control Matters was record live at a plenary session to close day 1 of the Infection Prevention Society conference (Birmingham, UK). infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/live-from-th… #IP2024Conf

Need a power/sample size calculation for a study or upcoming grant? Led by Emil Hodzic-Santor, we built a simple, free, and pain-free (!) shiny app. feedback welcome plz share with interested parties. check it out: powercalc.ca 🦾🤓 Michelle Sholzberg Kieran Campbell Lianne Jeffs

Health care-associated infections are a preventable burden. A recent randomised controlled trial presents evidence on how enhanced cleaning and disinfection can reduce infection rates. ow.ly/xFpR50TysKJ

New podcast now up and Brett Mitchell and I talk to Conor McGinn anout how AI could bolster patient safety by enhancing effectiveness of cleaning in hospitals infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/10/09/can…

New podcast today. I talk to Claire Fitzsimons from Northern Ireland about a poster on reducing glove use in an ambulance service presented at the 2024 IPS conference. Great example of front-line staff producing solutions and IPC team support infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/10/23/red…

RCT: Air purifiers with high-efficiency particulate air-14 filters placed in residents’ rooms do not reduce the incidence of acute respiratory infections among residential aged-care facilities residents. ja.ma/3YZE6l4 Bismi Khadar Brett Mitchell Professor Jenny Sim (also on BlueSky)

JAMA Network Open Bismi Khadar Brett Mitchell Great to see this study published. While the headline results of this RCT did not show statistical significance, air purifiers placed in residents rooms did show a reduction in ARIs among those who completed the study. Bismi Khadar Brett Mitchell Vanessa McDonald Dr Julee McDonagh, RN, PhD