Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP)
Stemming the tide of infection through applied infection prevention research at Glasgow Caledonian University
By Lucyna Gozdzielewska Every year from 18-24 November we celebrate the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW). This initiative began in 2015, after the World Health Organization recognised the problem of antimicrobial resistance as a priority and subsequently identified it as an urgent global health threat. That same year the WHO endorsed a global action plan…
In a recently published systematic review by SHIP team PhD Student, Ayodeji Matuluko, interventions to improve the review of antibiotic therapy in acute care hospitals have been found to have positive clinical impact in the short to medium term, although there is insufficient evidence of their sustainability in the long-term. The timely review of antibiotic…
In celebration of International Microorganism Day, the 17th of September, Dr Ryan Kean a Lecturer in Biological and Biomedical Sciences and a member of the SHIP team, shares this interesting piece on his favourite bug Candida auris. My interests in Candida auris began in the summer of 2016 whilst doing my Ph.D. and involved a…
By Ayodeji Matuluko The Medical Research Foundation’s national PhD training programme in AMR is in its 3rd year. This programme was set up to train the future generation of researchers to address the global health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The programme funds a core cohort of PhD students studying AMR in universities across the…
By Lucyna Gozdzielewska In a recently published SHIP team paper—co-authored with colleagues from Health Protection Scotland and the University of Strathclyde—the findings of a scoping review of approaches for improving antimicrobial stewardship in livestock farmers and veterinarians are reported. This is an important topic, because microorganisms’ ability to defeat antimicrobials, known as antimicrobial resistance, is…
By Val Ness Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) means using antibiotics responsibility to preserve their future effectiveness. The nurse’s role in AMS has always been crucial but during a viral pandemic should this role be given more or less priority? Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to cause widespread devastation globally. Although it is a…
In this week’s blog Alicia Ware, one of our PhD students who recently joined the SHIP team, shares with us her research interests and experience so far since starting her PhD. Alicia’s supervisors are Dr Ryan Kean, Dr John Butcher and Professor Lesley Price. Enjoy!
Every year Glasgow Caledonian University Students’ Association runs its annual Teaching Awards campaign to recognise outstanding university staff and to celebrate their hard work in providing the best learning experience and support to GCU students. This year’s winners have been announced in 10 categories at the virtual ceremony on the 28th May 2020. We are…
Tuesday 5th May 2020- World Hand Hygiene Day, is the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) annual global call to action for health workers. This year’s message is “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. Nurses and Midwives, clean care is in your hands” and there has never been a better time to promote this message and to celebrate…
By Elaine Cutajar As of the year 2018, the Medical Research Foundation (MRF) invested £4M to establish a yearly PhD training programme aiming to train early career researchers in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In doing so, MRF aimed to foster new, robust and active networks between researchers from a variety of research backgrounds in the…