Turning prevalence into incidence to determine the burden of healthcare associated infections
In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Brett Mitchell about his recent paper that estimates the burden of HCAI from a prevalence study. Papers discussed are: Lydeamore MJ, Mitchell BG, Buckna...
13 Jul 202231min
Are we experts? Phil, Brett and Martin mull this over
This week's podcast is a live chat recorded in Melbourne in June and features Phil Russo, Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan, who discuss whether we think that we are IPC experts (or not). Have a liste...
5 Jul 202218min
Arrival of Monkeypox and will transmission paradigms change post-COVID? With Dr Deb Friedman
A/Professor Deb Friedman is the Deputy Chief Health Officer at the Department of Health Victoria, Australia. Prior to that she was the Medical Director of infection prevention control and response in...
29 Jun 202228min
The New Zealand National Point Prevalance Study with Dr Sally Roberts
In this podcast Phil Russo chats with Dr Sally Roberts, Clinical Head of Microbiology at the Auckland District Health Board, Aotearoa New Zealand. She is also the National Clinical Lead for the Healt...
22 Jun 202226min
I-DECIDED tool
In this podcast, Brett talks to Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel from the University of Queensland and Griffith University. We talk about Gillian's development of the I-DECIDED tool - decision tool for assessme...
15 Jun 202218min
Using whole genome sequencing as part of an infection control service
In this podcast, Martin and Brett talk to Trish Hurst, Belinda Henderson and Dr Patrick Harris about how WGS is being used in two major Australian hospitals. We here about how it started, how is works...
8 Jun 202239min
What affects environmental contamination with C. difficile? New papers with Dr David Weber
In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr David Weber, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina about recent papers on environmental contaminatio...
1 Jun 202224min
Respiratory protection preparedness in critical care healthcare workers & facial hair
In this podcast, Brett Mitchell talks to Professor Daryl Williams about respirators and facial hair. So much to learn, so much more to know. The talk was based on a paper published in Infection Diseas...
25 Mai 202223min
