Methods of assessing effectiveness of hospital cleaning - a review and peek into the future?
In this episode Martin Talks to Silvana Gastaldi who is a infection prevention and control health referent at UK-MED (a frontline humanitarian medical NGO). We discuss her revent paper in the Journal ...
19 Feb 202525min
Reducing CAUTI in intermittent self-catheterisation. The trial that didn't make it..
In this episode, Phil Russo talks to Brett Mitchell and Kate Browne about a study that did not make it over the line. Following a systematic review in 2021 that examined the issue of UTIs in those who...
5 Feb 202531min
A poster walk at ACIPC 2024
In this episode Brett and Phil chat about a few of the posters presented at the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control 2024 Conference held in Melbourne in November 2024. Poster top...
22 Jan 202517min
Engaging Junior Doctors in IPC
In this episode recorded at the 2024 Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) Conference in Melbourne, Brett and Phil talk to Dr Sarah Browning (ID Physician at Hunter New Engl...
8 Jan 202518min
The 2024 End of Year Special
In this episode, Brett, Phil and Martin reflect on the year. We chat about favourite podcasts, papers and conferences in our usual informal manner (well probably even more informal than normal). Paper...
19 Dec 202446min
In-room air purification to prevent respiratory infection in aged care - Does it help?
In this episode of ICMs we talk to the authors of a world first multi-centre double blind cross-over randomised control trial, which explored the effect of in-room air purification on acute respirator...
4 Dec 202432min
Do you have enough staff in your IP Team? Calculating the staffing requirement for your program
In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Rebecca Crapanzano-Sigafoos (formerly Bartles) who is Executive Director, Center for Research, Practoce and Innovation at the Association for Professionals in Infec...
20 Nov 202426min
Could you have an ERCP-related outbreak? Sequencing to the rescue but you'll have to trash the scope!
In this episode, Martin talks to Cansu Cimen, a researcher at University Hospitals Groningen in the Netherlands, about a recent paper that documents an outbreak and in particular the critical role of ...
8 Nov 202421min
