Norway is seeing the world’s first omicron superspreader event after a party downtown Oslo last Friday. Of 120 healthy non-symptomatic fully vaccinated individuals with a negative test, two had recently returned from South Africa and turned out to be positive, omicron. 1/

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To investigate variation ID the positive deviants - what do those at the bottom do different to those at the top? Positive deviance suggests that some will have solved the problem. No point investigating the top without knowledge from the bottom. graphic credit: 𝚃𝚘𝚖 𝙻𝚊𝚠𝚝𝚘𝚗 💙

If we can't be honest about the worst points of the pandemic, how can we hope to ensure they never recur? My piece on the attempts to rewrite, sanitise & erase the truth about what the NHS during Covid - and why they are so pernicious. Please read 🙏 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Interesting contacts not to be tested, so may miss asymptomatic cases increasing nosocomial spread. Testing overall reduced. I guess its all over......... 🤔 gov.uk/government/pub…

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Stephanie Dancer #ECCMID2022 "Air is the final medium to define and standardise for infection prevention and control. SARS-COV-2 is transmitted through the air"

Please join the InfectionPrevention in celebrating the World #HandHygieneDay 2022 on the 5th of May and unite with us in ensuring #SafeHands!

We don't want repeat infections We don't know: - when people start to be infectious - who is highly infectious - ever - the IAQ of where we are We know its airborne & aerosols are densest when we are close to people ERGO, HCWs don't need a risk assessment they need FFP3 & IAQ

"Covid-19 is an airborne virus and good air hygiene is a crucial tool in managing its transmission." Source: - UK Guidance? - IPS/HIS Guidance? - ARHAI - literature review V25? No -Its the Irish Times The Irish Times is currently more accurate than any UK IPC guidance/review

And BTW, much knowledge about orthopoxviruses in humans has been lost, and now talk of droplet and contact transmission. However, in the 1700s and 1800s smallpox was accepted a highly airborne. Likely MPX is too. mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/1…

NHS NLaG has some staffing challenges but some good improvements from 36 to 20 #cdiff cases per year. Why? #AMS audits, simplified #PPS, daily #poo list, 4 hour minimum to isolation. #NEY_AMR UKHSA Yorkshire and Humber @YHAHSN

Pop-up isolation to rapidly isolate patients if lack of single rooms. Bespoke software to automatically feed back to wards.

Important info here...

Taking responsibility...

Thank you for the great send off. Worked with a host of fantastic people over the years which inspired and kept me on my toes. 😁

'The government must stop gaslighting the public and be honest about the threat the pandemic still poses to them' A joint editoiral from Kamran Abbasi and myself FREE to read hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/th…