Research insights from ICPIC 2021

10/06/21 • 16 min

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.

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.

Previous Episode

Patricia Stone on being an infection prevention and control pioneer (United States)

On the episode is Patricia Stone. Patricia is a professor of Health Policy at the Columbia University School of Nursing. She directs the School of Nursing’s Center for Health Policy and the Center for Improving Palliative Care for Vulnerable Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions.

For the past two decades, the majority of her research has focused on the prevention of infections in vulnerable adults across healthcare settings. She is also the Chief Editor of the American Journal of Infection Control.

Patricia stone on the most important learning from the pandemic.
I think the pandemic just shone a light on how important infection prevention and control are. It is not just hospitals and nursing homes. It is everybody’s problem.

Patricia stone on how to gain and retain nursing staff going forward.
Culture, money makes a difference, and we all work for money, but the organizational culture is the most important thing. People go into healthcare for a reason, and that reason is often to provide good care, and if they see improvement areas, they should have a culture where it is okay to bring it up and come with suggestions.

Patricia stone on how to improve hygiene in you’re organization
It takes a village. You can’t do it by yourself. People like to be taught by peers, so you might need to find a nurse to help you talk with nurses, for example.

Next Episode

Sille Krukow on nudging and behavioural design (Denmark)

On the episode is Sille Krukow.
Sille is a Nudge and behavioral Design Expert, a keynote speaker, TV Host, and Guest Lecturer across universities in the US, Sweden, the UK, and Spain.
Sille has more than 15 years of experience conducting behavioral design studies, nudging consumers towards a greener and safer decision-making. She is credited as the developer of the Krukow methodology for generating nudge-based solutions for business results. She is also a mother of two, born and raised in Scandinavia.
If you want to learn more about nudging and behavioral design and how to use them in your daily work, then this episode is for you.
On how our surroundings impact our behaviors
"90% of our decisions happen subconsciously, which means that it doesn't happen as a reaction to the information we got or the motivation we got. It happens as an intuitive reaction to our surroundings. So every time we find it hard to change our behavior, it's because our surroundings are not supporting us in the right way."
On nudging
"Nudges have been here ever since we started walking on this planet, because ever since we started influencing the design of our surroundings. So nudges are everywhere. And I think what we need to be able to identify them."
On data
"We tend to assume that we know exactly why people do what they do. But before we start observing and looking at interaction data, we're not going to be able to understand what goes on."

Hygiene & infection prevention network - Research insights from ICPIC 2021

Transcript

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Wed, 10/6 1:02 PM • 16:44

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

patients, poster, infection, Nepal, hand hygiene, hospital, sharing, important, attend, infection prevention, conference, India, antimicrobial resistance, problem, surgical site infections, insights, antimicrobial stewardship, work, medical doctors, hospitals

SPEAKERS

Dr. Marco Bo Hansen, Adriënne van der Schoo