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Do biofilms on dry hospital surfaces change how we think about hospital...
An important paper published in the Journal of Hospital Infection has identified biofilms on dry hospital surfaces. Biofilms are known to be important in several areas of medicine including indwelling...
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Biofilms make the hospital environment far from ‘inanimate’
Anybody doubting that biofilms really do exist on dry hospital surfaces needs to read this study: biofilms are there, they are complex, and they are common. A landmark study by the same Australian...
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Preventing UTI: Could probiotics help?
A study protocol has caught my eye this week, a trial of oral probiotics vs placebo as prophylaxis for UTI in spinal cord patients, a very high risk group for these infections and associated...
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The Trojan Horse
I’ve been mulling over the issue of sinks in clinical areas a lot recently and a paper published today in the Journal of Hospital Infection has really crystallised my thoughts. Sinks are everywhere;...
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Beware Biofilms!
Have you ever wondered how on earth vegetative bacteria can survive on dry surfaces for years? Or why when you have an outbreak and you swab the environment you don’t find the outbreak strain even...
View ArticleBiofilms…the gift that keeps on giving!
Last week I spent some time at the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) annual conference in Birmingham which provided a fantastic selection of talks and discussions on current and emerging IPC...
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