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4 days ago |
reflectionsipc.com | Jon Otter |Martin Kiernan |Andreas Voss
I’ve written this post in preparation for next week’s Journal Club in partnership with the Healthcare Infection Society themed around their MRSA article collection: “MRSA: the enduring foe”. Having spent a fair bit of time this week looking at post-infection reviews related to MRSA bloodstream infections, I can vouch for how well this particular foe has endured, even in a relatively low prevalence setting!It’s a while since I’ve read anything on S.
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2 weeks ago |
reflectionsipc.com | Martin Kiernan |Jon Otter |Andreas Voss
I’ve written this post in preparation for Wednesday’s Journal Club (register here) in collaboration with IPC PartnersBurkholderia are fascinating genus of bacteria which I had the pleasure of doing some post doctoral work on. The ability of the species to innately resist antibiotics and preservatives, as well as prolonged persistence in the environment means the organisms can cause challenges for healthcare organisations and infection prevention and control.
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1 month ago |
reflectionsipc.com | Jon Otter |Martin Kiernan |Andreas Voss
Yesterday was World Hand Hygiene Day 2025! Look out for a World Hand Hygiene Day 2025 themed Journal Club tomorrow, where we will be discussing this paper. You can register for Journal Club here. I love the theme this year: “It might be gloves; it’s always hand hygiene.” The first time I heard the theme, I wasn’t so sure. It sounded a bit uncertain and lacking in confidence somehow. But the move I’ve thought about it, the more I like it.
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2 months ago |
reflectionsipc.com | Martin Kiernan |Jon Otter |Andreas Voss
I’ve written this post in preparation for Wednesday’s IPS Journal Club (register here) in collaboration with IPC PartnersThe paper that I have chosen for the Journal Club is this one in the Journal of Infection Prevention, describing a real time intervention to increase chlorhexidine (CHG) bathing to reduce central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs). Why I choose this paper?
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2 months ago |
reflectionsipc.com | Jon Otter |Martin Kiernan |Andreas Voss
I’ve written this post in preparation for Wednesday’s IPS Journal Club (register here). The paper that I have chosen for the Journal Club is this one in the Journal of Infection Prevention, comparing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 dispersal through the air with an inhaler vs. nebuliser. Why I chose this article:There has been a huge amount of debate about the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the air.
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