Prof Brett Mitchell

Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) at a critical juncture Preventing Infections Saves Lives. So Why Are We Underfunding It? One in ten patients admitted to hospital today have an infection acquired since their admission to hospital.

Infection Prevention and Control is at a critical juncture.

Preventing infections saves lives.

So why are we underfunding it?

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Cutting CDC and IPC funding in the US – Implications and what can we do?
In our latest podcast we chat with Prof Weber about funding cuts for WHO & US CDC, including HICPAC – and what this means for IPC. #infectioncontrol #patientsafety

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Cutting CDC and IPC funding in the US – Implications and what can we do?
In our latest podcast we chat with Prof Weber about funding cuts for WHO & US CDC, including HICPAC – and what this means for IPC. #infectioncontrol #patientsafety

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Hospital cleaning: considerations for designing and maintaining a successful environmental cleaning program There are nuances and complexities associated with designing and implementing cleaning programs in hospitals and healthcare. As such, like many aspects of infection prevention and control, a multimoda...

📣 Environmental cleaning is complex but essential for preventing hospital-acquired infections #HAI
Mitchell @1healthau.bsky.social et al review & advise on hospital cleaning programmes: when properly designed, patients & hospitals benefit
#IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky
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Hospital cleaning: considerations for designing and maintaining a successful environmental cleaning program There are nuances and complexities associated with designing and implementing cleaning programs in hospitals and healthcare. As such, like many aspects of infection prevention and control, a multimoda...

Hospital cleaning: considerations for designing and maintaining a successful environmental cleaning program
www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295... #infectioncontrol #patientsafety #cleanhospitals #healthservices

One of my most enjoyable episodes making. Hope other enjoy #infection #infectioncontrol #infectionprevention #idsky

Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research: A scoping review of the past decade Healthcare infection prevention and control (IPC) programs are recognised globally as a system-wide strategy to support patient and staff safety. Rese…

Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research

Bottom line: 0.2% of all government research funding in the past decade has gone to infection prevention research.

In era of #AMR prevention strategies & evidence are vital.

#IDsky #infectious

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The HAPPEN study is a multi-phase, multi-centre RCT investigating whether improved oral care can reduce hospital acquired pneumonia. 11,500+ participants to date. Trial finishing in August.

Find out more and subscribe for updates: www.happenstudy.com

#infectioncontrol #IDsky #patientsafety

Our latest publication from the HAPPEN study.

Experiences of providing oral care to hospitalised patients.

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The HAPPEN study is a multi phase, multi centre RCT exploring whether improved oral care can reduce hospital acquired pneumonia.

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A CLEEN study: cleaning and disinfection of shared equipment reduce infection and SAVES hospitals money. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #IDsky #infectioncontrol #patientsafety #nursing #cleaning

ACIPC is calling for IPC expertise to be embedded in the new Australian CDC.
It is essential for protecting consumers and healthcare workers and strengthening readiness for future infectious disease threats.

Read the statement: tinyurl.com/3nfsfsyd

#AustralianCDC #ACIPC

Economic Evaluation of Enhanced Cleaning of Shared Medical Equipment This economic evaluation examines whether improved environmental cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment would be cost-effective compared with usual care.

Improving the cleaning & disinfection of shared equipment reduces hospital-acquired infections and saves hospitals money. Paper out today in JAMA Network Open. #@escmid.bsky.social #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky

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New podcast on Infection Control Matters. nv-HAP surveillance too time-consuming? Semi-automated may be easier than you think. We chat with Dr Aline Wolfensberger

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Hannah Kent on LinkedIn: Shaping Practice: Share Your Insights on Aseptic Technique in Clinical… Nurses across Australia and New Zealand—We Need Your Input We are inviting nurses to participate in a survey exploring how aseptic technique is understood and…

If you are a registered nurse or EN in Aus or NZ, we would love your input into this survey around aseptic technique. Help shape what happens next. #nursing #nurse #nursingpractice #aseptictechnique #infectioncontrol

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Infection Control Matters A podcast on topics related to preventing and controlling infection

Probably the saddest episode we've put out as @1healthau.bsky.social @plr-aus.bsky.social and Kate Browne discuss the failure to get the Intermittent self-catheterisation study over the line. The disappointment is palpable. infectioncontrolmatters.com/latest/ #IDSky

Infection Control Matters A podcast on topics related to preventing and controlling infection

In this week's podcast, @1healthau.bsky.social and @plr-aus.bsky.social take a walk round the posters at the ACIPC Conference in Melbourne and pick out a few of their favourites for a discussion. Listen on Spotify, Apple, via the website infectioncontrolmatters.com/latest/ Posters on the website too

Kaplan–Meier curves showing device failure through 8 weeks after insertion.

Chlorhexidine or hydrophobic PICCs were not superior to standard polyurethane PICCs for the prevention of device failure due to infectious or noninfectious complications. Read the full PICNIC trial results: nej.md/3Pqk25M

#MedSky

Engaging Junior Doctors in IPC In this episode recorded at the 2024 Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) Conference in Melbourne, Brett and Phil talk to Dr Sarah Browning (ID Physician at Hunter New E…

Our latest podcast. Engaging Junior Doctors in IPC.
We chat with Dr Sarah Browning and junior doctors about a program being run in Hunter New England (NSW) #IDsky #infectioncontrol

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Transmission Control on LinkedIn: #infectionprevention #norovirus #publichealth #healthcareleadership… Recognizing Norovirus Outbreaks: Kaplan's Criteria Norovirus, often called the "stomach bug," is a leading cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide. But…

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Hard work out which is most important. We are also thinking of a “dose response” type paper as we have the hours cleaned each day.

Good questions. We are working on cost effectiveness paper at present (under review). This will help inform decisions around other models of delivery. We showed that doing it well once day makes some difference. Most equipment had a low baseline of cleaning in the control, some worse than others.

It's that time of year again. Here are my top 10 ID papers of 2024
1. My opinion
2. Practice changing, paradigm-shifting or dogma challenging
3. Not COVID
4. Alphabetical order by first author
5. CoI for 4 and 5 (I am an author)
Summary slide here, details in thread
#IDSky #Top10IDpapers

The 2024 End of Year Special In this episode, Brett, Phil and Martin reflect on the year. We chat about favourite podcasts, papers and conferences in our usual informal manner (well probably even more informal than normal). Pa…

Final podcast of the year and @1healthau.bsky.social @plr-aus.bsky.social and @emrsa15.bsky.social discuss favourite conferences, papers and podcasts. As usual it’s none too serious. infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/12/19/t... find us on all podcast hosting sites. #IDSky #IPSky

The CLEEN study Post by @1healthau.

Many thanks. Yes we are. We will be putting all that in the website in early 2025, maybe around when our cost effectiveness paper is published. www.cleenstudy.com You can subscribe on the website and we will notify when things are added.

It was “Rediair” (made by GAMA healthcare)

Hi Rossana, do you mean type/mode of air purifier that was used?

In-room air purification to prevent respiratory infection in aged care - does it help?

Latest podcast on Infection Control Matters out now.

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A big thanks for the 100,000+ listens from over 120 countries!
We will try and keep up the standard (didn’t say what standard 😀) #idsky

Does improved cleaning and disinfection of shared equipment reduce healthcare associated infections?

#idsky #cleaning #healthservices #patientsafety #infectioncontrol

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Could you have an ERCP-related outbreak? Sequencing to the rescue…but you may have to trash your scope. #idsky

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