'Something in the water' is the latest podcast from the Healthcare Infection Society journals.

Gemma Winzor (University Hospitals Birmingham; Editor in Chief Infection Prevention in Practice) is joined by two fantastic guests: Mike Weinbren (NHS England and NHS improvement) and Teresa Inkster, (NHS greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Assure, and HCAI Scotland).  

The trio talk about the problems encountered in new-build healthcare facilities, training sub-specialties, and the infection prevention and control risks of water and waste water drains on augmented care - an area many find a bit daunting as it does not come up that often in day-to-day life as an infection control practitioner.  

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Episode links:

• Halstead et al. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in augmented care: the molecular ecology and transmission dynamics in four large UK hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 111, 162-168.
• Breathnach et al. Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreaks in two hospitals: association with contaminated hospital waste-water systems. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 82(1),19-24.
• Philip C. Carling. Wastewater drains: epidemiology and interventions in 23 carbapenem-resistant organism outbreaks. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, Volume 39(8), 972-979.
• Find out more about the Healthcare Infection Society here

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For the second episode of Infection Prevention in Conversation, Gemma Winzor is joined by the editors of the Journal of Hospital Infection, Jim Gray (Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital) and Nik Mahida (Nottingham University Hospitals).

The group discuss five papers, linked via their titles below, and share their thoughts on how to work - and have difficult conversations with - colleagues from a range of departments, what we take for granted in infection control, and how the pandemic has brought IPC into focus worldwide.

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Episode links:

• Castro-Sánchez et al. Evaluation of a personal protective equipment support programme for staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in London. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 109, 68-77.

• Chamseddine et al. Detection of influenza virus in air samples of patient rooms, Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 108, 33-42.

• Kinnevey et al. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission among healthcare workers, patients and the environment in a large acute hospital under non-outbreak conditions investigated using whole-genome sequencing. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 118, 99-107.

• Halstead et al. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in augmented care: the molecular ecology and transmission dynamics in four large UK hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 111, 162-168.

• Pougnet et al. Pneumocystis exhalation by infants developing Pneumocystis primary infection: putative infectious sources in hospitals and the community. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 113, 10-13.

• Nevez et al. A proposal for pragmatic investigation of possible clonal clusters of pneumocystis pneumonia cases. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 108, 215-216.

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With 'MRSA Guidelines: new evidence against an old adversary', we kick off our first mini-series of podcasts from the Healthcare Infection Society journals.

Dr Gemma Winzor (University Hospitals Birmingham; Editor in Chief Infection Prevention in Practice) chats about the recently published joint Healthcare Infection Society and Infection Prevention Society MRSA Guidelines.

Gemma is joined by three guideline authors and experts within the field of MRSA and infection prevention more broadly: Hilary Humphreys (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), Jennie Wilson (University of West London) and Lisa Butcher (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts). The group talk decolonisation, future research directions and dirty mops.

Twitter: @jhieditor @IPIP_open

Episode links:

• Joint Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) and Infection Prevention Society (IPS) guidelines for the prevention and control of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare facilities: read it for free here
• Find out more about the Healthcare Infection Society here
• Further resources for managing MRSA from HIS here
• Watch our MRSA webinar series here

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