Prevalence, fundamental care, UTI recorded live at the Infection Prevention Society Conference 2024
In our second live session at a major conference, this episode of Infection Control Matters was recorded live at a plenary session to close day 1 of the Infection Prevention Society conference (Birmin...
25 Sep 202443min
Is IPC the friend of sustainability?
Dr Gemma L Saravanos (she/her) is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and a Registered Nurse leading public health research, and education of pre-registration nursing students. She is based at the S...
18 Sep 202412min
The CLEEN study: Background and discussion with the authors
Our guest host, Dr Sally Havers this week talks to some of authors from ClEaning and Enhancd DisinfectioN (CLEEN) study (including some regular voices..). The study was recently published in the Lance...
4 Sep 202445min
Removing contact precautions - what trial do we need?
In this episode, Brett and Martin discuss a recent paper from Sarah Browning and colleagues that describes how an RCT on the ending of aspects of contact precautions (gloves and aprons) for MRSA and V...
29 Aug 202425min
Using AI in Infection Prevention: Opportunities and Dangers
In this episode, Martin Kiernan catches up with Dr Gonzalo Bearman, Professor of Internal Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA. We talk about the opportunities and dangers of us...
7 Aug 202417min
An award-winning MDT collaborative approach to reducing risks from water in a large organisation
In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to representatives of the Multi-disciplinary Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK, Dr Jessica Martin IPC Matron Adele Dyche and Haematology Matron...
24 Jul 202439min
Healthcare Cleaning - a visit to Interclean that's an eye-opener
In this episode, Brett and Martin report on a visit to the massive Interclean Expo held biannually in Amsterdam and the Healthcare Hygiene meeting. We report on the staggering range of equipment avail...
10 Jul 202415min
A novel approach to employing environmental service workers and an outbreak (or pseudo-outbreak) of SSI
In this episode, Martin has been on the road again and talks to two poster presenters at the IPAC-Canada 2024 conference. In the first part, Martin talks to Margaret Cameron from Peterborough Regional...
27 Jun 202425min
