Measuring cleaning effectivness and improvement with Dr Phil Carling from SHEA Spring 2022
In this episode recorded at the 2022 SHEA spring meeting, Martin Kiernan discussed measuring the effectiveness of cleaning with Dr Phil Carling from Boston. We also discuss how data used from environm...
29 Apr 202221min
CO2 monitoring to find hospital areas with poor ventilation - Poster at ECCMID 2022 with Sharon Bamber
In this episode recorded at the ECCMID 2022 meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, Martin Kiernan talks to poster abstract presenter Clinical Scientist Sharon Bamber about her organisation's use of small, porta...
29 Apr 202211min
Human and financial cost of healthcare-associated pneumonia with Dr Dian Baker at the 2022 SHEA Spring Meeting
In this episode recorded at the 2022 SHEA Sprong meeting, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Dian Baker, Emeritus Professor at California State University, Sacramento, USA. Dian has been a passionate advocate...
20 Apr 202214min
N95 Mask use for respiratory protection - a discussion with Dr Michael Klompas at the SHEA Spring Meeting
Martin Kiernan managaed to grab a few minutes with Dr Michael Klompas, ID Physicial at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, at the SHEA Spring meetin...
13 Apr 20229min
Implementation of patient warming to prevent SSI - How hard can it be? With Prof. Judith Tanner
In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Judith Tanner, Professor of Adult Nursing at the University of Nottingham, UK about a paper in which a mixed methods approach to examining potential ...
5 Apr 202232min
Surgical Site Infection (SSI) prevention with Charles Edmiston
In this episode, Phil Russo flies solo and discusses strategies for prevention of SSI with Professor Charles Edmiston, Emeritus Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Chuck has a ...
30 Mar 202231min
Vaccine hesitancy and the role of social scientists in infection prevention with A/Professor Holly Seale
In this episode Brett Mitchell talks to Associate Professor Holly Seale about the role of social scientists, vaccine hesitancy, booster vaccines and the potential implications for the next influenza s...
23 Mar 202219min
Environmental decontamination reduces healthcare infections - a systematic review with Alexandra Peters
In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Alexandra Peters, who works in Prof. Didier Pittet's group at the University Hospitals of Geneva and with a WHO Collaborating Centre. We discuss a new s...
17 Mar 202225min
