@POCDOC3

Advocating and furthering research into point of care tests for infection: saving lives by saving time.

 Southampton, UK
Joined July 2019
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Rapid syndromic molecular testing in pneumonia: The current landscape and future potential. - PubMed - NCBI ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3180…
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Rapid syndromic molecular testing in Pneumonia: the current landscape and future potential: Rapid syndromic molecular tests for pneumonia. dlvr.it/RKr7Kl

Rapid syndromic molecular testing in pneumonia: The current landscape and future potential - PubMed

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP), hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) are all associated with significant mortality and cause huge expense to health care...

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Two infectious diseases clinical research fellow posts available in Southampton @UHSFT “The posts offer an unrivalled opportunity for clinical training and research experience in this speciality.” SHO & SpR level. #IDTwitter #medtwitter jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/?vac_…
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Adi@IDdocAdi3 Dec 2019
C diff spores reactivating in face of unneeded antibiotics xitter.cf/Vidplug/status/1201572…
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Happy birthday Hans Christian Gram: a pioneer in diagnostic microbiology. Image if he got 1p/cent for every time his test was used? #IDtwitter #millionairemindset
Winners of best oral and poster presentations. Congratulations! #optionsx19 – at Central Region, Singapore
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Super excited about #OptionsX19. Looking forward to speaking tomorrow about point-of-care testing and also briefly this evening too!
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Terrifying to see. Measles spreads between people quicker than an @JofraArcher bouncer. Make sure your kids are vaccinated! #ValueofVaccines
UK Health Security Agency
@UKHSA19 Aug 2019
The @WHO has confirmed the UK has lost its ‘measles free’ status. Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known to man and lots of work is underway to combat the rise in cases. Our blog explains the current situation: bit.ly/33JsoMQ #ValueofVaccines @DHSCgovuk
Exciting funding coming to Southampton: @NAMRIP colleagues looking at rapid sensitivity testing. dailyecho.co.uk/news/1780853…

Researchers looking at treatments for antibiotic resistant infections after £2.8million grant

RESEARCHERS from University of Southampton are looking at ways to rapidly treat antibiotic resistant infections.

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Point of care CRP does safely reduce antimicrobial prescribing in UK primary care: 20% fewer prescriptions in 4 weeks with the test: nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…

C-Reactive Protein Testing to Guide Antibiotic Prescribing for COPD Exacerbations | NEJM

Point-of-care testing of C-reactive protein (CRP) may be a way to reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics without harming patients who have acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas...

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