Welcome to our new blog. The Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP) research group is led by Professor Jacqui Reilly who has established a strong relationship between Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) laboratory-based research and its application to infection prevention in the National Health Service (NHS). As a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including nurses, microbiologists and health psychologists we are committed to developing clinical practice while working in partnership with patients, clinical staff and service management, to safeguard against infection and to enhance the quality of patient care.