Infection Control Matters

Brett Mitchell
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Infection Control Matters

In this podcast series, we discuss new research and issues on the topic of infection prevention and control. We talk to doctors, nurses, clinicians, academics and administrators. Professor Brett Mitchell (from Avondale University, Australia), Visiting Professor Martin Kiernan (University of West London and Avondale University) and Professor Philip Russo (Monash University) have considerable experience in infection prevention and control. In this series, we discuss topical issues, speak to authors of papers that catch our eye and occasionally produce special editions from conferences that we attend. We welcome feedback from listeners.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

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

    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 paper on data obtained from the beta version of the APIC Staffing Calculator. It turns out that the vast majority of 390+ participating organisations are understaffed.. What might help however was the finding that hospitals that were better staffed had significantly lower infection rates according to accepted published data. Papers we discuss are found below: Bartles R, Dickson A, Babade O. A systematic approach to quantifying infection prevention staffing and coverage needs. Am J Infect Control 2018;46(5):487-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.11.006. Knighton SC, Engle J, Berkson J, Bartles R. A narrative review of how infection preventionist (IP) staffing and outcome metrics are assessed by health care organizations and factors to consider. Am J Infect Control 2024;52(1):91-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.06.017. Bartles R, Reese S, Gumbar A. Closing the gap on infection prevention staffing recommendations: Results from the beta version of the APIC staffing calculator. Am J Infect Control 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2024.09.004.

    26 min

  2. NOV 8

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

    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

    21 min

  3. OCT 23

    Reducing glove use in the ambulance service

    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 range of improvement methodologies. A copy of the poster can be found here

    12 min

  4. OCT 9

    Can sensors and AI improve cleaning and patient safety?

    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 sensors analysed by AI can provode feedback on techniques in the operating room and how they could improve cleaning standards in hospitals. A link to the video we discussed is here https://youtu.be/CPCFuXyQarY?si=xh1RjXAaKeKY708a and you can also see Conor's talk here https://youtu.be/3SCEkbwKhM4?si=uztJcnVIAe-vq5U8

    13 min

  5. SEP 25

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

    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.

    44 min

  6. SEP 18

    Is IPC the friend of sustainability?

    Gemma Saravanos discusses the IPC contribution to sustainable health and environmental systems

    13 min

  7. SEP 4

    The CLEEN study: Background and discussion with the authors

    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.

    46 min

  8. AUG 29

    Removing contact precautions - what trial do we need?

    What study could tell us if we can end contact precautions for MRSA and VRE? Martin and Brett discuss

    26 min
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In this podcast series, we discuss new research and issues on the topic of infection prevention and control. We talk to doctors, nurses, clinicians, academics and administrators. Professor Brett Mitchell (from Avondale University, Australia), Visiting Professor Martin Kiernan (University of West London and Avondale University) and Professor Philip Russo (Monash University) have considerable experience in infection prevention and control. In this series, we discuss topical issues, speak to authors of papers that catch our eye and occasionally produce special editions from conferences that we attend. We welcome feedback from listeners.

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  • Creator
    Brett Mitchell
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    99
  • Rating
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    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
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