Infection Control Matters

Opinions from around the world on contact, droplet, airborne paradigms for IPC - Part 4 (Hilary Humphries, David Enoch, Jennie Wilson, Jon Otter, Pierre Parneix)

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In part 4 of this series on the current IPC paradigms of contact, droplet and airborne, we hear from a further range of guests on this topics. This we...

Opinions from around the world on contact, droplet, airborne paradigms for IPC - Part 3 (Maria Juraja, Egil Lingaas, Ramon Shaban, Elaine Cloutman-Green, Christine Peters)

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In part 3 of this series on the current IPC paradigms of contact, droplet and airborne, we hear from a range of guests on this topics. This week we ta...

New paradigms for IPC - Introduction (Contact, droplet, airborne) plus guests Kirsty Buising and Kathy Dempsey

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Brett, Phil and Martin discuss the current IPC paradigms of contact, droplet and airborne. Over the course of the next 3 podcasts, we...

Opinions from around the world on contact, droplet, airborne paradigms for IPC - Part 2 (Rhonda Stewart, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Gonzalo Bearman, Belinda Henderson, Jan Kluytmans, Caroline Marshall)

01 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 of this series on the current IPC paradigms of contact, droplet and airborne, we hear from a range of guests on this topics. This week we ta...

The impact of TB on acute IPC Team workload

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Brett and Martin are joined by Professor Hilary Humphreys of the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland. They discuss a ...

Public reporting of infection - perspectives of hospital leaders and clinicians

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Brett and Phil discuss an article just published in the American Journal of Infection Control titled "Concerns and frustration...

Environmental sampling - do we know what we are doing?

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode Brett and Martin discuss a recent paper from the ESGNI (ESCMID Study Group for Nosocomial Infections) that looks at a survey of...

Standardising IPC Programs with Bob Garcia

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Phil and Martin talk to Bob Garcia, microbiology-trained infection preventionist, about a recent collaborative expert paper pu...

YouTube, Monkeypox and infection prevention and control

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks podcast, Brett and Phil discuss an article titled "YouTube and 2022 Monkeypox outbreak: opportunities for awareness and infection contro...

Integrated, multi-specialty IPC teams - the future? With Dr David Weber

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin talks to Dr David Weber of  Uniiversity Hospitals South Carolina about his hospital's integrated IPC team which includ...

IPC Team Experiences during COVID

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Martin catches up with Phil Russo whilst at the APSIC meeting in Singapore and we discuss a recent paper that has looked at the experiences of IPC Tea...

VAP in the ’too difficult’ box - could VAE be the answer? with Dr Michael Klompas

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin talks to Dr Michael Klompas, Infectious Disease physician, Hospital Epidemiologist, and Professor of Population Medicin...

Hidden reservoirs contribute to plasmid-mediated transmission with Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Brett and Martin talk to Adjunct Assistant Prof Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, who is currently a senior consultant in Infectious Dise...

Glove or no glove - with Dr Jon Otter

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Brett and Martin caught up with Jon Otter to discuss the 'Glove or no glove' campaign currently being implemented at Guy's and...

Turning prevalence into incidence to determine the burden of healthcare associated infections

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Brett Mitchell about his recent paper that estimates the burden of HCAI from a prevalence study. Paper...

Are we experts? Phil, Brett and Martin mull this over

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's podcast is a live chat recorded in Melbourne in June and features Phil Russo, Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan, who discuss whether we th...

Arrival of Monkeypox and will transmission paradigms change post-COVID? With Dr Deb Friedman

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A/Professor Deb Friedman is the Deputy Chief Health Officer at the Department of Health Victoria,  Australia. Prior to that she was the Medical Direc...

The New Zealand National Point Prevalance Study with Dr Sally Roberts

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast Phil Russo chats with Dr Sally Roberts, Clinical Head of Microbiology at the Auckland District Health Board, Aotearoa New Zealand. She...

I-DECIDED tool

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Brett talks to Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel from the University of Queensland and Griffith University. We talk about Gillian's development ...

Using whole genome sequencing as part of an infection control service

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Martin and Brett talk to Trish Hurst, Belinda Henderson and Dr Patrick Harris about how WGS is being used in two major Australian hos...

What affects environmental contamination with C. difficile? New papers with Dr David Weber

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr David Weber, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina...

Respiratory protection preparedness in critical care healthcare workers & facial hair

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Brett Mitchell talks to Professor Daryl Williams about respirators and facial hair. So much to learn, so much more to know. The talk ...

Reflecting on a contact precautions talk at ECCMID with Dr Gonzalo Bearman

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After his excellent session atthe ECCMID meeting, Martin talks to Dr Gonzalo Bearman (Chief of Infectious Diseases at VCU Health, Editor in Chief of A...

Environmental cleaning & the role of patient service assistants

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Brett Mitchell talks to A/Professor Stéphane Bouchoucha about a recent article exploring the role of patient service assistants in e...

50 Shades of Grey - Risk assessment and communicating decisions with Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Measuring cleaning effectivness and improvement with Dr Phil Carling from SHEA Spring 2022

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode recorded at the 2022 SHEA spring meeting, Martin Kiernan discussed measuring the effectiveness of cleaning with Dr Phil Carling from B...

CO2 monitoring to find hospital areas with poor ventilation - Poster at ECCMID 2022 with Sharon Bamber

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode recorded at the ECCMID 2022 meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, Martin Kiernan talks to poster abstract presenter Clinical Scientist Sharon B...

Human and financial cost of healthcare-associated pneumonia with Dr Dian Baker at the 2022 SHEA Spring Meeting

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode recorded at the 2022 SHEA Sprong meeting, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Dian Baker, Emeritus Professor at California State University, Sa...

N95 Mask use for respiratory protection - a discussion with Dr Michael Klompas at the SHEA Spring Meeting

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kiernan managaed to grab a few minutes with Dr Michael Klompas, ID Physicial at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston and Associate Professor at...

Implementation of patient warming to prevent SSI - How hard can it be? With Prof. Judith Tanner

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Judith Tanner, Professor of Adult Nursing at the University of Nottingham, UK about a paper in whic...

Surgical Site Infection (SSI) prevention with Charles Edmiston

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Phil Russo flies solo and discusses strategies for prevention of SSI with Professor Charles Edmiston, Emeritus Professor at the Medic...

Vaccine hesitancy and the role of social scientists in infection prevention with A/Professor Holly Seale

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Brett Mitchell talks to Associate Professor Holly Seale about the role of social scientists, vaccine hesitancy, booster vaccines and t...

Environmental decontamination reduces healthcare infections - a systematic review with Alexandra Peters

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Alexandra Peters, who works in Prof. Didier Pittet's group at the University Hospitals of Geneva and w...

Infection Prevention Team Staffing levels - Less (staff) is more (infections)?

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan use a recent paper published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology to start a discu...

Could a virtual Infection Prevention Service provide support in middle and low income countries? With Prof Gonzalo Bearman

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Professor Gonzalo Bearman, Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiologist/Medical Directo...

Hand drying - a lot of hot air?

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan discuss methods of drying hands after hand hygiene has been performed, with a focus on hand dryers ...

WHO Global Outreach Alert and Response Network (GOARN) with Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The WHO Global Outreach Alert and Response Network (GOARN) is the topic for this podcast. We talk with Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman about the network, what ...

Mouth Care Matters - Oral hygiene & healthcare associated infection

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we return to another ICM favourite topic, healthcare-associated pneumonia that is not device-associated. Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Ma...

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) - uses and considerations with Adjunct A/Professor Greg Whiteley

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Brett talks to Adjunct A/Professor Greg Whiteley about adenosine triphosphate (ATP). We chat about its use in healthcare as a way to ...

Airborne Transmission - would air filtration reduce a range of infections and why is there reluctance to recognise it? With Matt Butler, Christine Peters and Evonne Curran

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this, the first episode of 2022, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Matt Butler, Consultant Geriatrician (Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK), Dr Christi...

The 2021 Christmas Special!

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this largely unedited Christmas special podcast, Martin, Phil and Brett reflect on podcasts undertaken in 2021 and the year that was. This podcast ...

25 years of Contact Precautions, but benefit or harm and what is the evidence? With Prof Jennie Wilson

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Professor Jennie Wilson of the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London and cu...

Ventilation and pathogen transmission with Simon Witts

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Phil and Brett talk to Simon Witts on a wide ranging topics related to ventilation and also touch on air scrubbers (purifiers). Simon...

Australia‘s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer - Alison McMillan on leadership and negotiation

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Phil and Brett talk to Adjunct Professor Alison McMillan on the topics of leadership and negotiation. Alison is Australia's Chief Nur...

Wearable proximity devices and contact tracing with Steph Curtis

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the last ACIPC conference special podcast, Brett and Phil talk to Stephanie Curtis about wearable proximity devices for nurses and doctors - and th...

The science of pathogen transmission via the air with Prof Lidia Morawska - ACIPC conference special

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this third special edition from the 2021 ACIPC Conference, Brett and Martin talk to Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska about the science of air...

Use of video reflexive ethnography in IPC, clinical care and nurse education - an ACIPC 2021 special with Dr Mary Wyer and Dr Su-Yin Hor

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this second special edition from the 2021 ACIPC Conference, Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan talk to Drs Mary Wyer and Su-yin Hor. Mary and Su-Yin...

Urinary catheter awareness - an ACIPC Conference special with Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this special ACIPC conference episode, Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan talk to Dr Gillian-Ray-Barruel, from Griffith University School of Nursing...

Staph. capitis in NICU - Global problem or just another CoNS trick? - with Dr Alicia Demirjian

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Alicia Demirjian about the issue of seemingly increasing reports of Staphylococcus capitis cases in neonat...

Fundamental and missed care impacts on healthcare-associated infection with Prof Heather Loveday

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Prof Heather Loveday, Director of the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London about an...

Monoclonal antibodies and future IPC priorities - a chat with Jon Otter

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Jon Otter of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust in the UK about a couple of Jon's recent blog ...

Transmission of Norovirus to other room occupants with Dr Carl-Johan Frankel

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Prof Brett Mitchell talks to Dr Carl-Johan Frankel from the Department of Infection Control, Lund University, Sweden about his recent...

Surgical Site Infection Surveillance - Who cares? With Dr Jon Otter at the IPS Conference

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In another special edition from the 2021 IPS conference in Liverpool UK, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Jon Otter, who presented a paper on improving and ...

Are guidelines letting us down? With Evonne Curran and Brett Mitchell from the IPS Conference 2021

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode from the IPS conference, Prof Brett Mitchell is joined by Dr Evonne Curran who has worked in the field of infection prevention and con...

Year in Infection Control - papers selected by Prof Andreas Voss at ICPIC 2021

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this final episode at ICPIC 2021 (Geneva), Martin Kiernan talks to Professor Andreas Voss  from the Radboud University Medical Centre (Radboudumc)...

Time to clean: Calculating the staffing requirement with An Caluwaerts

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In another special edition from ICPIC, Martin talks to An Caluwaerts, IPC Specialist from Kliniek Sint Jan, Brussels. This was a poster presentation t...

From whole genome sequencing to sinks with Dr Amy Mathers

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In another episode from the 2021 ICPIC Conference, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Amy Mathers, who moderated and spoke at a session on whole genome sequen...

Publish or we are all damned: The effect of COVID on journal publications with John McConnell of the Lancet

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode from the 2021 ICPIC Conference, Martin Kiernan talks to John McConnell, Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet Infectious Diseases about his ke...

Looking to ICPIC Conference 2021 with Prof Didier Pittet and Prof Stephan Harbarth

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Martin Kiernan talks to the ICPIC 2021 Conference organisers, Profs Didier Pittet and Stephan Harbarth about the upcoming mee...

Cleaning up the air using air cleaners and purifiers with Jason Monty

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Brett and Phil discuss improving the quality of air to reduce the risk of infection from airborne pathogens with Professor Jason Monty...

CAUTI - decades of little progress?

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan chew the fat over the fact that, despite knowing that it makes up a great proportion of HCAIs global...

Mind your language! With Claire Kilpatrick and Martin Shovel

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to WHO Consultant Claire Kilpatrick and Martin Shovel, a writer, satirical cartoonist and communications ...

Compassion and Infection Prevention - Not mutually exclusive!

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode Brett MItchell and Martin Kiernan talk to Julie Storr. Julie is a consultant to the World Health Organisation who originally st...

COVID-19 - Your Questions Answered

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this Q&A style podcast, listeners to our podcast were offered the opportunity to pose COVID-19 related questions to a panel. Our panel included Pro...

Infusion set replacement intervals, 4 days Vs 7 days with Prof Claire Rickard

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss a paper published in the Lancet which compares the effectiveness and costs of 7-day versus 4-day infusion set replacement t...

Assessing preventability of Staph aureus bacteraemia with Daniela Karanfilovska

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Prof Brett Mitchell talks to Daniela Karanfilovska. Daniela is an infection prevention nurse at Alfred Health in Melbourne. Sh...

Something in the air? With Dr Kirsty Buising

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan are joined by Dr Kirsty Buising, infectious diseases physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital who is als...

Celebrating 20 years of Teleclass Education with Paul Webber

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Martin Kiernan and Brett Mitchell talk to Paul Webber in the 20th year of the Webber Teleclass series that remains free for all in lo...

More questions than answers! Changes in bacteraemia patterns during COVID with Dr Luke Moore

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Martin is jouned by Dr Luke Moore (@dr_luke_moore), Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology and Virology at Chelsea ...

The impact of heatlhcare associated infections - mortality, length of stay and cost

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we discuss an article just published in Clinical Infectious Disease which reports data from 134 hospitals on mortality, length of sta...

Prevention of healthcare associated pneumonia (HAP) (Part A) with Dr Victoria Ewan

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Martin and Brett talk healthcare associated pneumonia (HAP) with Dr Victoria Ewan. Vicky is consultant academic geriatrician at South...

Gaming, apps and Infection Control with Dr Robbert Bentvelsen and Ender Holten

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Brett Mitchell discusses a paper that provides an overview of available apps for HAI prevention, including functionality, quality and...

Role of clinical scientists in infection prevention and control with Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Martin talks to Consultant Clinical Scientist Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green BEM about her role at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Childre...

Sociology and Qualitative research and IPC with Professor Maria Northcote and Dr Cassie Curryer

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we briefly touch on the role of sociology and what it can bring to infection control. We also discuss the value of qualitative researc...

Hand hygiene at critical points and the sequence of patient care with Professor Loreen Herwaldt

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Martin talks to Professor Loreen Herwaldt, from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.  We discuss three new papers on h...

Unintended consequences for infection prevention and control during COVID-19

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Phil and Brett discuss a paper from April 2021 published by Wee and colleagues, in the American Journal of Infection Control titled "...

Hand hygiene with Professor Didier Pittet

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we hear from Professor Didier Pittet about how the hand hygiene campaign originated from identifying a problem in one hospital and tr...

The COVID-19 Evidence Taskforce with A/Professor Julian Elliott and Dr Tari Turner

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Taskforce brings together the peak health professional bodies across Australia whose members are providing clinical care to people with COVID-19. ...

Practical elements of healthcare environmental cleaning - With Brett Mitchell and Martin Kiernan

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Brett and Martin discuss a paper from March 2021 published by Assadian and colleagues, in the Journal of Hospital Infection. "Practic...

COVID "Myths" with Dr Stephanie Dancer

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this Podcast we discuss the paper"Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)" w...

Introduction

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this Podcast, we introduce "Infection Control Matters" with some of our presenters.