Something in the water

Infection Prevention in Conversation

'Something in the water' is the latest podcast from the Healthcare Infection Society journals.

Gemma Winzor (University Hospitals Birmingham; Editor in Chief Infection Prevention in Practice) is joined by two fantastic guests: Mike Weinbren (NHS England and NHS improvement) and Teresa Inkster, (NHS greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Assure, and HCAI Scotland).

The trio talk about the problems encountered in new-build healthcare facilities, training sub-specialties, and the infection prevention and control risks of water and waste water drains on augmented care - an area many find a bit daunting as it does not come up that often in day-to-day life as an infection control practitioner.

Twitter: @jhieditor @IPIP_open

Episode links:

• Halstead et al. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in augmented care: the molecular ecology and transmission dynamics in four large UK hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 111, 162-168.
• Breathnach et al. Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreaks in two hospitals: association with contaminated hospital waste-water systems. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 82(1),19-24.
• Philip C. Carling. Wastewater drains: epidemiology and interventions in 23 carbapenem-resistant organism outbreaks. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, Volume 39(8), 972-979.
• Find out more about the Healthcare Infection Society here

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