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The burden and dynamics of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in England. Relieved to see this finally out: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… with @_StephanieEvans @thimui_pham @JVRobotham @gmknght @InfectiousMoYin @cherrylimxq @markgpritchard @drdavideyre @JonRead15 @PeterHorby @sbfnk et al
Factors associated with healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 in patients

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Oh, and here’s a summary of the work in the style of Cormac McCarthy (er…thanks chatGPT). Not sure why more journals don’t routinely ask fo this. 🌵
Ben Cooper @bugwonk.bsky.soci@bugwonk17 Jun 2023
So happy to see this paper finally out journals.plos.org/plosmedici… (wonderful collaborative work with @InfectiousMoYin, Mathupanee Oonsivilai, @cherrylimxq and @NeneRiehus that started life as an away day team-building exercise in a Bangkok cafe)

Implications of reducing antibiotic treatment duration for antimicrobial resistance in hospital...

Author summary Why was this study done? Shortening antibiotic treatment duration is a commonly adopted antibiotic stewardship strategy, with the expectation that it will reduce antimicrobial resist...

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Replying to @mlipsitch
Congratulations! A couple of milestones here this morning as well but we have a lot of catching up to do.
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Replying to @BQuilty @crofts_simon @whippletom
But would it cover the costs of the bereavement counselling? Look forward to meeting in March. I once caught a thief red-handed outside Senate House stealing my front wheel so I'll be bringing the Brompton. Hope cycling conditions are a bit better than 2 days ago outside Oxford:
River Thames spilling over onto cycle path

ALT River Thames spilling over onto cycle path

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udder gridlock on morning commute
cycle path blocked by herd of cows

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Pro tip for visitors to Oxford needing ☕️|🍰|🥪:Yellow Submarine @ysubcharity is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️rated cafe 5 mins from the station & one of the town’s most inspiring social enterprises. Go there. Or here, for a calorie+caffeine free alternative👉justgiving.com/fundraising/b… #oxfordhalf
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Amazing exhibition 👉🏼 RUTH ASAWA CITIZEN OF THE UNIVERSE at Modern Art Oxford @mao_gallery #RuthAsawa (free entry and open until 21st August) modernartoxford.org.uk/whats… youtu.be/3yJ5pA3F2Mk
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#Handwashing is an evergreen public health intervention, but how does risk of infection vary with hand hygiene frequency? Work addressing this now out in @RSocPublishing @Epidemio_Infect from @thimui_pham, Mo Yin @cherrylimxq et al royalsocietypublishing.org/d… cambridge.org/core/journals/…
schematic illustration of the relationship between persistence of hand contamination, hand washing frequency, face touching frequency and risk of infection

ALT schematic illustration of the relationship between persistence of hand contamination, hand washing frequency, face touching frequency and risk of infection

results of metaregression showing relationship between hand hygiene frequency and daily probability of infection based on a meta-analysis of community hand hygiene trials for reducing acute respiratory infections

ALT results of metaregression showing relationship between hand hygiene frequency and daily probability of infection based on a meta-analysis of community hand hygiene trials for reducing acute respiratory infections

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Replying to @AlisonLMercer
ooh yes..lovely little exhibition & essential viewing for dendrophiles. Also conveniently located next to a brewery @LooseCannonBeer which is a good place to drown your sorrows when you realise the competitively-priced whisky barrel you've just bought doesn’t contain any whisky
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Replying to @d_spiegel @laurenlaverne
Uplifting and moving in equal measure. Loved the improbable track selection. A fiver that the first choice Pogues song banned by the BBC was Bottle of Smoke youtube.com/watch?v=s5OOeuvu…
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