EVALUATION OF A PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) SUPPORT PROGRAMME (‘PPE HELPERS’) FOR STAFF DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN LONDON

Autor: Castro-Sánchez, E., CM, Alexander, C, Atchison, D, Patel, W, Leung, ME, Calamita, Garcia D, Meno, C, Cimpeanu, JM, Mumbwatasai, D, Ramid, K, Doherty, HS, Grewal, JA, Otter, M, Wells

Publikováno v: The Journal of Hospital Infection

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has presented one of the biggest challenges to healthcare providers worldwide. The appropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has been essential to ensuring staff and patient safety. To counteract sub-opti

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The drainome: longitudinal metagenomic characterization of wastewater from hospital ward sinks to characterize the microbiome and resistome and to assess the effects of decontamination interventions.

Autor: Snell LB; Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College, London, UK; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: luke.snell@kcl.ac.uk., Prossomariti D; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Alcolea-Medina A; Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College, London, UK; Infection Sciences, Synnovis Analytics LLP, London, UK., Sasson M; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Dibbens M; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Al-Yaakoubi N; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Humayun G; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Charalampous T; Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College, London, UK., Alder C; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Ward D; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Maldonado-Barrueco A; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Abadioru O; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Batra R; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Nebbia G; Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College, London, UK; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Otter JA; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Edgeworth JD; Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College, London, UK; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Goldenberg SD; Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College, London, UK; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Publikováno v: The Journal of hospital infection [J Hosp Infect] 2024 Nov; Vol. 153, pp. 55-62. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 04.

Integrated Analysis of Patient Networks and Plasmid Genomes to Investigate a Regional, Multispecies Outbreak of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales Carrying Both blaIMP and mcr-9 Genes.

Autor: Wan Y; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Myall AC; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Boonyasiri A; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand., Bolt F; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.; Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Ledda A; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; HCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom., Mookerjee S; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom., Weiße AY; School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.; School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom., Getino M; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Turton JF; HCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom., Abbas H; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Microbiology, North West London Pathology, London, United Kingdom., Prakapaite R; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Sabnis A; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Abdolrasouli A; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom., Malpartida-Cardenas K; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Miglietta L; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Donaldson H; Department of Microbiology, North West London Pathology, London, United Kingdom., Gilchrist M; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom., Hopkins KL; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; HCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom., Ellington MJ; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Reference Services Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom., Otter JA; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Larrouy-Maumus G; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Edwards AM; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Rodriguez-Manzano J; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Didelot X; School of Life Sciences and Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom., Barahona M; Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Holmes AH; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.; Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Jauneikaite E; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom., Davies F; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.; Department of Microbiology, North West London Pathology, London, United Kingdom.

Publikováno v: The Journal of infectious diseases [J Infect Dis] 2024 Jul 25; Vol. 230 (1), pp. e159-e170.

Is detergent-only cleaning paired with chlorine disinfection the best approach for cleaning?

Autor: Kiernan MA; Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London, Brentford, UK. Electronic address: martin.kiernan@uwl.ac.uk., Garvey MI; Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK., Norville P; GAMA Healthcare, Hemel Hempstead, UK., Otter JA; Directorate of Infection, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; National Institute for Healthcare Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in HCAI and AMR, Imperial College London, London, UK., Weber DJ; Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Publikováno v: The Journal of hospital infection [J Hosp Infect] 2024 Jun; Vol. 148, pp. 58-61. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 20.

Comparative evaluation of stand-alone HEPA-based air decontamination systems.

Autor: Otter JA; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK; National Institute for Healthcare Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in HCAI and AMR, Imperial College London & Public Health England, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 0HS, UK. Electronic address: jon.otter@gstt.nhs.uk., Clark L; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK., Taylor G; GPT Consult LLP, UK., Hussein A; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK., Gargee L; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK., Goldenberg SD; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK.

Publikováno v: Infection, disease & health [Infect Dis Health] 2023 Aug; Vol. 28 (3), pp. 246-248. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 31.