Tag: pneumonia

• What do C. difficile and HAP have in common – toilet plume??

  In this episode, after an interesting discovery when searching Youtube, Brett and Martin mull over whether toilet plume is a risk factor for hospital-acquired pneumonia and C. difficile infections. The papers we discuss are listed below.

  maanki14

  February 21, 2024

  c.difficile, environment, pneumonia

  cleaning, environment, HAP, pneumonia

• Implementation of hospital acquired pneumonia prevention.

  In this episode, Brett and Martin discuss a paper in the Lancet Infectious Disease with authors Dr Aline Wolfensberger and Professor Hugo Sax. We discuss preventing non-ventilator associate pneumonia including the determinants of implementation success. Link to paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00812-X/fulltext Dr Aline Wolfensberger is a medical doctor, certified in Internal Medicine and in Infectious Diseases and…

  Brett Mitchell

  June 14, 2023

  pneumonia, Uncategorized

  HAP, implementation, pneumonia

• Oral care and pneumonia

  In this podcast we talk about the knowledge attitudes and practice of nurses regarding oral hygiene of dependent inpatients in this podcast with Dr Isabel Oliveira.

  Brett Mitchell

  March 14, 2023

  pneumonia

  HAP, pneumonia