How important R individual personality traits for #handhygiene performance? How much does individual behavior contribute to overall risk of transmission versus mean HH performance pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36199149/ #infectionprevention #ipc @who ACIPC ICPIC IPS CDC

Qualitative research badly needed. Personal and cultural factors must be considered. Bottom line I suspect is "what's in it for me?"

Help! I have to give a talk: any sexy ideas for relevant germ transmission in hospitals? Think colonization vs infection, micro-transmission, effect of mental models, microbiome gardening, etc. ICPIC IPS #ipc #infectionprevention

Ever submit a paper to a high-quality, high-impact factor journal and have it rejected, even though the reviews are mostly good and eminently addressable? Certainly I have. 🙋‍♂️ 1/x

So excited to get a physical copy :)

Twitter revealed its algorithm to the world. But what does it mean for you? I spent the evening analyzing it. Here’s what you need to know:

Tina Turner was raw. She was powerful. She was unstoppable. And she was unapologetically herself—speaking and singing her truth through joy and pain; triumph and tragedy. Today we join fans around the world in honoring the Queen of Rock and Roll, and a star whose light will never

It is July. I am sitting outside and feel cold. Then I burn my tongue eating hot food.

The human brain is addicted to sensemaking. That was what it was ‘built’ for. But then something amazing happened.

It is with deep sadness that we inform you that Professor Mary-Louise McLaws AO Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology, Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control in the School of Population Health at UNSW, passed away over the weekend after battling brain cancer.

Interesting new take on collective behaviour and its mechanisms 👇🏽

In this double-blind, randomized trial, vancomycin was added to cefazolin as surgical prophylaxis for arthroplasty. Surgical-site infections occurred in 4.5% of vancomycin recipients and 3.5% of placebo recipients. Full results of the ASAP trial: nej.md/3S4XNVU

ASSEMBLY, MICRO-MACRO MAPS + EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS Prof. Lee Cronin, Sara Imari Walker + Santa Fe Institute colleagues created a fire-storm w a paper nature last week that despite limitations makes good progress formalizing the role of compositionality in evolution. 1/n nature.com/articles/s4158…

David Deutsch: The tripod launchpad for infinite (human) progress: matter, energy, and evidence. As far as I understand so far… David Deutsch

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How about discussing infection prevention and control (#ipc) knowledge integration as a human factors and ergonomics (#hfe) challenge? What are the #mentalmodels needed? World Health Organization (WHO) Benedetta Allegranzi Jon Otter Eli Perencevich Ermira Tartari Ayse P Gurses Gardiol Céline Jules Storr @a_stewardson

Hugo Sax World Health Organization (WHO) Benedetta Allegranzi Jon Otter Eli Perencevich Ermira Tartari Ayse P Gurses Gardiol Céline @a_stewardson Timely reflection Hugo given this weeks launch of the 5M game. We should also pull this thinking in to discussions of World Health Organization (WHO) multimodal strategy. Your paper on mental models & IPC remains a stimulating read. IPC & #humanfactors - a lot still to explore. TY pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25676111/

Another one of my #shortcuts collection ;) Human #behaviour is so predictable and so curious: Minimalismus energy expenditure? Or what would you say? #hfe

A serious game just launched: "My Five Moments: The Game" Welcome to International Alien Hospital, year 2223. Aliens from different planets have crash-landed on Earth and it's your job to help them! 🌎🚀#handhygiene #WAAW2023 Hugo Sax 5mgame.lxp.academy.who.int

Our successful #IPC story well ion its way: How to prevent #CAUTI through #firstprinciple thinking, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10295…