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Is CRE lurking in nursing homes? | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. Is CRE lurking in nursing homes? Is CRE lurking in nursing homes? July 31, 2015. July 31, 2015. They say that things come in threes, so following hot on the heels of blogs about MRSA. In nursing homes, I was struck by a recent outbreak report. Of CRE associated with nursing homes the Netherlands. Complex were id...
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CRE | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. Antibiotic Awareness: background and links. November 19, 2015. November 17, 2015. European Survey of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE) project. The EuSCAPE project aimed to improve understanding of the occurrence and spread of CPE. LINK. About European Antibiotic Awareness Day. The real issue ...
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RCT | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. Should we throw out the chlorhexidine with the bathwater? August 5, 2015. August 5, 2015. Following hot on the heels of a series of studies. Showing that daily bathing using chlorhexidine reduces the risk of HCAI, a recent study. Continue reading →. What works to control antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU?
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It’s transmission doc, but not as we know it | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
https://reflectionsipc.com/2015/08/13/its-transmission-doc-but-not-as-we-know-it
Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. It’s transmission doc, but not as we know it. It’s transmission doc, but not as we know it. August 13, 2015. A groundbreaking study just published in PLOS Genetics. Clonal lineages extending across multiple patients. This study reminds me of one published in CID a few years. Not quite yet I don’t think: the anal...
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KPC | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. Is CRE lurking in nursing homes? July 31, 2015. July 31, 2015. They say that things come in threes, so following hot on the heels of blogs about MRSA. In nursing homes, I was struck by a recent outbreak report. Of CRE associated with nursing homes the Netherlands. Continue reading →. January 20, 2015. Present a ...
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‘Crapsules’: the cure for Cdiff and more | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. 8216;Crapsules’: the cure for Cdiff and more. 8216;Crapsules’: the cure for Cdiff and more. May 18, 2015. May 18, 2015. I gave a talk today at a Pint of Science. Event entitled “Crapsules: the cure for Cdiff and more”. You can download my slides here. In 10 years time, I think we’ll have cracked a syntheti...
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transmission | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. Back to the floor. August 18, 2016. August 18, 2016. A little while ago I blogged about the excellent study. From Nottingham that demonstrated significant VRE and MRSA contamination on socks used to prevent falls in the hospitalised elderly. This has been followed by another paper. April 29, 2016. April 27, 2016.
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WGS | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. It’s transmission doc, but not as we know it. August 13, 2015. A groundbreaking study just published in PLOS Genetics. Clonal lineages extending across multiple patients. This study reminds me of one published in CID a few years. Not quite yet I don’t think: the analytical methods have not yet caught up with the...
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Should we throw out the chlorhexidine with the bathwater? | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control
https://reflectionsipc.com/2015/08/05/should-we-throw-out-the-chlorhexidine-with-the-bathwater
Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control. Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science and literature, and the practical issues that we run into day to day. Should we throw out the chlorhexidine with the bathwater? Should we throw out the chlorhexidine with the bathwater? August 5, 2015. August 5, 2015. Following hot on the heels of a series of studies. Showing that daily bathing using chlorhexidine reduces the risk of HCAI, a recent study. There was no active surve...