Jon Otter

Was great fun to collaborate with @JudeRobinson5, @JacquiPrieto1, @philnorville, @IPS_Infection, and @IPC_Partners for the inaugural IPS Journal Club! Great to discuss a few impactful Journal of Infection Prevention papers. Recording here: youtu.be/tiW1bRFLkRw

Good to have the opportunity to pull together a webinar on invasive meningococcal disease today - learnt a lot! And still much to learn: youtu.be/D3nshvCqXSg

Invasive meningococcal disease: a primer for IPC, clinical, and laboratory teams ipcpartners.org/blog/invasive-…

Brilliant Insight Webinar today about water hygiene by Dr Jessica Martin - here's the recording ICYMI: youtu.be/Ck4U4y5EOOM

Enjoying writing this blog summarising the findings of a literature review about "water-lite" (aka water-free or water-safe) care ipcpartners.org/blog/it-is-tim… (I explain in the post why I favour "water-lite")!

Check out this blog that @jonotter wrote about going "water-lite" ipcpartners.org/blog/it-is-tim… But what should we call the strategy to reduce patient exposure to tap water??

Had the pleasure of leading a Webber Teleclass on CPE recently. Here's the recording: youtu.be/jQ_X_yEI_Iw

Really enjoyable discussion with Dr Alex Sundermann at the @ipcpartners Insight Webinar yesterday all about the principles and practicalities for IPC. Here's the recording: youtu.be/dE0MQkwo1EY

I've written a new blog post all about C. auris and biofilms - check it out! ipcpartners.org/blog/candidozy…

Really interesting Genomics & IPC Insight Webinar preview from Dr Alex Sundermann in conversation with @jonotter here: youtu.be/XubbMNrFX6M

I’ve written a blog today on ‘Genomic surveillance for IPC: principles and practicalities’. Do you think routine WGS is ready for implementation to support IPC decision making? ipcpartners.org/blog/genomic-s…

A pleasure to join Dr Sara Reese and Dr Brenna Doran for a Journal Club yesterday about burnout in infection preventionists. A really important discussion to demystify and destigmatise burnout! youtu.be/Y0I9R8CpAYk

New blog post: “Efforts to tackle contamination of sinks in hospitals are heating up” ipcpartners.org/blog/efforts-t…

Delighted to announce the next instalment of our Insight Webinar series, led by Dr Alexander Sundermann on “Genomic surveillance for IPC: principles and practicalities”, Weds 4th Feb, register here: @880e1cf6-0e66-4ce3-9534-eadf2d5ded15" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/78683f77… In partnership with @HIS_infection & @IPS_Infection

Really important to talk about this. Looking forward to the discussion next week.

I’ve written blog providing a bit of background on the emerging threat from C. auris here: ipcpartners.org/blog/the-emerg…

Phew bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

2025 highlights & reflections from IPC Partners ipcpartners.org/blog/2025-high…

Join us for our first Insight Webinar of 2026: “Candidozyma auris: the infection control challenges in Kuwait” presented by Dr Areej Al-Ali and hosted in partnership with @HIS_infection and @IPS_Infection @880e1cf6-0e66-4ce3-9534-eadf2d5ded15" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/573dec59…

Really enjoyed Journal Club today about the economics and practicalities of disinfecting shared medical equipment. Loads of great audience questions! Recording here: youtu.be/xRUU8wC_zPA

I’ve written a blog post about the economic evaluation based on the CLEEN study (additional cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment) ipcpartners.org/blog/economic-… And you can join us for a Journal Club discussion on the same paper this Wednesday: @880e1cf6-0e66-4ce3-9534-eadf2d5ded15" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/596e15d7…