During #WorldImmunisationWeek it is important for vaccinators to remember to perform #handhygiene before preparing the vaccine and between each #vaccine administration preferably using an alcohol-based hand rub #infectionprevention #CleanYourHands who.int/campaigns/worl…

I’m looking forward to the Guy's and St Thomas' Evelina London IPC Awareness campaign, which will coincide with the World Hand 🤚 Hygiene Day on 5th May. There will be flurry of activities - from HH promotion, HH Cinema to a Tweetathon! #HandHygiene #CleanYourHands #InfectionPrevention

Why is screening important? 🦠 It helps us to: 1) identify colonisation or infection 2) gain an understanding of #AntibioticResistance 3) protect our patients #BetterTogetherDay #InfectionPrevention

Prevent #CLABSI (central line associated blood stream infections) Effective strategies: 1. Hand hygiene 2. Maximal barrier precautions 3. Chlorhexidine skin prep and BioPatch 4. Daily line review 5. Timely removal 6. Education & training #BetterTogetherDay #PatientSafety

We want to remind staff that when it comes to #antimicrobials: Right indication + right dose + right route + right duration = better outcomes Have you downloaded our Microguide App to aid prescribing? #AntibioticGuardian #BetterTogetherDay

World Hand Hygiene Day is next Friday, 5 May The World Health Organization (WHO)’s 5 moments are: 1) Before touching a patient 2) Before a clean/aseptic procedure 3) After body fluid exposure risk 4) After touching a patient 5) After touching patient surroundings #WorldHandHygieneDay

This #BetterTogetherDay, we are excited to announce the launch of a new #infection #prevention and #control intranet section. This will be your one stop shop for everything IPC! Visit the new section: intranet.imperial.nhs.uk/Interact/Pages… #InfectionPrevention

This #BetterTogetherDay, we are launching new #infection #prevention and #control posters across all our hospitals. Below is a sneak preview! Find out more: intranet.imperial.nhs.uk/Interact/Pages… #InfectionPrevention #PatientSafety

Congratulations to the site team at SMH ⭐️ #BetterTogetherDay

St Mary’s IPC team celebrating international nurses day! Imperial People 💙

Meet Aneeka, infection pharmacist 👋🏼 "Today is #NationalPenicillinAllergyDay. It aims to raise awareness around the impact of carrying a penicillin allergy label and how it affects a patient’s healthcare treatment." 1/

Key to stopping #AntimicrobialResistance is #HandHygiene 🖐️🫧 The World Health Organization (WHO)’s 5 moments are: 1. Before touching a patient 2. Before a clean/aseptic procedure 3. After body fluid exposure risk 4. After touching a patient 5. After touching patient surroundings #WAAW2023

Nerissa Cummings, head of infection prevention and control nursing, shares how she became interested in IPC: "One Christmas there was a norovirus outbreak. This piqued my interest in IPC and showed me how important it is to work together to minimise the spread of infection."

Lovely seeing this incredible lady. What an inspiration. #greatnesscannotbeboxed Lilian Chiwera Knowlex

Imperial IPCT team exploring ways to improve patient safety at the IPC24 Knowlex conference. Imperial People 💙 Knowlex Donna

IPC WEEK St Marys hospital, collaborative working with our occupational health and vaccination team colleagues. #oneteam#onefight#IPCatthecenter Imperial People 💙

International IPC Week The Sydney Morning Herald #collaborativeworking #handhygine #patientsafety #vaccination ⁦Imperial People 💙⁩ ⁦@TomJacques11⁩ ⁦Nerissa Cummings Trisha Bourke 💙⁩ ⁦⁦Tracey Galletly⁩ ⁦Janice Sigsworth RN 💙⁩ ⁦⁦Maria Marina Scurhan Ekene Alozie-Otuka @PamellaJacobs ⁦

Come along to our upcoming #IIPW stalls this week: 🦠Wednesday 16 October: Hammersmith Hospital (inside staff canteen) from 11:00–14:30 🦠Thursday 17 October: Charing Cross Hospital (outside staff canteen) from 11:00–14:30