Infection Control Matters Podcast
1) 2025 Christmas Special
This is our traditional end of year Christmas special. In this episode we consider highlights from year and have a bit of fun - including a stakeout in London.
2) Unseen Reservoirs, Unseen Risks: Integrating Wastewater Surveillance with Patient-Level Insights into C. auris Spread
In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Jon Otter, Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London, UK. We examine two complementary pieces of work that provide fur...Show More
3) Can ward rounds transform IPC education?
In this episode, Martin speaks with Helen Dunn, Consultant Nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, a Children's Hospital in London, UK. Helen is the lead author of a recent study published in the Journ...Show More
4) Reducing harm at the Front Line: Oral Care driving down C. difficile and Line Care - the Power of Better Data
In this episode, Martin spoke to the authors of two compelling posters showcased at the 2025 Infection Prevention Society Conference in Brighton, each discussing practical, data-driven approaches to r...Show More
5) Posters from the 2025 Innovation Academy at ICPIC and from the UK IPS Conference
In this episode, Brett and Martin discuss a few posters that interested them from recent major infection prevention conferences.Brett was at the ICPIC Conference in Geneva and found plenty of interest...Show More
Posters from the 2025 Innovation Academy at ICPIC and from the UK IPS Conference
15:54 | Oct 29th, 2025
6) Infection Control Matters Live from the 2026 IPS Brighton Conference
In this episode, Martin Kiernan hosts a panel discussion at the 2026 Infection Prevention Society Conference in Brighton, United Kingdom. The Panel comprised: Dr Stephane Bouchoucha, Associate Profes...Show More
7) Cutting CDC and IPC funding in the US - Implications and what can we do?
In this podcast, Brett and Phil have a chat with Professor David Weber on the sidelines of the ICPIC conference in Geneva. We chat about the funding cuts for the WHO and the US CDC, including the disb...Show More
8) Safeguarding During Transit: RAF Expertise in High Consequence Infectious Disease Retrieval
In this episode Martin talks to Squadron Leader Tez Cooling and Flight Lieutenant Emma Foley about their work in the Royal Air Force (RAF) retrieval service for patients with known and suspected High ...Show More
9) The no diaper (AKA nappy) zone - reducing CAUTI?
In this 2-segment episode, Brett, Phil and Martin firstly mull over a nurse-led, bottom up (pun intended) quality improvement project that aimed to reduce CAUTI in a neonatal ICU in Georgia, USA. Havi...Show More
10) Can modelling tell us what factors influence CAUTI in long and short-term catheters?
In this episode, Brett, Phil and Martin discuss a recent paper from Freya Bull and colleagues, who undertook a modelling exercise to determine what factors determine the colonisation process for long ...Show More
Can modelling tell us what factors influence CAUTI in long and short-term catheters?
16:20 | Aug 21st, 2025