Fiona Hammond (@fionahammond74) 's Twitter Profile
Fiona Hammond

@fionahammond74

TV & IPC practitioner. Never be afraid to choose a different path than others. All views are my own, re-tweet & like doesn’t imply endorsement

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Friends, Families & Travellers (@gypsytravellers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're proud to have supported Katharine Quarmby and Professor Alice Bloch's work exploring the segregation and environmental racism Gypsy and Traveller communities face while living on local authority managed sites. Read: gypsy-traveller.org/resource/envir…

Association for Continence Professionals (ACP) (@acp_continence) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🐦 Last chance to claim the early bird rate for #ACP2025 We encourage all ACP members to register for this year’s event before MIDNIGHT to claim the exclusive early bird rate. Find out more and register➡️ buff.ly/4havJKJ #Continence #Bladder #Bowel #ContinenceCare

🐦 Last chance to claim the early bird rate for #ACP2025

We encourage all ACP members to register for this year’s event before MIDNIGHT to claim the exclusive early bird rate.

Find out more and register➡️ buff.ly/4havJKJ 

#Continence #Bladder #Bowel #ContinenceCare
Hannah Sharp (@hannahsharpmh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔔 Inpatient mental health staff 🔔 📢 Have your voice heard! 📢 Have you worked on an adult #inpatient #mentalhealth #psychiatric ward? We are keen to learn about your experiences managing incidents of #selfharm. Details of our interview study can be found below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

🔔 Inpatient mental health staff 🔔
📢 Have your voice heard! 📢

Have you worked on an adult #inpatient #mentalhealth #psychiatric ward? We are keen to learn about your experiences managing incidents of #selfharm. Details of our interview study can be found below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Prof Cloutman-Green🕷 (Girlymicro@mindly.social) (@girlymicro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please consider sharing and completing a sort survey linked to diagnostic testing for Clostridioides difficile in paediatric settings. The survey will be open until midnight Friday 7th March. It would be really helpful to get as wide an input as possible. smartsurvey.co.uk/s/LECPR6/

Healthcare Infection Society (@his_infection) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join this webinar from HIS and UK Health Security Agency to hear from subject matter experts from UKHSA and NHS England providing an overview of C.auris emergence in the UK and introduce new guidance for acute healthcare settings. 📅31 Mar ⌚13.30-14.30 Register 👉 ow.ly/2KMa50VjPM5

Join this webinar from HIS and <a href="/UKHSA/">UK Health Security Agency</a> to hear from subject matter experts from UKHSA and <a href="/NHSEngland/">NHS England</a> providing an overview of C.auris emergence in the UK and introduce new guidance for acute healthcare settings.

📅31 Mar ⌚13.30-14.30

Register 👉 ow.ly/2KMa50VjPM5
IPS (@ips_infection) 's Twitter Profile Photo

TB cases are rising in the UK, affecting patients and healthcare workers. This #WorldTBDay, learn how IPC teams play a key role in prevention and early diagnosis. Read our guest blog by Esther Taborn & Tracey Langham. ips.uk.net/post/news/tb-o…

TB cases are rising in the UK, affecting patients and healthcare workers.  This #WorldTBDay, learn how IPC teams play a key role in prevention and early diagnosis.  Read our guest blog by <a href="/EstherTaborn/">Esther Taborn</a> &amp; Tracey Langham. ips.uk.net/post/news/tb-o…
UK Health Security Agency (@ukhsa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are embarking on a mission to #KeepAntibioticsWorking. Our antibiotics are under threat from antimicrobial resistance & we all need to work together to save them for future generations. Join us on 7 April: click the link or scan the code to learn more public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKHPA…

UK Health Security Agency (@ukhsa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Work in #HealthProtection? 👩‍⚕️👨‍🔬 From today the changes to England's list of notifiable pathogens are in effect. Make sure you know what you should be reporting by reading our latest blog post. 📖👇 🔗 ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/11/cha…

Work in #HealthProtection? 👩‍⚕️👨‍🔬
From today the changes to England's list of notifiable pathogens are in effect.
Make sure you know what you should be reporting by reading our latest blog post. 📖👇
🔗 ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/11/cha…
e-Bug (@ebug_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies #AntimicrobialResistance as one of the most significant threats to human health today. This lesson delves into the challenges posed by #antibiotic resistance and educates #students on their role in #AntibioticStewardship. bit.ly/42o2q0J

The <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> identifies #AntimicrobialResistance as one of the most significant threats to human health today.

This lesson delves into the challenges posed by #antibiotic resistance and educates #students on their role in #AntibioticStewardship.

bit.ly/42o2q0J
Healthcare Infection Society (@his_infection) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW GUIDELINE 📄 ESCMID and HIS are drafting the scope for a new joint guideline on environmental sampling for detecting MDR bacteria and C. diff in IPC. We’re seeking stakeholder input on the guideline’s scope and topic areas. 📅 Respond by 16 May👉 ow.ly/hKBU50VBKAI

NEW GUIDELINE 📄 <a href="/ESCMID/">ESCMID</a> and HIS are drafting the scope for a new joint guideline on environmental sampling for detecting MDR bacteria and C. diff in IPC.

We’re seeking stakeholder input on the guideline’s scope and topic areas.

📅 Respond by 16 May👉 ow.ly/hKBU50VBKAI
teamCNO 💙 (@teamcno_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

World Hand Hygiene Day is a great chance to learn more about the importance of infection prevention and control (IPC). Share the national IPC manual and support the World Health Organization (WHO) 'Save Lives - Clean Your Hands Campaign'. #HandHygiene #CleanHands #teamCNO ⬇️ england.nhs.uk/national-infec…

World Hand Hygiene Day is a great chance to learn more about the importance of infection prevention and control (IPC). 
Share the national IPC manual and support the <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> 'Save Lives - Clean Your Hands Campaign'. 

#HandHygiene #CleanHands #teamCNO ⬇️

england.nhs.uk/national-infec…
Kieran Hand PhD (@drkieranhand) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Myth-busting alert. Thoughtful and meticulous economic analysis from Suzanne Al-Rawi and Matt Greening from NHSE Infusions & Special Medicines programme exposes the false economy of using vials and ampoules instead of ready-to-administer injectable medicines. 👏👏👏 #cpcongress

Myth-busting alert. Thoughtful and meticulous economic analysis from Suzanne Al-Rawi and Matt Greening from NHSE Infusions &amp; Special Medicines programme exposes the false economy of using vials and ampoules instead of ready-to-administer injectable medicines. 👏👏👏 #cpcongress
Friends, Families & Travellers (@gypsytravellers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How do you plan to celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (GRTHM) this June❓ We've put together an Education Pack for Schools, to help you mark, celebrate and raise awareness of GRTHM in the classroom! Read: gypsy-traveller.org/grthm/

Friends, Families & Travellers (@gypsytravellers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Got plans for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month?🎉 Head over to the Roots and Routes conference to learn about the challenges Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people face, how to improve relationships with service providers and more, on 18 June! Register: ticketsource.co.uk/luton-irish-fo…

TARGETantibiotics (@targetabx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Update Alert: UKHSA & NHSE have updated the #UTI diagnostic quick reference tools! 🔹 New algorithm design + text summaries 🔹 Under-16s tool removed (now covered by NICE) 🔹 Separate tools for adults 65+ & CAUTI Explore the guidance and flowcharts: bit.ly/43r12Mx

🚨Update Alert: UKHSA &amp; NHSE have updated the #UTI diagnostic quick reference tools!

🔹 New algorithm design + text summaries
🔹 Under-16s tool removed (now covered by NICE)
🔹 Separate tools for adults 65+ &amp; CAUTI

Explore the guidance and flowcharts: bit.ly/43r12Mx
Lance Turtle (@lanceturtle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Come and work with us in the National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections HPRU EZI. We have a post for a clinician to do a PhD in emerging infections and/or vector borne disease, working on national clinical studies.

MouthCareMatters (@mcm_hekss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us for this webinar on the importance of mouth care for inpatients. We will be discussing the impact that poor oral health has on patient safety, infection & QOL & why we need increased focus. ⁦Jason Wong⁩ ⁦Mili Doshi⁩ ⁦Zoe Holt 💙⁩ ⁦Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones

Join us for this webinar on the importance of mouth care for inpatients. We will be discussing the impact that poor oral health has on patient safety, infection &amp; QOL &amp; why we need increased focus. ⁦<a href="/JasonWong12/">Jason Wong</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/MiliDoshi7/">Mili Doshi</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/McmNursezoe/">Zoe Holt 💙</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/DrGrahamLJ/">Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones</a>⁩
Deborah Sturdy (@sturdy_deborah) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have you stayed in or visited someone in a care home, hospital or hospice? Share your experience in our call for evidence to help ensure people are supported to receive visitors, go on outings, and attend appointments with loved ones. consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/review-of-CQC-…

NPIAP (@thenpiap) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#NPIAP's next webinar "Nurturing Tiny Lives" is open for registration! Join our hosts, Ann Marie Nie and Katie McKeown, to review challenges in #pressureinjury staging and prevention unique to the #NICU. Register today: bit.ly/4lgiEAx

#NPIAP's next webinar "Nurturing Tiny Lives" is open for registration! Join our hosts, Ann Marie Nie and Katie McKeown, to review challenges in #pressureinjury staging and prevention  unique to the #NICU.

Register today: bit.ly/4lgiEAx