Today is World #HandHygieneDay! Hand Hygiene is key to prevent the spread of germs which are resistant to antimicrobial medicines (#AMR) When coupled with diagnostics, both can save lives #theAMRnarrative #AntimicrobialResistance #WHHD2024

Cheers to #WHHD2024. Hand hygiene remaining the #1 most effective, cheapest, and simplest way of preventing transmission of pathogens in healthcare. Don’t forget about it people (when you put those fingers to your face, mouth, eyes…)!

The terrible news of 5 infant deaths from whooping cough (pertussis) is a reminder of how deadly this illness can be. If you're pregnant, it's important to have the #Pertussis vaccine when offered. It helps protect your baby in their first weeks of life ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/12/wha…

I do love SHIT PRESENT oh so very much. However it has been brought to my attention that screaming along to Voice in Your Head, while driving in uniform, is kind of frowned upon…

The Blue Album still gets a play at least once a month, 30 years on. Happy Birthday to the greatest feel-good album in my life 💙

Love seeing this after my pondering tweet about appearance policies three weeks ago. Nice move to bring the emphasis back on #handhygiene, and apply evidence-based IPC guidance (would have liked to see promotion of sanitiser use for reducing GNB transmission risks though…)

Does anyone else find buying glasses more traumatic than moving house? I’ve just walked out without anything after an hour of being told every pair was too big/ small/ wrong shape for my face/ wrong for the lenses I need…

My trusty 20 year old work flask. For water, squash, and tea only, I swear Wendy Cupid !

Cheering myself at the end of the week with a memory of two years ago: walking around Tesco in hysterics with this fellow I found in the aubergine pile. Glorious day

Trying to quickly craft an education board for training this week, while failing to convince the ginger mega-chonk that it is not her new bed

🔊 E.coli update As of 11 June, we have identified a further 98 cases associated with an ongoing outbreak of a Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) bringing the total to 211. We're continuing our epidemiological analysis & whole genome sequencing to identify any further cases.

🪠There is currently no UK guidance on the management of drain related outbreaks or the design of new buildings to mitigate risk 📖Addressing the challenges from hospital drainage systems should be considered a priority by agencies and guidance developers ow.ly/uNPn50Sk41O

Diarrhoea & vomiting bugs can spread easily – but simple actions can help to avoid infecting others, including washing your hands regularly with soap and warm water, and avoiding going to work or school, or preparing food for others until 48 hours after your symptoms clear

Has anyone ever managed to live with both a cat AND carpet?

Pretty sweet way to end the week (despite the England result) Surrey Cricket

Monday I return from leave, to an NHS under Labour. So expecting as a min: - Drs to be given their requested pay increase - GP surgeries employing qualified GPs - IENs to not have to pay ££££ to work in this country - investment in hospital infrastructure that can aide IPC 🙏

The UK will become the first country in the world to roll out a national vaccination programme against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), protecting infants & older people from becoming seriously ill. RSV accounts for 39,000 hospitalisations each year. gov.uk/government/new…

Paraphrased as ‘everyday I eat some of my (or someone else’s) poo’. What a great way to acquire life-threatening HUS, whilst also making others sick. These Olympics may get a gold medal for producing the most infectious diseased group of athletes to date…

In completely unrelated news: 2024 marks 20 years of me working as an Infection Prevention nurse Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 💙, and also turns out to be the year I rediscovered Heinz Sandwich Spread🥪

Annual face to face meet up for the cross-site Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 💙 Infection Prevention Team. Getting to know each other better, starting work on our ambitions for the year, and brave Natalie volunteering as our HCID PPE mannequin in 31 deg discomfort🥵