In this, the first episode of 2022, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Matt Butler, Consultant Geriatrician (Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK), Dr Christine Peters, Consultant Microbiologist (NHS Greater Glasgow, Scotland) and Dr Evonne Curran, now an independent IPC Consultant. We start off by discussing how Matt came to design a study that looks at the effect of air filtration on a range of infections, including respiratory viruses and more 'common' pathogens like Clostridium difficile. We also discuss why it had taken so long for airborne transmission to be accepted as a mode of transmission. Books recommended by Evonne in the podcast are listed below.
Think Again: The power of knowing what you don't know by Adam Grant (https://www.adamgrant.net/book/think-again/) ISBN: 9780753553886
Seeing what others don't by Gary Klein ISBN: 9781857886788
Paper by Andrew Conway-Morris referred to in the podcast:
Andrew Conway Morris, Katherine Sharrocks, Rachel Bousfield, Leanne Kermack, Mailis Maes, Ellen Higginson, Sally Forrest, Joana Pereira-Dias, Claire Cormie, Tim Old, Sophie Brooks, Islam Hamed, Alicia Koenig, Andrew Turner, Paul White, R Andres Floto, Gordon Dougan, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Theodore Gouliouris, Stephen Baker, Vilas Navapurkar, The Removal of Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Other Microbial Bioaerosols by Air Filtration on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Surge Units, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021;, ciab933, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab933
YouTube, Monkeypox and infection prevention and control
Integrated, multi-specialty IPC teams - the future? With Dr David Weber
IPC Team Experiences during COVID
VAP in the ’too difficult’ box - could VAE be the answer? with Dr Michael Klompas
Hidden reservoirs contribute to plasmid-mediated transmission with Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu
Glove or no glove - with Dr Jon Otter
Turning prevalence into incidence to determine the burden of healthcare associated infections
Are we experts? Phil, Brett and Martin mull this over
Arrival of Monkeypox and will transmission paradigms change post-COVID? With Dr Deb Friedman
The New Zealand National Point Prevalance Study with Dr Sally Roberts
I-DECIDED tool
Using whole genome sequencing as part of an infection control service
What affects environmental contamination with C. difficile? New papers with Dr David Weber
Respiratory protection preparedness in critical care healthcare workers & facial hair
Reflecting on a contact precautions talk at ECCMID with Dr Gonzalo Bearman
Environmental cleaning & the role of patient service assistants
50 Shades of Grey - Risk assessment and communicating decisions with Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green
Measuring cleaning effectivness and improvement with Dr Phil Carling from SHEA Spring 2022
CO2 monitoring to find hospital areas with poor ventilation - Poster at ECCMID 2022 with Sharon Bamber
Human and financial cost of healthcare-associated pneumonia with Dr Dian Baker at the 2022 SHEA Spring Meeting
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