📣 Environmental cleaning is complex but essential for preventing hospital-acquired infections #HAI Mitchell @1healthau.bsky.social et al review & advise on hospital cleaning programmes: when properly designed, patients & hospitals benefit #IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

Hospital cleaning: considerations for designing and maintaining a successful environmental cleaning program www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295... #infectioncontrol #patientsafety #cleanhospitals #healthservices

One of my most enjoyable episodes making. Hope other enjoy #infection #infectioncontrol #infectionprevention #idsky

Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research Bottom line: 0.2% of all government research funding in the past decade has gone to infection prevention research. In era of #AMR prevention strategies & evidence are vital. #IDsky #infectious www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The HAPPEN study is a multi-phase, multi-centre RCT investigating whether improved oral care can reduce hospital acquired pneumonia. 11,500+ participants to date. Trial finishing in August. Find out more and subscribe for updates: www.happenstudy.com #infectioncontrol #IDsky #patientsafety

Our latest publication from the HAPPEN study. Experiences of providing oral care to hospitalised patients. www.idhjournal.com.au/article/S246... The HAPPEN study is a multi phase, multi centre RCT exploring whether improved oral care can reduce hospital acquired pneumonia. www.happenstudy.com

A CLEEN study: cleaning and disinfection of shared equipment reduce infection and SAVES hospitals money. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #IDsky #infectioncontrol #patientsafety #nursing #cleaning

ACIPC is calling for IPC expertise to be embedded in the new Australian CDC. It is essential for protecting consumers and healthcare workers and strengthening readiness for future infectious disease threats. Read the statement: tinyurl.com/3nfsfsyd #AustralianCDC #ACIPC

Improving the cleaning & disinfection of shared equipment reduces hospital-acquired infections and saves hospitals money. Paper out today in JAMA Network Open. #@escmid.bsky.social #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky CE paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Summary: The Conversation tinyurl.com/23mn8y7a

New podcast on Infection Control Matters. nv-HAP surveillance too time-consuming? Semi-automated may be easier than you think. We chat with Dr Aline Wolfensberger infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/03/05/n... #idsky #pneumonia #infectioncontrol @emrsa15.bsky.social

If you are a registered nurse or EN in Aus or NZ, we would love your input into this survey around aseptic technique. Help shape what happens next. #nursing #nurse #nursingpractice #aseptictechnique #infectioncontrol www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...

Probably the saddest episode we've put out as @1healthau.bsky.social @plr-aus.bsky.social and Kate Browne discuss the failure to get the Intermittent self-catheterisation study over the line. The disappointment is palpable. infectioncontrolmatters.com/latest/ #IDSky

In this week's podcast, @1healthau.bsky.social and @plr-aus.bsky.social take a walk round the posters at the ACIPC Conference in Melbourne and pick out a few of their favourites for a discussion. Listen on Spotify, Apple, via the website infectioncontrolmatters.com/latest/ Posters on the website too

Chlorhexidine or hydrophobic PICCs were not superior to standard polyurethane PICCs for the prevention of device failure due to infectious or noninfectious complications. Read the full PICNIC trial results: nej.md/3Pqk25M #MedSky

Our latest podcast. Engaging Junior Doctors in IPC. We chat with Dr Sarah Browning and junior doctors about a program being run in Hunter New England (NSW) #IDsky #infectioncontrol infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/01/08/e...

It's that time of year again. Here are my top 10 ID papers of 2024 1. My opinion 2. Practice changing, paradigm-shifting or dogma challenging 3. Not COVID 4. Alphabetical order by first author 5. CoI for 4 and 5 (I am an author) Summary slide here, details in thread #IDSky #Top10IDpapers

Final podcast of the year and @1healthau.bsky.social @plr-aus.bsky.social and @emrsa15.bsky.social discuss favourite conferences, papers and podcasts. As usual it’s none too serious. infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/12/19/t... find us on all podcast hosting sites. #IDSky #IPSky

In-room air purification to prevent respiratory infection in aged care - does it help? Latest podcast on Infection Control Matters out now. infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/placeholder/ #IDsky #IPsky #infectioncontrol @emrsa15.bsky.social @1healthau.bsky.social

You can follow @icmatters.bsky.social , myself or @emrsa15.bsky.social to find out when the last podcast of Infection Control Matters drops. A big thanks for the 100,000+ listens from over 120 countries! We will try and keep up the standard (didn’t say what standard 😀) #idsky

Does improved cleaning and disinfection of shared equipment reduce healthcare associated infections? #idsky #cleaning #healthservices #patientsafety #infectioncontrol www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Could you have an ERCP-related outbreak? Sequencing to the rescue…but you may have to trash your scope. #idsky infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/could-you-... #idsky @emrsa15.bsky.social

Do you have enough staff in your Infection Prevention and Control Team? Latest podcast. infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/do-you-hav... #idsky #infectioncontrol #patientsafety

Evaluating the accuracy of an automatic counting system to detect dispensing of hand hygiene product. #IDsky #handhygiene idhjournal.com/article/S246...

Infection Control Matters Podcast has joined Bluesky. Find us on all hosting sites and website (www.infectioncontrolmatters.com) - 140+ podcasts grouped by topic. >100,000 insominiacs can't be wrong. May cause drowsiness, do not listen whilst driving/operating heavy machinery. Loving #IDSky already!

Got a repetitive chore today? In one of our favourite episodes implementation of a research protocol is discussed. Although the NV-HAP intervention is important, how you implement it is also critical to achieve success, particularly monitoring and feedback loops. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Air Purifiers and Acute Respiratory Infections in Residential Aged Care A Randomized Clinical Trial. Air purifiers with HEPA filters in residents’ rooms didn’t reduce the incidence of ARIs. Reductions in ARIs in those who completed the entire study were demonstrated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cleaning shared equipment reduces infection – Latest paper We have published results from a major part of the CLEEN study in the Lancet Infectious Disease today. thelancet.com/journals/lan... Freely available: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jbJ85E-Uo... #infectioncontrol #patientsafety #hospital