Hygiene & infection prevention network

On the podcast is Rosie Bartel.

Rosie Bartel is a widow, a mother, and a grandmother. In this episode, she shares her personal story.

In 2009, Rosie underwent a total knee replacement that developed into an MRSA staph infection. The Healthcare-Associated Infection led to 55 surgeries, 200+ hospitalizations, and 100 blood transfusions. She has had sepsis and septic shock 12 times. Finally, she underwent a right leg amputation above the knee, which later developed into a total hip amputation with part of the pelvic bone removed.

Rosie uses her stories to help and educate both patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals.

On Infection
"I don't think they realize how much one little infection can devastate a person forever."
On being a patient with an HAI

"It's much easier to sit in a chair and tell somebody about hand hygiene than to be laying under those white sheets where you don't have any control over your life."
"I can't blame anybody for it, but let's look at all the ways that could fix the world and make it better for patients and safer for patients every single day."
To purchase a copy of Rosie's book: Rosie's Story: A Story of Faith, Hope, and Survival:
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$15.00 per copy in the USA / $20.00 overseas.

On the podcast is Kelley Boston.
Kelley is a Senior Associate with Infection Prevention & Management Associates. She brings a background in public health and epidemiology to her infection prevention practice. She holds a Masters of Public Health from The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health, and did her undergraduate work at The University of Texas at Austin. She holds certifications in infection prevention and control (CIC), healthcare quality (CPHQ) and is recognized as a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (FAPIC).

Ms. Boston’s primary experience is in acute care, and has held leadership roles in multi-facility systems that have included both community hospitals and major academic teaching centers, and specialized practice areas including pediatrics, transplant, and trauma. She was honored as an APIC Hero of Infection Prevention in 2016 for her work in program integration and development within a large multi-facility healthcare system, leading to significant sustained improvement in infection outcomes.

Ms. Boston is an active member of both the Society for Healthcare Epidemiologists of America (SHEA) and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), where she has served as president and board member in multiple local chapters, and at the national level on the Communications Committee and APIC Text Editorial Panel. She is currently the Editor of the APIC Text Online: APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology.
A few key takeaways:
On resource alignment

• You got to look at the cost-benefit trade. If I do this audit, what do I have to take time away from? Nobody has enough time or enough staff. It is all about the resources.

On working in Infection Prevention

• You will never reach the end of your IP knowledge. And if you think you have, they will throw something like Coronavirus at you.
• Do not harm. Hospitals can be dangerous places. By the end of the day, someone is safer for the work you have done.

On workplace culture

• How do we build a culture where we can help each other and create high performing teams? The importance of prevention (before the damage happens) – and the talk about why it is difficult to document successful prevention results.

On our role as healthcare workers

• At the end of the day, someone is safer for the work that you have done.
• Hospitals should be safe places where people come to get the medical care that they need and go home better.
• You will never be finished with the job.

On data

• Generally, in the field about 40% looking at what happened, and 60% looking at what is happening and then all of the other daily tasks.
• Ask yourself, what are we collecting and how are we going to take action on it?

Connect with us on Twitter:

• Dr. Marco Bo Hansen
  • @marcobohansen
• Kelley Boston
  • @epikelley

On the podcast is Bob Klaber.

Dr. Bob Klaber is a Consultant Paediatrician & Director of Strategy, Research & Innovation at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He has a strong interest in behavioral insights work and leadership development.
Bob is a true role model when it comes to kindness. In the episode, he explains the value of kindness in delivering outstanding care and cultivating kindness in our organizations to deliver better results. I promise you that he has some exciting experiences to share.

On kindness

• "Kindness is right at the heart of everything that is about care."
• "There is a lot of evidence that kindness in care leads to better outcomes."

On opportunities in healthcare

"Over the last 10-15 years, in England where I work, our healthcare system has been quite systematically unkind."
Show notes and some recommendations from Bob:

• Find Bob on Twitter: @bobklaber
• Twitter: Conversation for Kindness.
• Organizations: The Hush Foundation by Prof. Catherine Crock is hosting an annual conference called The Gathering of Kindness.
• UK consultancy called the Kaleidoscope.
• Person to follow: Leonard Berry’s research about kindness
• Book: Intelligent Kindness by John Ballat & Penelope Campling
• How to measure kindness: Take a look at this publication by Simon Andersson and Julie
• Brownlie called Getting the measure of kindness: A guide for organisations

On this podcast, we are pleased to share a collection of short conversations with the researchers from the International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC) in Geneva, Switzerland, between 14 – 17th September.

ICPIC offers a unique platform for researchers and experts worldwide to share their knowledge and practices concerning the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and control of antimicrobial resistance.

In this podcast, you will hear conversations about interesting topics with:

• Matuesz Gajda who is doing his Ph.D. in Microbiology at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
• Adriënne van der Schoor, PhD student currently working at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam.
• Delphine Berthod and Christelle Perdrieu, both working at Swissnoso in the surgical site infection surveillance.
• Dr. Prabin Shrestha, a representative of the Young Professional Development Society in Nepal.
• Dr. Taru Singh, working as a scientist in a Counsel of Medical Research in New Delhi, India.
  

On the episode is Amina Al-Jardani and Amal Saif Al-Maani.
Dr. Amina Al-Jardani is a Senior consultant microbiologist and the Director of the Central Public Health Laboratories under the Ministry of Health of Oman. She is leading the work of the national reference laboratories involved in the detection of infectious agents.
Dr. Amal Saif Al-Maani is a Senior consultant pediatrician of infectious diseases and the Director of the Infection Prevention & Control Department under the Ministry of Health of Oman. She is working on the national program for IPC and the project for Antimicrobial Resistance.
On working with a team.
"Healthcare is teamwork. A single person will go nowhere without the harmony of the team." - Dr. Amal Saif Al-Maani.
On challenges in healthcare.
"As a healthcare professional, you will face many challenges. To really lead the change and achieve your goals, you need to have 5 P's - passion, persistence, partnerships, patience, persuasion." - Dr. Amina Al-Jardani
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On creating awareness.

"The public is part of one health approach. It's not enough to spread the awareness between the doctors and physicians and leave the people who are taking advantage of the service unaware." - Dr. Amal Saif Al-Maani.