Dave Partridge

#biaspring2024 At least as many hospitalisations due to RSV in older adults as in under 5s and significant mortality. Hopefully vaccination of this group will have major impact.

#biaspring2024 - risk of strongy hyperinfection syndrome even with short and lowish doses of steroids and role for PCR if microscopy negative

Lowbury lecture - Benedetta Allegranzi Components of a multi-modal response to HCAI. Interventions requiring varied skill-sets emphasising importance of building a strong team in improving patient safety. @HIS_infection @biainfection @MicrobioSoc #FIS2023

Fully support this. Smoking has multiple harmful infection associations too - poorer outcomes from sepsis, increased surgical site infection, peripheral vascular disease assoc infections as well as the massive increase in incidence and severity of respiratory tract infection

Excellent work from @mikepetrie4, reviewing the outcomes of intended 2- stage exchange for PJI in Sheffield with less than a week of systemic antibiotics in the majority of cases.

Fabulously energetic, engaging and informative start to the final day of #ECCMID2023 from @ClareWarrell introducing the soon to be published updated @biainfection eosinophilia guidelines.

Excellent meet experts session on febrile neutropenia with Carlota Gudiol. No role for serial repetition of BCs in patients with *just* persisting fever. Limited role for routine addition of gpos cover. Individualised duration based on clinical status - can often stop earlier

Fully support my junior colleagues striking today. There can be no triumphalism about the strike - terrible that it has come to this - but, since 2008, doctors’ pay has fallen progressively behind competing professions and overseas medics threatening recruitment and retention

So proud of these girls - national u16 netball finals and although not all results went their way, they all gave everything and ran some of the best teams in the country including eventual finalists very close. Also raised awareness and >£500 for @ThrombosisUK

Provision of first class emergency care to all has been a fundamental strength of the NHS since its inception so this is v. distressing to see. There are holes in the cheese outside human control but allowing others to grow ever larger ensures catastrophe thetimes.co.uk/article/f9994…

Congratulations Professor @Thushan_deSilva - very well deserved!

Very well deserved - congratulations @BenLindsey1

Big thanks to @RCPath for partnering in development and distribution of this survey. ~20% of Micro and 10% of ID consultant posts unfilled with huge geographical variation and many services operating with ≤3 consultants ≠ resilience. Now focus on training inc. HSST + retention

Hockey mid-life crisis meant I was a secret shopper at @SheffieldHosp a+e this week. #PROUD to have witnessed and received such safe, effective and friendly care on a very busy evening. Thank you 🙏

Thank you so much to all the team on ward L15 @LeedsHospitals for looking after my daughter over the past week. Your care, compassion and professionalism were of the highest order and were hugely appreciated by us all.

Hugely grateful to the A+E staff at Pinderfields @MidYorkshireNHS who assessed, investigated and initiated management so efficiently on my daughter last week. Delighted to have her back home yesterday. Thank you all! 🙏

BIA sustainability webinar on 23rd March with fantastic programme coming soon. More important than ever to raise awareness and tackle waste and environmental impact from infection diagnostics, treatment and IPC.

Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues again at FIS this year. 2019 is a long, long time ago.

Wearing of surgical masks by staff was tolerable and effective at preventing resp viral infection of SCT recipients as a standalone intervention pre-COVID. Something to keep when the pandemic is over. @cariadmevans @greenscorpio5 @andrewleedr @BRPoller sciencedirect.com/science/ar…