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Hello, a continence colleague is asking for training resources to illustrate migration of bacteria along a urinary catheter. Can anyone help please? david.charlesworth@nhs.net
Hi, we are in the process of developing an SOP for guidance as to when a deep clean is required in primary care to assist staff with their decision making, for both routine deep cleaning and in case of outbreak/infectious disease. Does anyone have an...
I have recently started work in a veterinary hospital as the infection prevention manager. Our animal patients on occasion can acquire multi-drug resistant infections amongst other infectious diseases such as leptospirosis, mycobacterial disease etc....
Is anyone using Blood culture bottles made by Griener? If so what blood transfer device are you using?. A device called medimop was in use in our Trust but is no longer available. BD vacuette does not fit these blood culture bottles
Hello all, there is a national shortage of single use spacers - we are reaching a situation where this will impact our service delivery - does anyone have information, experience of decontaminating spacers. I am holding the line in saying no (manufac...
Hi can i ask how often people are doing there environmental audits please as there appears to be some disparity surrounding this. some hospitals are doing monthly some quarterly and some yearly. Id be interested to here from anyone who can find...
Hi, Does anyone aware of any point of care testing for Step A? We've had a query from a Primary Care Network but we're unsure as to what is out there. Thanks.
Hi all, We are looking at changing how we do our monthly screening audits. MRSA being the main one with admission, weekly & monthly screens depending on the patients location. Would anyone be willing to share their processes as i w...
Wondering if colleagues have been involved in switch over to washable / reusable continence products by their Continence Teams and any IPC considerations? if you have, would you be willing to share your experiences? helen.wilcox5@nhs.net
Hi everyone. Has anyone decided to introduce air or jet hand dryers into clinical areas or is it simply a no-no?