Highlights from ESCMID 2026: Key Papers in Infection Control
In this episode, Brett and Martin talked to Dr Nico Tom Mutters about the papers he selected in the always popular 'Year in Infection Control' session at ESCMID Global 2026. Nico is Director of the In...
20 Maj 12min
ESCMID Global 2026: What Matters for Practice
In this episode, Brett and Martin reflect on the IPC components a major conference. Recorded after our visit to ESCMID Global 2026 held in Munich, Germany in April, this episode brings together key in...
6 Maj 27min
Why Healthcare Cleaning Is Different: Reflections from Interclean 2026
In this episode, recorded live from Interclean in Amsterdam, Brett and Martin highlight the contibution of Clean Hospitals to healthcare hygiene and reflect on the contrast between healthcare cleaning...
16 Apr 13min
Automated bloodstream infection surveillance - Measuring what matters?
How well do we really measure bloodstream infections and could it be routinely automated? In this episode, Brett and Martin look at two papers on automated hospital-onset bacteraemia (HOB) surveillanc...
1 Apr 16min
Surfaces - High touch or high risk?
In this episode, Martin and Brett talk about what is a high risk and what is a high touch surface. Are they the same? The discussion is based on the following paper: Zheng et al (2025). “High-touch”...
18 Mars 13min
Do we feel that we are experts? Take two
Back in July 2022 when the world was opening up again Brett, Phil and Martin were all in Melbourne and met up for a chat. The topic was 'Are we experts', however due to incompetence (Martin) the recor...
25 Feb 19min
Resourcing of hospital infection prevention and control programs
In this podcast, Phil and Brett speak with Dr Lyn-Li Lim from VICNISS (Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System)in Australia. Dr Lim and colleagues recently explored the infection...
11 Feb 24min
Hospital or Crime Scene? What Forensic Science Reveals About “Clean”
In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Sarah Fieldhouse, Associate Professor of Forensic Science and Dr Emmanuel Babafemi, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences both of the University of Staffor...
28 Jan 27min
