Posts by Chris Thomas
GAMA Healthcare’s take on IPS Conference 2022
It was great to be able to attend the IPS Conference 2022 in Bournemouth. Some of the themes included community care, moving forward from COVID, the importance of hospital design and the built environment, as well as climate change and sustainability. The E.M Cottrell lecture kicked off the conference with Nurse Consultant for Immunisations at…
Read MoreHighlights from Clean Hospitals Day International Conference
Karen Wares, our Clinical Director, reflects on her highlights from the 3rd Clean Hospitals Day International Conference. The Clean Hospitals Day International Conference met face to face in Geneva, on the 20th October bringing together 129 professionals from 19 countries including Infection Control Practitioners, Environmental Hygiene Specialists, healthcare workers, and industry stakeholders. What is Clean Hospitals Day? Clean Hospitals Day encompasses all components of healthcare environmental…
Read MoreInfection Prevention Society Conference 2022 – A poster retrospective from Dr Phillip Norville
It was fantastic to see a variety of posters on display at the Infection Prevention Conference 2022 (IP2022) in Bournemouth, covering a range of topics within Infection Prevention and Control, including outbreak management and environmental decontamination. Additionally, several posters were presented on research and interventions which featured GAMA products. Staff feedback following the installation of…
Read MoreHighlights from the inaugural Infection 360 conference
Today on the blog, Clinical Specialist, Michael Sanni, Clinical Director, Karen Wares, and Innovation Scientist, Diane Morris, reflect on their highlights from the inaugural Infection 360 conference. The Infection 360 conference met face-to-face in Birmingham on 27th – 28th September bringing together a wide range of healthcare specialists, infection control nurses, engineers and industry partners invested in…
Read MoreAre we heading towards a “twindemic” of COVID-19 and flu this winter?
We discuss how a COVID-19 and flu “twindemic” could disrupt hospitals this winter and what preventative measures we can implement now. The COVID-19 pandemic has been bad enough. But the thought of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (we are already seeing signs of the ‘next wave’) combined with a bad flu winter (in a “twindemic“) could…
Read MoreEN 17126, why Clinell Peracetic Acid Wipes and other biocides are classed as sporicidal
Today on the blog, we discuss endospores in healthcare, sporicidal EN testing and how effective Clinell Peracetic Acid Wipes really are. Endospores in healthcare Bacteria utilise a wide variety of defence mechanisms when facing extreme environmental conditions. Certain Gram-positive bacteria produce intracellular spores called endospores, which prove a complex challenge for healthcare settings and infection prevention in general. These…
Read MoreMonkeypox and the need to focus on environmental hygiene
We discuss a recent study published in Eurosurveillance, examining the contamination of hospital rooms used to care for patients with Monkeypox infection. Interestingly, all surfaces directly touched by patients were positive. Three of the surfaces were also contaminated with virus that could be cultured. Overall, 29/36 (80%) samples were contaminated in at least one of the two patient rooms tested, with a concertation…
Read MoreMonkeypox & household environmental surface survival
Clinical Director Karen Wares, discusses a study assessing the viability and viral load of monkeypox virus on surface contamination of household objects. Read on to find out, where the study was carried out, how touchpoints were sampled and what the results indicated. Viability & viral load of monkeypox virus A recent study conducted by the United States Centers for Disease Control…
Read MoreCutting hospital-acquired infections, one wipe at a time!
Healthcare environments continue to present risks of infection, particularly in a post-pandemic era. However, with effective products, training and support, the issue of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) can be tackled. A shifting focus Since the pandemic, environmental decontamination has been a key focus within the healthcare industry. COVID-19 has been the main focus, with other microorganisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)…
Read More3rd time lucky? I’m not so sure. A personal experience of COVID infection
Our Clinical Specialist for Capital, Claudia Santos, shares her personal experience of having COVID and what steps we should put in place to protect ourselves and those around us. DISCLAIMER: With a marked increase in the number of COVID cases over the last few months and having myself been infected with COVID on three separate…
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