To all companies, Every time I have the misfortune of needing to ring you are always experiencing ‘higher than normal call volumes’? I think you’ll find they are simply normal call volumes and would kindly ask that you that you stop lying and employ more staff. Thank you, Joe

💫 Transformation Thursday 💫 in full swing this week a great contribution from our Bed Management team Dom, for some Motivation for Monday. Transforming our Mondays for some motivational quotes:

My very kind IPC team just brought me in a coffee and KitKat for a little work break. Thank you! #TeamWestHerts ❤️

We are delighted to announce that our abstract, ‘The Unrecognised Burden of Post-Discharge Antibiotic Consumption for Surgical Wounds’, has been accepted for presentation at The 37th EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria. 🤩🥳 #RaisingTheBar #Innovate #Discover #Educate

Thank you so, SO much for having me today Harm Free Care 💚. It was a genuine pleasure speaking to you for #WorldSepsisDay. ❤️🏥❤️🏥

Just a quick reminder on the #ABCs of Antibiotics: #Ask: Are these antibiotics necessary? #Bacteria: Antibiotics don't kill viruses #Complete the course of antibiotics to avoid resistance 💊💪 #Antibiotics #AntimicrobialResistance #AntibioticStewardship

Meet Benji, who unfortunately had a tumble recently. Here he is helping us for Falls Awareness week. Our Falls Team will be out an about this week raising the importance of falls prevention and how everyone has a role. #ThinkFalls #ActionOnFalls West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust kelly McGovern

The Harm Free Care Team are ready to visit wards this afternoon talking about falls prevention. #FallsAwarenessWeek

Thanks for the training IPC Team 🤩

We are very excited to meet colleagues from different Trusts in our very first Caesarean Section SSI Network Day this Friday, September 29, 2023! It’s a perfect opportunity to share our experiences and enhance our practices. 🤓

Someone asked me to name 2 structures that hold water. I was like well damn.

So proud of our 8 ED staff for completing their train the trainer competency this morning. Thank you to all involved! Go ED team! kelly McGovern Michael van der Watt mp Hannah 🇪🇺💙 glynis bennett 🌈 💙 Jenni Windle Jiovanna Foley Georgina Theobald Cheryl Atkins West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

‘Grime Watch’ and C.Diff Power training hits WHTH today as part of international IPC awareness week 1 week early. The staff thoroughly enjoyed the vascular access demonstration and C.Diff power training West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust kelly McGovern Hannah 🇪🇺💙 Anna Whitehead

Sip sustainably with edible cups at Watford Stadium - where both the view and our commitment to the environment are stunning! 🌿🏟️ #Sustainability mp Helen Hughes Patient Safety Learning NHS Patient Safety Alison V Phillips 💙 Dr. Ron Daniels BEM Patient Safety Congress & Awards Aidan Rob Behrens Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse

Day 2 of Grime Watch, IPC awareness week . Many thanks to Manwar, Hussain and Amer Bulchari from Mitie. Lots of very happy faces after the C.Diff Power Training from Lucy and myself. So lovely to see Madhuri too. West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust kelly McGovern Anna Whitehead Hannah 🇪🇺💙

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A totally outstanding day for Grime Watch Day 4. Our staff are absolutely loving our C.Diff power training. Many thanks to the reps from Vernacare and Schulke and a surprise visit from our lovely chief nurse Kelly kelly McGovern West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust @Anna Whitehead Hannah 🇪🇺💙

Brilliant IPC week out and about. 181 staff trained in C. diff power sessions. Celebrating your fab contribution to our organisation Cheryl Atkins! A huge thank you to all our reps too! kelly McGovern Mitra Bakhtiari glynis bennett 🌈 💙 Hannah 🇪🇺💙 Georgina Theobald West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

‘I’m a C.Diff Spore, Get me out of here’ !! Our staff are absolutely loving the C.Diff Power training. WHTH may not have Ant or Dec, we but we have the IPC team! kelly McGovern Hannah 🇪🇺💙 Anna Whitehead Dean Russell Peter Taylor West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust @CNOEngland

Andrew and I are so excited to be engaged! ❤️