Investigating a unique CPE strain outbreak - a possible new place to look?
In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Mitch Clarke, Clinical Lead and Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Nottingham University Hospitals in the UK. We discuss an outbreak with a...
20 Mars 202421min
C. difficile in England is on the rise, but why? A sign of a system on the edge and could a new variant push it over?
In this episode, Martin Talks to Dr Mark Wilcox OBE, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Leeds, Head of Microbiology Research & Development at Leeds University Hospitals NHS Trust and Natio...
7 Mars 202426min
What do C. difficile and HAP have in common - toilet plume??
In this episode, after an interesting discovery when searching Youtube, Brett and Martin mull over whether toilet plume is a risk factor for hospital-acquired pneumonia and C. difficile infections. Th...
21 Feb 202414min
A national CPE survey of healthcare workers knowledge and some interesting sink practices
We chat with Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes and Aoife Kearney about a national survey undertaken in Ireland. In the survey, they explored CPE knowledge and practices of healthcare workers, including inf...
7 Feb 202429min
90% Reduction in MRSA bacteraemia. Possible but patience is a virtue!
In this episode, Martin Kiernan and Phil Russo talk to Professor Michael Borg of the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery in the Medical School at the University of Malta and Head of Department (Infection Co...
24 Jan 202438min
C. difficile: Disinfectants, attachment and strain variations
In this week's episode, Martin talks to Dr Tina Joshi, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology in Peninsula Dental School at the University of Plymouth, UK. We discuss her longstanding interest ...
10 Jan 202427min
The 2023 End of Year/Christmas Special
In our usual Christmas episode, Brett, Phil and Martin choose our papers and podcasts of 2023. Also this time, Martin set the three of us a challenge: to find an interesting IPC-related paper from the...
21 Dec 202348min
If you could have anything in IPC, what would you want?
In this week's episode Phil and Brett mull over their wishlists for what they would want in a perfect IPC world. They turn out to be a pretty undemanding pair.. not. However they both see a future in ...
13 Dec 202321min
