Infection Control Matters
av Brett Mitchell
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The Beautiful Game of Infection Prevention: Can leadership lessons…
The Beautiful Game of Infection Prevention: Can leadership lessons…
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In this podcast series, we discuss new research and issues on the topic of infection prevention and control. We talk to doctors, nurses, clinicians, academics and administrators.
Professor Brett Mitchell (from Avondale University, Australia), Visiting Professor Martin Kiernan (University of West London and Avondale University) and Professor Philip Russo (Monash University) have considerable experience in infection prevention and control. In this series, we discuss topical issues, speak to authors of papers that catch our eye and occasionally produce special editions from conferences that we attend. We welcome feedback from listeners.
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- The Beautiful Game of Infection Prevention: Can leadership lessons from the world of soccer help? · 28 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 196The central theme of this episode is that some of the most valuable lessons in healthcare leadership can be found on the football pitch. Drawing on his paper, Pitch Perfect…
- Cleaning is Patient Safety: Empowering the People Who Keep Hospitals Safe · 20 min · Avsnitt 195In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks with Dr Alexandra Peters, President of Clean Hospitals, ahead of the annual Clean Hospitals Day on 20 October. They discuss this year’s…
- Evidence or Efficiency? How We Make IPC Decisions · 25 min · Avsnitt 194In this episode, Phil Russo and Brett Mitchell are joined by Dr Shalini Elangovan from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore to discuss her global study exploring how IPC…
- RCTs in Infection Prevention and Control - Are we getting the evidence that we need? · 22 min · Säsong 5 Avsnitt 193In this episode of Infection Control Matters, Martin Kiernan talks to Brett Mitchell about a new review of RCTs in IPC over the past two decades. The review identified 239…
- Who Do You Listen To? The Hidden Influencers of Hand Hygiene · 13 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 190In this episode, Brett and Martin discuss a cluster RCT from the Journal of Hospital Infection that took a very different approach. The researchers used social network analysis…
- C. difficile: Follow the Faeces · 19 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 189In this episode of Infection Control Matters, Brett and Martin talk to Professor Tom Riley about why we need to look well beyond the hospital to understand where Clostridioides…
- WISDOM: Using AI to Prioritise Surgical Wound Review · 35 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 188Artificial intelligence has enormous potential in healthcare, but where can it genuinely improve infection prevention without replacing clinical judgement? In this episode, Phil…
- Candidozyma auris: Disinfection and the Biofilm Problem · 16 min · Avsnitt 187Candidozyma auris has become one of the greatest environmental challenges facing infection prevention teams. Its ability to survive on surfaces, form resilient biofilms and…
- Brush, Rinse, Prevent Pneumonia: The HAPPEN Trial Story · 45 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 186The tables are turned in this episode. Prof Trisha Peel and Dr Sally Havers guest host this podcast and interview Brett Mitchell, Nicole White and Martin Kiernan about their…
- ESCMID Global 2026 Posters (Part 2): Patient Partnership, Communication and Collaboration · 16 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 185In the second ESCMID Global 2026 poster tour episode, Brett and Martin found three different and thought-provoking posters that highlight the importance of people, partnerships…
- ESCMID Global 2026 – Selected Gems from the Poster Hall (Part 1) · 17 min · Avsnitt 184In the first of two special episodes recorded live from the poster hall at ESCMID Global 2026 in Munich, Brett and Martin swap the lecture theatre for the exhibition floor as…
- Highlights from ESCMID 2026: Key Papers in Infection Control · 12 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 183In this episode, Brett and Martin talked to Dr Nico Tom Mutters about the papers he selected in the always popular 'Year in Infection Control' session at ESCMID Global 2026. Nico…
- ESCMID Global 2026: What Matters for Practice · 28 min · Avsnitt 182In this episode, Brett and Martin reflect on the IPC components a major conference. Recorded after our visit to ESCMID Global 2026 held in Munich, Germany in April, this episode…
- Why Healthcare Cleaning Is Different: Reflections from Interclean 2026 · 13 min · Avsnitt 181In this episode, recorded live from Interclean in Amsterdam, Brett and Martin highlight the contibution of Clean Hospitals to healthcare hygiene and reflect on the contrast…
- Automated bloodstream infection surveillance - Measuring what matters? · 16 min · Avsnitt 180How well do we really measure bloodstream infections and could it be routinely automated? In this episode, Brett and Martin look at two papers on automated hospital-onset…
- Surfaces - High touch or high risk? · 14 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 179In this episode, Martin and Brett talk about what is a high risk and what is a high touch surface. Are they the same? The discussion is based on the following paper: Zheng et al…
- Do we feel that we are experts? Take two · 19 min · Säsong 5 Avsnitt 178Back in July 2022 when the world was opening up again Brett, Phil and Martin were all in Melbourne and met up for a chat. The topic was 'Are we experts', however due to…
- Resourcing of hospital infection prevention and control programs · 25 min · Säsong 5 Avsnitt 177In this podcast, Phil and Brett speak with Dr Lyn-Li Lim from VICNISS (Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System)in Australia. Dr Lim and colleagues recently…
- Hospital or Crime Scene? What Forensic Science Reveals About “Clean” · 27 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 176In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Sarah Fieldhouse, Associate Professor of Forensic Science and Dr Emmanuel Babafemi, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences both of the…
- AMR at a National level - The 2025 ESPAUR Report · 56 min · Säsong 4 Avsnitt 175In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope and colleagues at the UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency) about the 2025 ESPAUR report, focusing on what the latest data…
