Listening to Prof Didier Pittet at APCI conference in Romania ,Sibiu, talking about infection prevention in hospital and HH. Carole Hallam , Ramona Marincas

URGENT: UK needs an updated situation awareness that reflects the latest evidence related to harms and the actions needed to prevent harms (to all people). Please. anyone UK Health Security Agency Public Health Scotland NHS England

Implications for hospital IPC. If droplet = simple precautions If airborne = need negative pressure isolation room and RPE. Only happened in ITU.

Congratulations to Critical Care lead pharmacist @Natasha37570449 for your ICS People of the Year award! Your dedication to critical care is exceptional. Continuously looking to develop & improve all things pharmacy for better patient outcomes! #ICSAwards23 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

"WHO suggests respirators be used in care settings where ventilation is known to be poor or cannot be assessed, or the ventilation system is not properly maintained." 50% of the NHS estate has ventilation below 6 air changes. Are 50% of NHS staff protected via FFP3 for C19?

"COVID is not a simple respiratory illness, it's a multi-system inflammatory illness that needs to be taken seriously. It's Queensland Health's responsibility to ensure they're providing a safe workplace for their workers." Dr Maria Boulton #MedTwitter abc.net.au/news/2024-02-1…

Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically | University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

At last. Airborne protections, clean air, vaccination.

I never thought I would see the day when people would be protesting at the poor quality of national IPC guidance. And the people would be HCWs. IP society guidance is no better.

Delighted to see that Pat Cullen MP from The RCN visited Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT 💙 and listened to real concerns of nursing colleagues working on the frontline in Critical Care Unit 👏 …ICU Nurses must be properly recognised and rewarded 👊 Intensive Care Society 💙 UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance CC3N

It was such a powerful influence. In the UK it was 'we are following the WHO in justification for droplet nonsense'. The job of independent IPC guidance writers was to confirm or refute if the WHO had evidence in support of droplets. They did not. Droplet probable nonsense.

Oh my goodness, IPC getting mauled at the #CovidInquiry

No-one goes to hospital to get sicker Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings SIGN and RT⏬PETITION petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

NHS Chief Executives and Chief Nursing Officers should review the their legal duties under the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 - especially the offences at section 37(1) legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37/…. (Consent, connivance and neglect)

I've been looking at the evidence statement submitted to UK Covid-19 Inquiry by Prof. Cath Noakes. I'd highly recommend Andrew Gwynne MP does the same. However, it would make it very clear how disingenuous you have been in the letter written to Tim Farron. Let's look at some examples; 1/🧵

There's more in Prof. Noakes testimony. I really appreciate the Professor for all she's done. But I have to stop the thread somewhere. There's no lack of evidence. There's an unwillingness to accept the truth. You can read her full testimony here: 🧵/END covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/upl…

I've just been told by a friend that she is no longer allowed to use air purifiers anywhere in the hospital where her husband is receiving chemo from unmasked nurses. As Editor-in-Chief of EBNursingBMJ & someone in the CEV group I find this unbelievable.

Seeing is believing....