Right specimen, right time - The importance of diagnostic stewardship
In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Valeria Fabre, Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Associate Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardsh...
6 Apr 202322min
C. difficile - a constant challenge to stay still
In this episode Brett and Martin talk to Mairéad Skally and Prof Fidelma Fitzpatrick about their efforts to minimise Clostridioides difficile infections in the Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Ma...
28 Mar 202329min
Detection, removal and prevention of environmental biofilms
In this week's episode, Martin talks to Professor Jean-Yves Maillard from the Cardiff School of Pharmacy in Wales. We discuss detention, removal and prevention of biofilms in wet and dry environments....
23 Mar 202319min
The Sink Splash Zone - danger lies within?
In this week's episode, Brett and Martin talk to Dr Mark Garvey, Consultant Clinical Scientist at University Hospitals Birmingham in the UK. We discuss a new paper from the UHB team which looks at the...
15 Mar 202318min
Oral Hygiene - attitudes and practice. Implications for pneumonia prevention.
We talk about the knowledge attitudes and practice of nurses regarding oral hygiene of dependent inpatients in this podcast with Dr Isabel Oliveira. Understanding these is an important element of impr...
9 Mar 202316min
Intermittent or indwelling catheter in reducing CAUTI?
In this episode, Brett talks to Associate Professor Matthew Davis about his clinical experience and recent systematic review, exploring the topic of whether indwelling vs intermittent catheterisation ...
28 Feb 202318min
Surgical site infection surveillance by patient-generated images
In this first episode of 2023, Martin talks to Melissa Rochon and Prof Judith Tanner about their recent paper in the Journal of Hospital Infection that reports on the use of patient-generated images i...
28 Feb 202332min
The 2022 Christmas Special
In the final podcast of the year, we reflect on some lighthearted moments from 2022 and share our thoughts on a few favourite papers, reflections and podcasts. Being the Christmas special, it isn't to...
21 Des 202240min
