Ventilation does not affect close-range transmission of influenza virus in a ferret playpen setup | PNAS pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

Sustainable application of biocides to promote hygiene and minimize antimicrobial resistance academic.oup.com/sumbio/article…

Use our FREE #futurelearn course 'Preventing and Managing Infections in Childcare' to get your classroom and pre-school setting ready for the new school year! #infectionprevention Access here: bit.ly/3VDaaKc

“A conspiracy of silence, or culture of silence, describes the behavior of a group of people that by unspoken consensus does not mention, discuss, or acknowledge a given subject. The practice may be motivated by positive interest in group solidarity or by negative impulses such

Hospitalization linked to higher risk of MRSA infections in households cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…

Investigating the effect of enhanced cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on health-care-associated infections in Australia (CLEEN): a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised, controlled trial - The Lancet Infectious Diseases thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Exploring barriers to “water free” care reflectionsipc.com/2024/08/16/exp… via Jon Otter

#IP2024Conf Programme highlight! 🎙️ Dr Sally Bloomfield “What is the difference between hospital hygiene and hospital cleanliness?” 👉 View the programme buff.ly/3P2Fm1L #InfectionPrevention #IPC #IPSEvents IFH

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New study shows how and why combined surface and hand hygiene is required for contamination elimination – especially in crowded spaces. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Case for Merging Environmental Services and Infection Prevention Departments in Hospitals infectioncontroltoday.com/view/the-case-… via @infectioncontrol

Avian influenza: it’s in the (waste)water reflectionsipc.com/2024/09/13/avi… via Jon Otter

The Evolution of Health Care Environmental Hygiene: A Long Overdue Shift in Infection Control infectioncontroltoday.com/view/tevolutio… via @infectioncontrol

Unless we confront antimicrobial resistance now, we risk the consequences of a post-antibiotic society bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Cases of norovirus (Kawasaki) are double the average for this time of the year. Follow our simple IFH practical guide to stop the spread of infection ifh-homehygiene.org/wp-content/upl…

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With a Little Help from My Friends: The Role of Detergents for Energy, Efficiency, and Hygiene in Domestic Dishwashing - Bockmuehl - ChemPlusChem - Wiley Online Library …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…

One of the most puzzling things is why so many journalists didn’t realise the WHO and many other leaders, knew about the AIRBORNE nature of SARS2 at the very beginning and lied about it for years?

When it comes tackling AMR, gvts can only do so much, the public have a huge role to play - why do we continue to neglect this? IFH strategy for action paper shows how this IS doable ifh-homehygiene.org/wp-content/upl… #WAAW The Hygiene Doctor Prof. Dame Sally Davies

Just wrote a blog on antimicrobial surfaces based on this study aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… in preparation for Journal Club tomorrow: Blog: reflectionsipc.com/2024/11/19/ant… Journal Club register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bc7edb83…