Today the NHS South West Regional DIPC Sue Doheny hosted the #DIPC Masterclass. A new regular event for Directors of IPC from Lisa Ritchie PhD, Matt Inada-Kim & Team. A very welcome opportunity to be part of a community of DIPCs across England, collaborating, learning and sharing

Oh wow 🤩 I am so so proud my team Infection Prevention & Control WHT - an outstanding 7 out of 7 abstract accepted at National IPS conference. I cannot wait to see all of our amazing work being showcased with national colleagues #WalsallandProud

The next Journal Club has been rescheduled for Weds 7th August at 1500-1545 (UK time). "Real world observations to prevent SSI" with Jude Robinson 💙 and Phil Norville register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c93b3959…

Thank you for your leadership Dame Ruth and congratulations to our new CNO @duncan_CNSE

Only 1 WEEK until the registration rate increases at #IP2024Conf: ⏰Early bird registration closes: 5 August 2024 (midnight) Book your conference place now! buff.ly/3SPLVFS #InfectionPrevention #IPC #IPSEvents

📢We are looking for independent trustees to join the #IPS Board of Trustees! 📅Deadline: 9am Monday 12th August 2024 Full details are available at: charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jobs… charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jobs… charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jobs… #IPC

If you are a #DIPC or leader in infection prevention you and your team need to be at this conference. It really is world class 🌍 With NHS England CPD funding coming through recently this is a perfect time to book early bird rates ⏰ Congratulations to the Scientific

Excited to announce I'm the new CEO of @IPS_infection Looking forward to launching our new strategy and working with our talented team to make a meaningful impact in healthcare. Thanks to everyone for your support. Stay tuned for more exciting news! #InfectionPrevention

We are delighted to introduce you to our new staff team who have started today: Welcome to Dr Alexander Rhys Alexander Rhys who joins #IPS as our Chief Executive Officer Read more from Alex at: buff.ly/4dpBIc0 #InfectionPrevention #IPC

Craig Bradley NHS England Il be there! Poster has been accepted too! 🙌

patients on GW2 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been busy competing in our very own olympics, lighting our homemade torch,toddling off down the corridor with the torch, Gold medals all round. Claire Cullingford 💙 Admiral Nurse Asma 💙 J&rom& Ib@rr@ Karen Anthony #PreventDeconditioning

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

Fantastic to finally see this paper published: Infection prevention & control in 2030: a first qualitative survey by the Crystal Ball Initiative. 🙏 Hugo Sax for making it happen - a lot to unpack as the saying goes!!! aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

As World Health Organization (WHO) convenes to assess the situation regarding #Mpox, we share freely available resources: 🔹Old foe, new challenges: ow.ly/qB0750SU1S2 🔹Repurposed drive-through vaccination set-up: ow.ly/Yr4u50SU1S4 🔹A new clinical and IPC challenge: ow.ly/4QVc50SU1S1

#IP2024Conf Programme highlight! 🎙️ Dawn Stott “Does kindness make the world a safer place?” 👉 View the programme buff.ly/3P2Fm1L #InfectionPrevention #IPC #IPSEvents Dawn Stott

If you haven't read this article and want to learn more about the work of Advancing Outbreak Simulation Training ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #IPSScotland2024 Lesley Shepherd

Delighted to have Maura Smiddy *Wash Your Hands* representing @IPS_infection and the fabulous work undertaken by Infection Prevention group - Identifying Research Priorities in Infection Prevention and Control #IPSScotland2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

Ken Barker from NHS Highland discussing the National Green Theatre Programme - embedding sustainability into every clinical and managerial decision #IPSScotland2024

Karen Wares 💙 Infection Prevention Delighted to be able to share the work of the Infection Prevention committee and hopefully stimulate some thinking about the opportunities for engagement with #qualityimprovement and #research IPS Karen Wares 💙 Lisa Butcher UCC School of Public Health

Ken Barker - the average surgical scrub uses 22 litres of water! But it isnt just about the water waste we can reduce infrastructure. #IPSScotland2024