Evonne T Curran

Hand Hygiene: Not The #1 Prevention For Healthcare Infections Evidence shows hand hygiene is vital but not the top factor in preventing healthcare-associated infections.

So hand hygiene cannot be no 1, can we now have a chat about all modes of transmission ?

shh-uk.org/hand-hygiene...

When you accept bad things as normal and irreducible, you fail to achieve brilliance.

Rapid infection control will only work if it is targeted on how transmission arises.
So off to find how transmission happens
I can't find it...

Critical intelligence here!
It says either HCWs are not following guidance or the guidance is ineffective at preventing transmission and infections.... I am for the latter.

This is a single celled fungi. It has no ability to cause outbreaks - its not a general with complex battle plans ready to invade. IT IS US who provide the perfect niches - the ICU is an agar plate promotes transmission and enables proliferation on invasive devices and various liquids...

So lets do a thread on www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

Taking the data from a systematic review and using a Pareto.
It can be seen preventing Bloodstream infections is C. auris control. I see not national/international guideline that includes preventing BSI.
Secondly it is also airborne distributed and we are not recommending air cleaning either...

An Amyloidogenic Fragment of the Spike Protein from SARS-CoV-2 Virus Stimulates the Aggregation and Toxicity of Parkinson’s Disease Protein Alpha-Synuclein Emerging evidence suggests that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection may have long-term deleterious effects on the central nervous system and even contribute to p...

1. 'Overall, our findings raise compelling questions about the potential role of SARS-CoV-2 infection in accelerating or triggering neurodegenerative diseases linked to protein amyloidosis'.

An example of such a disease is Parkinson's Disease (PD).

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Thanks to @evonnetcurran.bsky.social for another great blog. I look forward to the day when those responsible for infection prevention and control acknowledge that covid is airborne and ensure guidelines are updated to reflect this. Read more about the changes needed: shh-uk.org/shh-uk-posit...

How Covid Protections Can Help Deliver The NHS 10-Year Health Plan The recently published NHS Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England sets out a bold vision for transforming the health service by shifting the

🚨 Want to deliver the NHS 10-Year Plan? Start with Covid protections.

🦠 Less infection = less pressure = better outcomes.

📖 Read our latest blog by our chair @alitwy.bsky.social: shh-uk.org/how-covid-pr...
#SafeAir4All #CovidIsAirborne #NHS

A Call For IPC Epistemic Responsibility - Part 1 In this two part blog, Dr Evonne T Curran, a retired infection prevention control (IPC) nurse, draws on historical examples to highlight the need for IPC

Me again.
Calling for IPC epistemic responsibility
shh-uk.org/a-call-for-i...

Every so often... the idea for an essay arises?

Making The Invisible Risk Visible: Indoor Air Quality Is A Priority Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important but often overlooked aspect of healthcare. The presence of airborne pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19), has

Read about @shh-uk.bsky.social’s #SaferAir4All campaign and how you can join in here: shh-uk.org/making-the-i...

This is about people and people safety. We can do better when we are honest about the issues we face.

179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:

Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.

New global consensus just dropped.

link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

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Persistence of dysfunctional immune response 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection and their relationship with pulmonary sequelae and long COVID - Respiratory Research Introduction Most patients recover fully after an acute infection by SARS-CoV-2. Some, however, may develop pulmonary sequelae (PS) and/or long COVID (LC). However, whether these two clinical conditio...

Persistence of dysfunctional immune response 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection and their relationship with pulmonary sequelae and long COVID - Respiratory Research

You can't use reason to convince anyone out of an argument that they didn't use reason to get into. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The admissions officer we saw at the hospital last week 'felt' that Covid vaccines are unsafe & cause Long Covid, welfare recipients are mostly lazy.

Nothing to do with her catching Covid while suffering from COPD. Or welfare statistics that prove most people are in genuine need. 🤷‍♀️

This seems really important:
The Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control is advocating for the use of N95 respirators in healthcare settings.
Canada? UK? US CDC? WHO?
your turn.
www.acipc.org.au/wp-content/u...

Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity.

Patients being admitted to hospital in Texas with symptoms indicative of vitamin A toxicity- RFK jr has been promoting vitamin a and nutrition over and above vaccines to manage the measles outbreak in USA 🧪

Can we stop with the Semmelweis nonsense.
He should have copied the midwives and not taken his students to the PM room (every day).
The recommendation for a disinfectant akin - that burned the skin - was never a sustainable solution.

Starmer says cost of sickness benefits 'devastating' The prime minister's remarks come after the government announced a major benefits overhaul on Tuesday.

Disability advocates have been screaming for years that letting Covid spread unchecked would be devastating to the economy. It’s a mass disabling event. We can’t ignore it forever.

The cost of clean air and respirators would be far less than the cost of disabling millions of people:

Watch Dr Joffe.

No holds barred.

‘Twas perfect! 👌

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long term organ damage It’s now been five years since the COVID pandemic stopped the world in its tracks. The virus is still with us, and continues to make people sick. As many as 1 in 5 Canadians have experienced symptoms ...

If you’re interested in a crash course from the beginning in chronic issues with COVID I recommend this excellent interview with David Putrino. Perhaps the least well understood consequence is the damage every infection likely causes everyone, symptomatic or not.

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Well done France!

UK next please!

The 15th of March is LC Awareness Day! I acknowledge people everywhere impacted by LC, & am very grateful for the leadership of those with LC who's awareness raising is the single most important factor in finding solutions - @sickandtiredaus.bsky.social @plumskyjam.bsky.social & many others.

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?

Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s

What should we make of this?

www.ft.com/content/a801...

LONG COVID AWARENESS DAY ribbon 15 March 2025

Today, 15th March, is #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay
We stand with the millions who suffer in silence. The cost of inaction is too great. Never let a good crisis go to waste—now is the time to demand a #longCOVID moonshot research project to find effective treatments. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Long Covid in NHS staff going undiagnosed, study suggests | Nursing Times Read about a new study revealing the prevalence of long Covid symptoms among the NHS workforce and the lack of formal diagnoses.

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"Covid-19 has not gone away. We know that more infections mean more people are at risk of developing long Covid":

@alitwy.bsky.social, via @elhopkins.bsky.social

www.nursingtimes.net/respiratory/...

iPhone pic of Science World & downtown Vancouver skyline. Science World is lit up all teal, along with other major landmarks across Canada, for International Long Covid Awareness Day

Science World is lit up all teal tonite, along with other major landmarks across Canada, for International #LongCovid Awareness Day

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