Managing ventilation in the context of COVID-19: a HIS audience-led webinar

The next in the series of the HIS audience-led webinar on all-things ventilation in the management of COVID-19 went out recently. The panel consisted of:

  • Peter Hoffman – Consultant Clinical Scientist, London
  • Dr Chris Lynch – Graham Ayliffe Training Fellow, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
  • Professor Catherine Noakes – Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings, University of Leeds
  • Karren Staniforth – Clinical Scientist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Dr James Price (chair) – Consultant in Infection Prevention & Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

The webinar video is below:

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SSIs – time to de-invest in laminar flow?

Laminar flow is a very embedded technology for the prevention of SSI in some types of surgery (especially hip and knee arthroplasty). However, it seems from a recent Lancet ID review that this widely adopted practice is way ahead of the evidence supporting it: the bottom line finding of the review is we should stop wasting time and money on laminar flow theatres for some procedures, and focus on basic prevention initiatives (especially getting antibiotic prophylaxis right) in all surgical categories.

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