Tag: transmission

• C. difficile: Disinfectants, attachment and strain variations

  In this week’s episode, Martin talks to Dr Tina Joshi, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology in Peninsula Dental School at the University of Plymouth, UK. We discuss her longstanding interest in Clostridioides difficile and her many publications, one of which on the effectiveness of hypochlorite (or lack of it) on spores has been widely covered…

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  January 10, 2024

  c.difficile, environment

  c. difficile, Chlorine, Decontamination, Disinfectants, environment, infectioncontrol, Spores, Surfaces, transmission

• MDRO Plasmid-related outbreaks – is there anything we can do? With Jon Otter

  In this week’s episode, Martin talks to Dr Jon Otter, epidemiologist, scientst, blogger and Joint Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. We discuss a session at the recent ICPIC conference on the problems posed by plasmids in terms of outbreak detection, increasing antimicrobial resistance…

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  November 15, 2023

  environment, MRO, sequencing, sinks, surveillance

  conjugation, CPE, environment, genomics, outbreaks, plasmids, sinks, surveillance, transmission