Martin Kiernan
@emrsa15
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Time to leave Twitter. I can be found at @emrsa15.bluesky.social. The podcast can be found at @icmatters.bluesky.social
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Final podcast of the year and @1healthau.bsky.social @plr-aus.bsky.social and I discuss favourite conferences, papers and podcasts. As usual it’s none too serious. https://t.co/QgTpehwcmR find us on all podcast hosting sites
infectioncontrolmatters.com
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). Pa…
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🛡️ Ensuring Patient Safety: The True Value of Hospital Hygiene. Watch this insightful video from @jonotter to discover why investing in hygiene is essential for better healthcare outcomes. 💬 Join the conversation and help us raise standards together! ⚖️ Dive into the critical
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Latest podcast up and this time we discuss an RCT that examined whether portable air filtration in a nursing home reduces respiratory infections.
infectioncontrolmatters.com
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 respira…
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All clinical areas should have a A3 poster of our patient information leaflets QR codes! We hope you are finding them useful, please display them so patients have access to vital information. 🏥
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Really looking forward to doing this Journal Club with @emrsa15 and @philnorville. I have a feeling that it's going be difficult to contain this discussion to a mere 45 mins - prob need 45 years to do it justice!
Some great news - @emrsa15 will be leading our next IPC Journal Club: "Simulation or Slides?: Rethinking the IPC Training Role". Weds 4th December, 1000 EST / 1500 GMT (UK). Register here:
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Have enough IPs in your team for your IPC program? Almost no-one does according to the APIC calculation tool. I discuss this with the creator Rebecca Crapanzano-Sigafoos and look at strategies for getting the support needed https://t.co/vrQO12sHEK
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How far would you go to confirm the source of an outbreak confirmed by NGS? Permanent destruction of an ERCP scope that was negative on all normal sampling? https://t.co/GnIjSgL5Pm You'd better be right! Paper we discuss here
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Contamination of duodenoscopes is a significant concern due to the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) among patients who undergo endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography...
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New podcast today. I talk to Claire Fitzsimons from Northern Ireland about a poster on reducing glove use in an ambulance service presented at the 2024 @IPS_Infection conference. Great example of front-line staff producing solutions and IPC team support
infectioncontrolmatters.com
In this episode recorded live at the IPS Conference in Birmingham UK in September 2024, Martin talks to Claire Fitzsimons, Senior Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner at the Northern Irela…
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🤔Chlorine in cleaning: are we concentrating enough? 💡New work from @drmarkgarvey @emrsa15 @DrMACWilkinson & colleagues highlights need for awareness cleaning products may not be made to the desired concentration 🎓Ongoing education required for staff https://t.co/8gUxC7LU6U
journalofhospitalinfection.com
Contaminated surfaces play a significant role in the transmission of epidemiologically important pathogens, e.g. norovirus, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enteroco...
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Getting ready for Clean Hospitals Day? Excellent toolkit and resources available here https://t.co/jUfHajPBbf Evidence shows that making environments safer really makes a difference https://t.co/2eamtINrmz
@Clean_Hospitals
thelancet.com
Improving the cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment significantly reduced HAIs, underscoring the crucial role of cleaning in improving patient outcomes. Findings emphasise the need...
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New podcast now up and @1healthau and I talk to @thebotmechanic anout how AI could bolster patient safety by enhancing effectiveness of cleaning in hospitals https://t.co/6IzCKymd0U
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Prof. Andreas Voss (world renowned #IPC expert) invites you to the 33rd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy #ICC2024 He will present a keynote lecture on "#Infection control: where we came from and future challenges" https://t.co/BX1MgfBUDf
@AVIPNL @KanjSouha
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Looking forward to the next IPC Journal Club in a couple of weeks' time. I'll be leading a session on preventing complications from peripheral venous catheters (PVCs). We spend lots of time focussing on central venous catheters, but there's plenty of reasons to focus on PVCs!
Next IPC Journal Club, Weds 16th October 2024, 1500-1545 (UK time), "Vascular access and infection prevention: making peripheral lines a central focus" @jonotter to lead with @philnorville facilitating Q&A. Hope to see you there. Register here:
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There has been a lot of excitement about the prospects of WGS to support IPC in a really meaningful way over the past decades. This blog post explores what needs to happen to realise these potential benefits
reflectionsipc.com
There has been a lot of excitement about the prospects of whole genome sequencing (WGS) to support infection prevention and control in a really meaningful way over the past decade or two. But to me…
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#IDTwitter @PriyaNori OPEN ACCESS in @ASHE_Journal Invasion of superbugs: Cockroach-driven outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter in an ICU https://t.co/bHDTM605yc
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