Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP)
Stemming the tide of infection through applied infection prevention research at Glasgow Caledonian University
By Dr Lucyna Gozdzielewska The SHIP team reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of national infection prevention and control interventions Healthcare associated infections remain a threat to patient safety worldwide. However, many of these infections can be prevented by the implementation of effective infection prevention and control measures. In 2016, the SHIP team conducted…
By Professor Caroline Lopes Ciofi Silva From October 10th to October 15th I visited the Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP) Research group at Glasgow Caledonian University. My trip was funded by the Global Research Nurses, a network focusing on supporting nurses who conduct research around the world. As part of their activities, they launched…
By Deepti KC and Ayodeji Matuluko On September 15, 2022, the School of Health and Life Sciences (SHLS) of Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) held its inaugural Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Conference. This event was targeted at PhD students within the School. As a first-of-its kind event within SHLS, it was organised to provide an opportunity…
SHIP research group lead and Professor of Infection Prevention and Control, Professor Jacqui Reilly, has received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours, for services to healthcare and public health. In this blog post she reflects on SHIP’s international impact and influence. By Professor Jacqui Reilly…
Our latest blog is by Laura Fregonese, a final year PhD student with the SHIP research group. In this piece, she reflects on the process of data collection for her PhD June 2022 marks the anniversary of my first interview for my research project. I remember that day like it was yesterday, as an emotional…
In this month’s blog post, Dr William Johnston, a research assistant in Biological and Biomedical Sciences and a member of the SHIP team, outlines how biofilms are changing microbiology research. I have been involved in microbiology research since back in my undergraduate days here at GCU, where I was focussing on catheter-related bloodstream infections. After graduating…
By Katie Hendry, Dr Lucyna Gozdzielewska and Prof Lesley Price Effective hand hygiene among healthcare staff is one of the most important infection prevention strategies available worldwide. Hand hygiene also helps individuals to effectively reduce bacteria on their hands in their daily lives. However, uncertainty remains concerning a range of issues related to hand hygiene,…
While it is well known that hand hygiene helps to prevent infections in both healthcare and community settings, to be effective it needs to be performed in the correct way by using the 6-step technique, recommended by the World Health Organization. For this reason, healthcare workers are taught the 6-step hand hygiene technique during their…
It was a very busy summer in our GCU microbiology and food labs this year with three undergraduate students being awarded funded summer studentships. These students joined up with Ph.D. and other postgraduate students and undertook 8-week research placements. These placements were very successful and a massive thank you to the British Mycological Society, Microbiology…
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been declared one of the greatest threats to global health. Resistance occurs when a microbe mutates or acquires genetic information from another microbe, making it resistant to antibiotics. There are many contributing factors, one being antibiotic use in humans, therefore, improving antibiotic prescribing is crucial. Most available research on antimicrobial prescribing…