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As the outbreak of meningococcal disease continues in [Kent](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cases-of-invasive-meningococcal-disease-confirmed-in-kent), we thought it would be useful to publish a p...

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I visited one of my children’s primary schools recently to talk about Florence Nightingale. One of the things she understood (and something that modern healthcare seems to have largely forgotten) is t...

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Hospital sinks are increasingly recognised as hotspots for potentially troublesome microbial contamination in hospitals. A [recent study](https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(...

I’ve written this blog about the emerging threat posed by *Candidozyma auris* in preparation for our first Insight Webinar, led by Dr Areej Al-Ali, on Wednesday this week. You can register for the web...

As 2025 draws to a close, we want to say a big thank you to every subscriber who read, shared, commented on, and turned up for our sessions this year. Your curiosity and support have powered our work,...

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I’ve written this blog in preparation for Journal Club on Wednesday (register [here](https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/596e15d7-081f-4588-bf0a-35f9ca8d56ab@880e1cf6-0e66-4ce3-9534-eadf2d5ded15)...

In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Jon Otter, Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London, UK. We examine two complementary pieces of work that provide fur...

For Journal Club this week (in partnership with IPS), I’ll be reviewing [this ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35495101/)article, a scoping review of using behaviour change theory for IPC. You can re...

I was delighted to spend a day at the FIS International 2025 conference in Bournemouth this week to collect my HIS Early Career Award. I had a the honour of an award lecture – you can downloa…

Candidozyma (Candida) auris is a multi-drug-resistant fungal pathogen associated with protracted, costly hospital outbreaks. Conventional patient-level screening is resource-intensive and may not be c...

We know that many vegetive bacteria can survive on dry surfaces for longer than you might think. For some Enterococcus species, this capability is nothing short of extraordinary. In one study, Ente…

‘You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.’ [Jeannette Rankin]

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The latest ESPAUR report (2024–2025) paints a sobering picture of AMR in England. While prescribing practices have improved in some areas, the resistant infections are increasing, and new threats l…

Picked up this interesting article in Infection Prevention in Practice suggesting that contaminated toilet fixtures could be a reservoir for CPE transmission. It’s always difficult to disenta…

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If we get it right, IPC should work in partnership with antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). You could even argue that AMS should be seen as one of the “deliverables” of IPC (along with surveillance, envi...

Point-of-use filters are installed at tap/shower outlets in hospitals in response to either water-related outbreaks/incidents where water-borne pathogens (e.g. Pseudomonas aeruginosa) have been isolated in a patient or in the water supply, or as a prophylactic measure in areas of high risk where immunocompromised patients are being treated (e.g. intensive care or neonatal units).

Ahead of the next IPC Partners and Healthcare Infection Society Journal Club, focusing on ‘’Integrated IPC and AMS: a global perspective’’ ([which you can register here for](https://events.teams.micro...

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In preparation for tomorrow's journal club (which you can register for [here](https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fd7724ab-45c5-4664-90b1-a02c016818ac@880e1cf6-0e66-4ce3-9534-eadf2d5ded15)), we’v...

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Between October 2024 and January 2025, the UK identified eight cases of Clade Ib Monkeypox virus (MPXV), with seven patients admitted to high consequence infectious disease (HCID) centres. A compre…

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A concise but powerful study has just been published in Archives of Internal Medicine, showing that the incidence of CP-CRE in clinical cultures has increased a whopping 69% between 2019 and 2023 i…