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If you want to be remembered: Be kind Be compassionate Be respectful Be sincere Be empathetic ~Lolly Daskal #Leadership #Management

Sink design considerations to install drain plugs, reduce dripping, and offset the faucet may help prevent transmission from drains. Read the #openaccess article here: journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-…

Delighted to have a full room of IPC leads today for the important launch of the new Core competency Framework for infection prevention & control practitioners #AMRIC Shirley Keane Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 Eimear O'Donovan Josephine Galway

In press: Healthcare-associated infections: a threat to the survival of patients with #COVID19 in intensive care units. journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-… #ICU #IntensiveCare

Monkeypox will NOT turn into a COVID-like pandemic because this… - strain isn’t deadly - virus isn’t airborne - outbreak isn’t global - outbreak is affecting MSM - disease has a treatment+vaccine - IS NOT COVID Don’t give in to fear mongering.

Another great poster from team University Hospitals Birmingham fab work Alyson Gardiner #ECCMID2023 looking at the splash zone 💧💧💧

A key ability of a change agent at work is to be able to rock the boat and stay in it. If we set ourselves up in opposition, we can get locked into a one-sided model, which depends on having a big dominant authority system to "oppose" & may not achieve much. Change agents need to

How often do HCW hands become contaminated with hospital pathogens during patient care? A blog about a review on this topic. reflectionsipc.com/2023/05/19/how… Short answer: about 5% and varies by pathogen Long answer: depends on the inclusion / exclusion criteria! American Journal of Infection Control

Link to paper we discuss: idhjournal.com.au/article/S2468-…

@wyliedpod Beverley Harden FCSP @HelenStokesLam Naseer Ahmad David Russell Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Prof Rowan Parks Patronising, egocentric and self serving in the extreme is what I think David The best clinicians of all disciplines, to use Roy Lilley 💙's phrase, start with the patient and work backwards. It's not about becoming mini-doctors, it's about being maxi-nurses and #AHPs

New article: Risk of organism acquisition from prior room occupants: An updated systematic review idhjournal.com.au/article/S2468-… Brett Mitchell Martin Kiernan Dr Julee McDonagh, RN, PhD @savvy_sci @DrHelenRawson Professor Jenny Sim (also on BlueSky)

Latest episode published and Sinead Horgan talks surgical site infection surveillance, quality improvement and the importance of patient information infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/surgical-sit… website to subscribe infectoncontrolmatters.com SSI PREVENTION AfPP - SaferSurgeryUK

I spoke to World Health Organization (WHO)'s new chief scientist Jeremy Farrar about why he decided to take the job, what new technologies the world needs to prepare for and how dangerous #SARSCoV2 remains. Q&A is here (and short thread coming in a bit): science.org/content/articl…

Looking forward to hosting 24th Infection Prevention and Control Conference today. Great speakers lined up and a day of learning and discussion ahead Manx Care Paul Moore Margaret Knight Sarah Pinch

A six-month pilot phase is underway of the Island’s first ever Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). More info here: gov.im/news/2023/jul/…

So what are you going to do? “World hits record land, sea temperatures as climate change fuels 2023 extremes” reuters.com/business/envir…

Sir David Attenborough on #ClimateCrisis "It may sound frightening, but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world & the collapse of our societies" bbc.com/news/entertain…

Fabulous day at our 24th IPC Conference yesterday! A huge team effort! Loads of energy, humour and learning. Thanks to our amazing speakers Jon Otter jimmy walker Craig Bradley @grahampike Simón Thank you Teresa Cope Paul Moore for supporting us!

Nose-picking health workers more likely to get Covid, study shows. Eew bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

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