Jon Otter
@jonotter
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Clinical Scientist; Director of IPC @GSTTnhs; Researcher @HPRUamr; Slides/bio: https://t.co/cMzjcOl0db HCAI talk: https://t.co/mE4k9OtCvO; PhD+
London
Joined November 2010
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:
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!)
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📢 Join our next Journal Club: Making Change Happen with @IPC_Partners 🗓️ 10 Dec, 3pm - 4pm 💻 Live on Teams 💬 Explore behaviour change & IPC education with Heather Loveday, @KezHolden, @jonotter & @philnorville 👉 Register: https://t.co/Gb78jh9wGN
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#AMR – another loser from conflict
journalofhospitalinfection.com
‘You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.’ [Jeannette Rankin]
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Really enjoyed today's Journal Club discussions led by @philnorville on disinfection of drains contaminated with CPE. Here's the recording:
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Interesting and timely for #waaw
bbc.co.uk
The UK turns to artificial intelligence (AI) to reverse the rising numbers of infections that shrug off antibiotics.
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We are beyond excited that our #ThankYouAntibiotics billboard campaign at Piccadilly Circus goes live tomorrow at 3pm for the start of #WAAW2025! Will YOUR face be up there on the big screen? 🎞️
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▶️ Watch now: IPC Journal Club webinar – MRSA: The Enduring Foe Explore expert-led papers on IPC/AMS in resource-limited settings & cold atmospheric plasma for decontamination. 📽️ Watch now: https://t.co/TC4gb7ZDhh
#IPC #MRSA #InfectionPrevention
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Just written a new blog on the latest #espaur report: ESPAUR 2025: antibacterial resistance and the emergence of Candidozyma auris in England
reflectionsipc.com
The latest ESPAUR report (2024–2025) paints a sobering picture of AMR in England. While prescribing practices have improved in some areas, the resistant infections are increasing, and new threats l…
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New blog! Toilets as a reservoir for CPE transmission?
reflectionsipc.com
Picked up this interesting article in Infection Prevention in Practice suggesting that contaminated toilet fixtures could be a reservoir for CPE transmission. It’s always difficult to disenta…
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Great discussion today at Journal Club about the integration of IPC and AMS in partnership with @HIS_infection. Here’s the recording ICYMI
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Great to see a blog that @jonotter has written on the opportunities for closer integration of IPC and AMS programmes based on some survey data in Sierra Leone in preparation for tomorrow’s Journal Club in partnership with @HIS_infection. Take a look:
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New review in JHI finds very limited evidence around cleaning the external body of point-of-use (POU) filters. Using grounded theory, researchers highlight risks like retrograde contamination, cleaning practices, and system flaws. https://t.co/QsBkcKttHE
@jhieditor
journalofhospitalinfection.com
Point-of-use filters are installed at tap/shower outlets in hospitals in response to either water-related outbreaks/incidents where water-borne pathogens (e.g. Pseudomonas aeruginosa) have been...
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Great to see this blog that @philnorville has written all about cold atmospheric plasma and it’s potential to disrupt and transform healthcare cleaning and disinfection. It will be discussed at next week’s Journal Club in partnership with @HIS_infection:
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Fantastic to host Dr James Price for Journal Club today to discuss the cost-effectiveness of whole genome sequencing to support IPC. It’s the future, without a doubt. Here’s the recording:
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Take a look at this blog we’re written reviewing data from the COG-UK trial about the costs, benefits, and future implications of integrating WGS into IPC strategies:
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The fabulous Dr James Price will be joining us for Journal Club on Wednesday this week to talk prospective whole genome sequencing. Register to join us here
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International Infection Prevention Week - we are releasing a new publication tomorrow! Building Infection Prevention into Hospital Design: Prospectus 🧾 Thank you to sponsors @biovitae_medtec, @InivosGroup and @Pharmafilter. #BuildSaferHospitals 👉 https://t.co/sOXOWOaFUD
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We’re delighted to be collaborating with @HIS_infection to host a Journal Club on “Integrated IPC and AMS: a global perspective” on Weds 5thNovember. Register here:
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Here's a new blog post aboutsurface/air contamination with #MPXV in the rooms of patients with #Mpox
https://t.co/iT3PVRaL23
@Eurosurveillanc
reflectionsipc.com
Between October 2024 and January 2025, the UK identified eight cases of Clade Ib Monkeypox virus (MPXV), with seven patients admitted to high consequence infectious disease (HCID) centres. A compre…
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We had a great discussion with Dr Alexandra Peters on Journal Club today about healthcare environmental hygiene. Here’s the recording
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