Good to have the opportunity to pull together a webinar on invasive meningococcal disease today - learnt a lot! And still much to learn: youtu.be/D3nshvCqXSg
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Had the pleasure of leading a Webber Teleclass on CPE recently. Here's the recording: youtu.be/jQ_X_yEI_Iw
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Really enjoyable discussion with Dr Alex Sundermann at the @ipcpartners Insight Webinar yesterday all about the principles and practicalities for IPC. Here's the recording: youtu.be/dE0MQkwo1EY
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I've written a new blog post all about C. auris and biofilms - check it out! ipcpartners.org/blog/candidozy…
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I’ve written a blog today on ‘Genomic surveillance for IPC: principles and practicalities’. Do you think routine WGS is ready for implementation to support IPC decision making?
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A pleasure to join Dr Sara Reese and Dr Brenna Doran for a Journal Club yesterday about burnout in infection preventionists. A really important discussion to demystify and destigmatise burnout! youtu.be/Y0I9R8CpAYk
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Really enjoyed Journal Club today about the economics and practicalities of disinfecting shared medical equipment. Loads of great audience questions! Recording here: youtu.be/xRUU8wC_zPA
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I was overjoyed to receive the @HIS_infection Early Career Award earlier in the week. Here’s a blog post to summarise the award lecture I gave down in Bournemouth: reflectionsipc.com/2025/12/05/his…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about vascular access over the past couple of years – it’s an almost universal intervention in our hospitals and a huge opportunity to improve patient safety youtu.be/Yl-ovCEZk3s
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Lovely to have a conversation with @philnorville at Journal Club today to discussion one of our favourite microbes: S. aureus (and its role in SSI). Always more to learn! Here’s the recording: youtu.be/xj9v2ghgcEI
Really great Journal Club today in partnership with @molnlyckeUK: "Risk factors for post-operative Staphylococcus aureus infection". Here’s the recording ICYMI: youtu.be/xj9v2ghgcEI
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Very enjoyable Journal Club today discussing the ins and outs of Burkholderia outbreak management with @philnorville. Interesting discussion on the role of whole genome sequencing, and the importance of tip top line care youtu.be/x33gVG8rHQo?si…
Brilliant Burkholderia focussed Journal Club today! Here’s the recording: youtu.be/x33gVG8rHQo?si…
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We are celebrating #worldhandhygieneday a few days early due to the UK bank holiday. Love the slogan this year: “It might be #gloves; it’s always #handhygiene” #glovesoff
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Really enjoyed @philnorville's Journal Club talk today; some future perspectives on environmental cleaning and disinfection: far UV, probiotic disinfection, CLEEN study, training & eduction, biofilms, and more! Well worth watching back if you missed it: youtu.be/zfcGy4mlz8s
A fantastic Journal Club today from @philnorville: “Challenges and future perspectives in environmental decontamination”. Loads of great discussion. Recording here: youtu.be/zfcGy4mlz8s
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I like this new @WHO video - think the tag line is great “it might be gloves - it’s always hand hygiene”. youtu.be/8xnUk35MFdU?si…
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Was great fun to collaborate with @JudeRobinson5, @JacquiPrieto1, @philnorville, @IPS_Infection, and @IPC_Partners for the inaugural IPS Journal Club! Great to discuss a few impactful Journal of Infection Prevention papers. Recording here: youtu.be/tiW1bRFLkRw
We really enjoyed our first Journal Club in partnership with @IPS_Infection to discuss a couple of interesting articles in the Journal of Infection Prevention. Here’s the recording for those who missed it (or who want to watch it again!) youtu.be/tiW1bRFLkRw
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A real pleasure to lead IPC Journal Club today on the emergence of Candidozyma auris. This slide probably tells the story of the presentation. And here’s the recording too youtu.be/X2v2OeMcxCQ
We really enjoyed today’s IPC Journal club led by Jon Otter on “Candidozyma auris: an emerging threat” Here’s the recording: youtu.be/X2v2OeMcxCQCoi… nicely with the publication of the updated UKHSA guidance today! gov.uk/government/pub…
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This Journal Club by @KezHolden on the role of IPC in address health inequalities is a must-watch! youtube.com/watch?v=EyloPs… Sometimes not obvious to know what we can do to help and issues can seem remote from daily IPC practice, so great to have some practical suggestions
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Here’s the results of the survey. Interesting to see that infrastructure / cost / personnel came higher than evidence-based barriers.
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I've been thinking a lot about peripheral venous catheters and how we can reduce risks of complications including BSIs. Here's what I've come up with so far:
Talk (thanks @IPC_Partners): youtube.com/watch?v=_PDf35…
Blog: reflectionsipc.com/2024/10/10/per…
Slides: jonotter.net/wp-content/upl… #iipw
Talk (thanks @IPC_Partners): youtube.com/watch?v=_PDf35…
Blog: reflectionsipc.com/2024/10/10/per…
Slides: jonotter.net/wp-content/upl… #iipw
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Enjoying the annual IPC conference @GSTTnhs today. Lorraine Williams highlighting regional disparity in #cdiff rates. North West highest, London lowest. What's driving this? Antimicrobial prescribing key driver, I suspect gov.uk/government/sta…
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Some good news to start the week: #influenza seems to have peaked and is on the way down in England according to the latest @UKHSA data assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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I met a patient in the main lobby at St Thomas’ today who couldn’t remember where they were headed. Just needed a bit of time to think about it. Hospitals can be really daunting! Reminded me of Barbara’s story, which is really powerful @GSTTnhs youtu.be/DtA2sMAjU_Y
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A lovely visit to the Diagnostic and Imaging Centre at @RBandH today. A really beautifully put together centre - and I spotted a couple of great visual nudges too about #handhygiene after using curtains and encouragement to use the stairs! @GSTTnhs
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Delighted to do a talk today to introduce #WAAW2022: A focus on prevention (#IPC and #vaccination) reflectionsipc.com/2022/11/18/waa… @GSTTnhs Slides here: jonotter.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/221116… Plus a short vid: youtu.be/GDeabRNKj34
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It's shaping up to be a bad #fluseason. Latest data from @UKHSA shows we are ahead of the curve vs. recent years. I'm way more concerned about the impact of #flu in our hospitals than #covid19 this winter. Time to get that #fluvaccine assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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Are we talking the same language? The importance of choosing our words carefully when communicating #HCAI and #AMR reflectionsipc.com/2022/11/08/are… A blog based on a recent @IPS_Infection talk. Accompanying pod cast here: infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/ips-e2/
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Delighted to present initial findings of our comparative evaluation of 4x stand-alone air decontamination systems at #ip2022conf yesterday. The impact was pretty close to manufacturer claims, and similar performance in the machines we evaluated
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I want to be part of an #IPC service that enables and doesn't block, that is an advocate for patient safety, that is a catalyst for innovation, and that is a partner with sustainability #ip2022conf
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There are important 'win-wins', where #ipc and #sustainability can work hand in hand, for example, a "Gloves off" type campaign, or decontamination and reuse of packaged medical supplies #ip2022conf
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It's true that some elements of IPC are in conflict with the sustainability agenda e.g. massive use of #ppe during #covid19, single use medical devices and equipment, and the downsides of #antibiotics #ip2022conf
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To start my argument that #IPC isn't an enemy of #sustainability...here's a small selection of other things the IPC gets blamed for, which do all have a component of IPC patients safety risk, but it can't all be on us! #ip2022conf
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Here’s a really good example of how a small change in the words we use can make a big impact. A simplification of the wording of a Cdiff lab report resulted in better clinical decisions #ip2022conf pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28408053/
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Time to think really carefully about the language we use when communicating with infection experts and other experts #ip2022conf. Difference in meaning of words in the “droplet v aerosol” case in point ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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The words that we use to describe patients with antimicrobial resistant bacteria make a big difference to them. Let’s talk about “Patients with CPE” not “CPE patients” #ip2022conf Helpful learning from Ireland here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28434628/
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A variety of “ways in” to talking about AMR were tested, and those that talked about “meta” issues (cost, global mortality) didn’t resonate, but ones that made it personal (untreatable infection, hospital delays) did #ip2022conf wellcome.org/sites/default/…
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We often throw terms at the public that mean nothing (e.g. “AMR”) or mean something different (e.g. “Antibiotic resistance” – people think the person not the organism is resistant). Time to simplify our language for the public #ip2022conf wellcome.org/sites/default/…
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Are we talking the same language? We found that changing the message to patients at study enrolment made a dramatic impact on participation rates. Simplified, patient-focused message worked a treat! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28242273/ #ip2022conf
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Looking forward to a couple of days in Bournemouth for #ip2022conf ips.uk.net/ips-conference…
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Absolutely superb inaugural joint team day today, brining together our IPC team across @GSTTnhs @RBandH @EvelinaLondon Some of the team meeting f2f for the first time after many Teams meetings. And some stop-motion animation to boot!
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Hooray it’s #WorldHandHygieneDay!
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A good day to ask yourself: “Do I really need to put on these gloves?” reflectionsipc.com/2022/05/04/we-…
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A good day to ask yourself: “Do I really need to put on these gloves?” reflectionsipc.com/2022/05/04/we-…
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