Infection Control Matters

Dec 03 2024 100 ep. 24 mins 23
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We are a group of professionals who work in the field of infectious disease and infection prevention and control. In this podcast series, we discuss new research and issues on the topic of infection prevention and control. We will pick new papers of interest and will discuss them, often with an author of the paper who can give us some insights into the research that go beyond the written paper. Authors will include nurses, doctors, academics, clinicians, administrators and leaders. We should stress that all of our comments relate to our own opinions and that they do not necessarily reflect those institutions and employers that we relate to. We welcome comment, suggestions and ideas. Please consider subscribing for updates and to find collections of topic specific podcasts at www.infectioncontrolmatters.com

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In-room air purification to prevent respiratory infection in aged care - Does it help?

Dec 03 2024 32 mins  
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 respiratory tract infections.

Do you have enough staff in your IP Team? Calculating the staffing requirement for your program

Nov 19 2024 26 mins  
In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Rebecca Crapanzano-Sigafoos (formerly Bartles) who is Executive Director, Center for Research, Practoce and Innovation at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). We talk about about her work on staffing levels for IPC Teams, beginning with her early work looking at workload and then the recent review and pa

Could you have an ERCP-related outbreak? Sequencing to the rescue but you'll have to trash the scope!

Nov 07 2024 21 mins  
Next generation sequencing was required to detect an outbreak related to ERCP procedures, but screening failed to detect the offending organisms until the scope was destroyed to test the internals

Reducing glove use in the ambulance service

Oct 22 2024 12 mins  
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 Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust. We discuss a poster that she presented at the conference that looked as ways of reducing glove use in the ambulance service through a ra

Can sensors and AI improve cleaning and patient safety?

Oct 08 2024 13 mins  
In this episode, recorded at the 2024 Infection Prevention Society Conference in Birmingham (UK) Brett and Martin talk to Conor McGinn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Trinity College Dublin and CEO of Akara AI, a robotics company spin-off from Trinity. We talk about a presentation that Conor gave, demonstrating how infrared sens

Prevalence, fundamental care, UTI recorded live at the Infection Prevention Society Conference 2024

Sep 24 2024 43 mins  
In an Infection Control Matters first, we record live, at a plenary session to close day 1 of the Infection Prevention Society conference. We interact with a panel and the audience.

Is IPC the friend of sustainability?

Sep 17 2024 12 mins  
Gemma Saravanos discusses the IPC contribution to sustainable health and environmental systems

The CLEEN study: Background and discussion with the authors

Sep 03 2024 45 mins  
The CLEEN study is a world first RCT that explores the impact of cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on HAIs. The study reports significant reductions in HAIs associated with increased cleaning and disinfection of shared equipment.

Removing contact precautions - what trial do we need?

Aug 29 2024 25 mins  
What study could tell us if we can end contact precautions for MRSA and VRE? Martin and Brett discuss

Using AI in Infection Prevention: Opportunities and Dangers

Aug 07 2024 17 mins  
A discussion on the opportunities and dangers of using AI in infection prevention