Recordings from Autumn Study Day 2023

The 2023 Autumn Study day (ASD) was held in Liverpool at the Liverpool Medical Institution and Conference centre. The theme for the day was “Decontamination: Dare to defy the dogma,” which came about from wondering what we could do differently to the current norms.

As Albert Einstein once said, “the significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”

Unfortunately we ran into some technical issues with the Audio system which meant that we were not able to capture all the presentations of the day. However, some of the speakers very kindly agreed to record their presentations separately to allow us to share the learning.

Enjoy!

Not only the gut: Can we really use probiotics to ameliorate the hospital microbiota? – Elisabetta Caselli, University of Ferrara, Italy

Microbiological risks associated with laundry decontamination – Karren Staniforth, UKHSA

Aprons, aprons everywhere creating quite a stink: Thinking outside the box for single use plastic PPE waste – Mary O’Riordan, HaPPE Earth

Overview of prions disease and the implications for decontamination units – Neil Watson, National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit