.Benedetta Allegranzi Key plenary session at the opening of #APSIC2024 introducing Global strategy on #infectionprevention and the global action plan and monitoring framework who.int/publications/i…

.Benedetta Allegranzi Key success factors on the implementation of #infectionprevention interventions see the 1st global report thelancet.com/journals/lanin….

.⁦Benedetta Allegranzi⁩ #infectionprevention Are the most effective best buy strategies for #antimicrobialresistance #AMR preventing morbidity and mortality #APSIC2024 oecd.org/en/publication…

.Prof Didier Pittet The global train-the-trainer program on #handhygiene has created a powerful snowball effect! From local champions to global change-makers, aiming to practices #infectionprevention #APSIC2024 #TrainTheTrainer pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32005230/

.⁦Martin Kiernan⁩ top papers in IPC Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness–implementation trial - National Guidelines are missing #APSIC2024 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Determinants of implementation success: positive core business alignment, high perceived nvHAP risk, architectural characteristics promoting physical proximity of health-care staff #implementation science is key ⁦Martin Kiernan⁩ #APSIC2024 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Top papers in IPC: Whole genome sequencing reveals hidden transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales ⁦undetected CPE reservoirs. Martin Kiernan⁩ #APSIC2024 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Just wrapped up an incredible #APSIC2024! Great topics & excellent presenters. Had the pleasure and honor to present 2 talks. Meet friends and mentors. #InfectionPrevention MSIDC AMRWISE Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya

New list of priority diseases of epidemic / pandemic concern. A more systematic approach, as is common in virology labs working on EID diagnostics fi cdn.who.int/media/docs/def…

Cleaning shared equipment reduces infection – Latest paper We have published results from a major part of the CLEEN study in the Lancet Infectious Disease today. Article: thelancet.com/journals/lanin… Freely available: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jbJ85E-UogX… The Lancet Infectious Diseases #IDtwitter

Excellent work, Brett Mitchell and team! Can't wait to hear about it at our IPC Club!!

Important to understand the #mpox outbreak is complex In Africa -clade Ia and Ib in DRC (most cases are clade Ia and affecting children with clade Ib in South and North Kivu) - clade Ib in Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda - clade I in CAR (likely Ia) - clade I and II in

@chcrestani Taya Forde Ruth Zadoks Sam Lycett Laura Oliveira Swaine Chen Very nice to see this up. Here’s some background on the fish side of things. 10minus6cosm.tumblr.com/post/132590510…

The original paper was posted here some weeks back. straitstimes.com/singapore/sing…

Join us for IPC Club Session 25! Dr. Nur Alwani (UMMC) will present on Hospital Environmental Hygiene (HEH) strategies to combat MDRAB in ICU, with Prof. Sasheela as panellist. 📅 Register: synapxe.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Pre-register & share with your colleagues! MyICID Sasheela

Getting ready for Clean Hospitals Day? Excellent toolkit and resources available here cleanhospitals.com/promotional-to… Evidence shows that making environments safer really makes a difference thelancet.com/journals/lanin… Clean Hospitals

Decided to use Bluesky a bit more, you can find me there Kalisvar Marimuthu: bsky.app/profile/kalisv… Thanks Sean Ong for suggesting.

Preprint available till 22 Feb 25 First description of Taenia asiatica in Singapore and the clinical relevance of sequencing in the diagnosis of tapeworm species ddei5-0-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/…

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is not a new virus and has been reported worldwide previously. It has been known since the early 2000s and has been attributed as a cause of respiratory infection, for possibly even longer🧵

Serratia marcescens outbreak at a neonatal intensive care unit in an acute care tertiary hospital in Singapore journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-…