Registration for our next COVID-19 challenges and solutions webinar ‘The role of SARS-CoV-2 testing in the IPC management of patients and staff’ is now open. Register now bit.ly/3gEo4UZ Tom Lewis @SmallRedOne @cstewartb

Presenting a case for caesarean section surgical site infection surveillance - what can I do to improve #PatientSafety through #SurgicalSiteInfection #SSI #SSIPrevention work? lilycompassion.com/post/a-case-fo…

Based on #Science #COVID__19 is not spread by the airborne route and the use of particulate respirators offers no advantage over medical masks. aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Updated COVID-19 IPC guidance: Added COVID-19 risk pathways to support returning services. Main changes in thread below. (1/7) gov.uk/government/pub…

Summer 1970: a rare form of typhoid is infecting people in Edinburgh. Dr Nancy Conn, a bacteriologist at Western General, finds the source and prevents a major outbreak with detective work and sanitary towels. A thread on one of Scotland's unsung #WomenInSTEM #OldWeirdScotland

Looking forward to this webinar, great lineup

This has been a fantastic opportunity for me. To be able to spend a year doing practical infection prevention and control and working with Journal of Hospital Infection has been invaluable experience. Thoroughly recommend it.

📢WIN 4 free places at #FISHIS20 for your #team! 👏 TO ENTER ✅Retweet this 🗓️ On 6 Oct a winner will be randomly selected from the RTs & contacted 🏆 Access given to live sessions 9-11 Nov & conference content for 1 year! #teamwork #IPC #infectionprevention @HIS_Infection

Our first online Trainee education day takes place on 21 October 2020 on the topic of Behaviour change, quality improvement and leadership. We have a great programme lined up. View the programme and register now bit.ly/3fyDE3A #microbiology #virology #IDtwitter

Do you have an area of specialist interest within IPC that you would like to explore? The Graham Ayliffe Fellowship Award could enable you to take a one year paid leave of absence to pursue your specialist area. Find out more and apply bit.ly/2Tlw5Wg

Really excited to advertise for a Nurse Consultant in IPC come and join an amazing team ⁦Sheffield Hospitals⁩ #BrilliantPlaceToWork ⁦Emma Louise Roberts⁩ ⁦@finlaybean⁩ Cariad Evans⁩ ⁦Dave Partridge⁩ ⁦Diana Greenfield FRCN PhD RN⁩ jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916…

Great CSClub session at #FISHIS20. Good to see Karen Tweed presenting, our resident decontamination expert Sheffield Hospitals - always reliable in a decon crisis!

Great to hear there are antibiotics in the pipeline, though important to protect then with #AMS. Great session so far from NHS NE&Yorks AMR - Philip HOWARD OBE and Prof Livermore at #FISHIS20

A former Graham Ayliffe #fellow Chris Lynch describes the problems and solutions for improving ventilation in a dental hospital #healthcareventilation #springmeeting

Here's a blog about stand-alone air decontamination units: a really promising approach, but I have some questions... reflectionsipc.com/2022/05/20/sta…

Thanks to attendees of the Healthcare Infection Society Spring Meeting today! We're delighted to annouce we're working with Dr Shanom Ali on our next Special Issue: water systems and wastewater disposal in healthcare buildings #HIS2023SpringMeeting #CallForSubmissions bit.ly/JHIwater

Apply for the Healthcare Infection Society Graham Ayliffe Training fellowship for an oppotunity to receive training with the editors of the JHI and IPIP - more information below 👇👇👇