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The Infection Prevention & Control Teams @uhbtrust including @qehbham @HeartlandsUHB, @SolihullUHB and @GoodHopeUHB hospitals
Birmingham, England
Joined October 2013
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Background Influenza viruses is a leading cause of acute respiratory infection, placing a significant burden on healthcare. To reduce hospital transmission, patients clinically suspected of having...
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So proud of our hand hygiene heroes🖐️What a fantastic day promoting the importance of hand hygiene this #WorldHandHygieneDay 🧼🫧
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Dr Khaled Elfandi: “Hand hygiene is Crucial in reducing transmission of infections to patient’s within our care. It’s important that patients observe us doing this before any interactions & being a good role model we’re able to set the standards to keep patients safe.”
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Today is World Hand Hygiene Day and the IPC Team has been out and about chatting to our colleagues at @uhbtrust about the importance of hand hygiene. It was great to speak to so many engaged staff, and even better to get so many nominations for Hand Hygiene Heroes on our wards!
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RT @AlysonGardiner2: IPC Band 6 @uhbipc Development Day #MouthCareMatters. Thank you to our fabulous Dental 🦷 Nurse Helen for sharing her….
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RT @AlysonGardiner2: IPCNs @uhbipc ready for some MRSA Teaching 📚across the wards 🏥tomorrow @uhbtrust .To include The Chain of Infection, b….
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RT @MargaretGarbet6: 14 months of truly amazing care @uhbtrust , time to remember all those who have been though our care, you have made su….
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RT @drmarkgarvey: We had our first COVID-19 patient admitted to our ITU ~12th March 2020. Today marked the first time we had no active case….
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RT @AlysonGardiner2: It’s a great start ✅ Fab Ward MDT and our highly skilled dental 🦷 team @uhbtrust W410 who are rolling out #Mouthcar….
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RT @codd_jane: Staff on Good hope 11 UHB engaging in glove awareness to ensure gloves are worn only for AGP and risk of bodily fluids. Supp….
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RT @PeterDa37788122: Ward 12 Heartlands getting involved with World Hand Hygiene Day. Using the Glo Box to identify areas of the hand that….
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RT @PeterDa37788122: Heartlands Ward 3 gets involved in World Hand Hygiene Day by showing us the 6 steps of hand decontamination which stop….
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RT @PeterDa37788122: Ward 18 Heartlands gets involved with World Hand Hygiene Day with a great informative IPC Board including the 5 Moment….
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RT @PeterDa37788122: 7HDU at Heartlands getting involved with World Hand Hygiene Day by Identifying the Importance of the 5 Moments and 6 S….
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RT @PeterDa37788122: Ward 30 at Heartlands get involved with World Hand Hygiene Day by showing the 6 Steps of Hand Decontamination which is….
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RT @PeterDa37788122: Ward 24 at Heartlands gets involved with World Hand Hygiene Day by going through hand washing with the Glo Box to iden….
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RT @PeterDa37788122: Ward 15 Heartlands gets Involved with World Hand Hygiene Day. Using the Glo Box to identify the importance of hand wa….
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RT @uhb_neonatal: Today is World Hand Hygiene Day 🖐. Both Goodhope and Heartlands Neonatal Units raising awareness and getting the parents,….
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RT @drmarkgarvey: Our latest publication, article in press - observations of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B.1.1.7 @uhbtrust - more patie….
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