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#IDTwitter Priya Nori MD, FSHEA, FIDSA OPEN ACCESS in ASHE Journal Invasion of superbugs: Cockroach-driven outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter in an ICU bit.ly/3Y6ml33

Looking forward to the next IPC Journal Club in a couple of weeks' time. I'll be leading a session on preventing complications from peripheral venous catheters (PVCs). We spend lots of time focussing on central venous catheters, but there's plenty of reasons to focus on PVCs!

There has been a lot of excitement about the prospects of WGS to support IPC in a really meaningful way over the past decades. This blog post explores what needs to happen to realise these potential benefits reflectionsipc.com/2024/10/04/who…

Prof. Andreas Voss (world renowned #IPC expert) invites you to the 33rd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy #ICC2024 He will present a keynote lecture on "#Infection control: where we came from and future challenges" youtu.be/TTZ0u8LKxF0 @AVIPNL Souha Kanj

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…

Getting ready for Clean Hospitals Day? Excellent toolkit and resources available here cleanhospitals.com/promotional-to… Evidence shows that making environments safer really makes a difference thelancet.com/journals/lanin… Clean Hospitals

🤔Chlorine in cleaning: are we concentrating enough? 💡New work from Mark Garvey Martin Kiernan Martyn Wilkinson & colleagues highlights need for awareness cleaning products may not be made to the desired concentration 🎓Ongoing education required for staff ow.ly/pAfW50TFpSU

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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…

How far would you go to confirm the source of an outbreak confirmed by NGS? Permanent destruction of an ERCP scope that was negative on all normal sampling? infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/11/08/cou… You'd better be right! Paper we discuss here ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38459544

Have enough IPs in your team for your IPC program? Almost no-one does according to the APIC calculation tool. I discuss this with the creator Rebecca Crapanzano-Sigafoos and look at strategies for getting the support needed podbean.com/eas/pb-ynta9-1…

Lowbury Lecture today from Ling Moi Lin #FISHIS24 stressing the big differences between an Influencer and a change agent. Invest in building relationships and learn to use the data that you have. Wonderful narrative of building success from humble beginnings

Really looking forward to doing this Journal Club with Martin Kiernan and Phil Norville. I have a feeling that it's going be difficult to contain this discussion to a mere 45 mins - prob need 45 years to do it justice!

All clinical areas should have a A3 poster of our patient information leaflets QR codes! We hope you are finding them useful, please display them so patients have access to vital information. 🏥

Our research University Of Limerick Queen's University Belfast 🎓 is worth a read journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-…

Latest podcast up and this time we discuss an RCT that examined whether portable air filtration in a nursing home reduces respiratory infections. infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/12/04/in-…

🛡️ Ensuring Patient Safety: The True Value of Hospital Hygiene. Watch this insightful video from Jon Otter to discover why investing in hygiene is essential for better healthcare outcomes. 💬 Join the conversation and help us raise standards together! ⚖️ Dive into the critical

Final podcast of the year and Brett Mitchell.bsky.social reem-aus.bsky.social and I discuss favourite conferences, papers and podcasts. As usual it’s none too serious. infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/12/19/the… find us on all podcast hosting sites

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