Environmental sampling - do we know what we are doing?
In this week's episode Brett and Martin discuss a recent paper from the ESGNI (ESCMID Study Group for Nosocomial Infections) that looks at a survey of environmental sampling practrices in Europe. Are ...
7 Sep 202218min
Standardising IPC Programs with Bob Garcia
In this week's episode, Phil and Martin talk to Bob Garcia, microbiology-trained infection preventionist, about a recent collaborative expert paper published in the American Journal of Infection Contr...
31 Aug 202228min
YouTube, Monkeypox and infection prevention and control
In this weeks podcast, Brett and Phil discuss an article titled "YouTube and 2022 Monkeypox outbreak: opportunities for awareness and infection control". We discuss the opportunities and challenges of...
24 Aug 202210min
Integrated, multi-specialty IPC teams - the future? With Dr David Weber
In this week's episode, Martin talks to Dr David Weber of Uniiversity Hospitals South Carolina about his hospital's integrated IPC team which includes quality improvement and behaviour specialists as...
17 Aug 202217min
IPC Team Experiences during COVID
Martin catches up with Phil Russo whilst at the APSIC meeting in Singapore and we discuss a recent paper that has looked at the experiences of IPC Teams in Australia during the pandemic. What went wel...
10 Aug 202218min
VAP in the ’too difficult’ box - could VAE be the answer? with Dr Michael Klompas
In this week's episode, Martin talks to Dr Michael Klompas, Infectious Disease physician, Hospital Epidemiologist, and Professor of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women'...
3 Aug 202230min
Hidden reservoirs contribute to plasmid-mediated transmission with Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu
In this week's episode, Brett and Martin talk to Adjunct Assistant Prof Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, who is currently a senior consultant in Infectious Diseases at the National Centre for Infectious Disease...
27 Jul 202227min
Glove or no glove - with Dr Jon Otter
In this week's episode, Brett and Martin caught up with Jon Otter to discuss the 'Glove or no glove' campaign currently being implemented at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in London UK. Jon has recent...
20 Jul 202217min
