Tag Archives: infection control

What is heteroresistance?

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Keith Barrington

Recent cases of coagulase negative staphylococci, that were very difficult to eradicate, have led to an assessment of whether the phenomenon of heteroresistance may play a part. To be honest, for me this is entirely new; I was not aware … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Tagged infection control, Sepsis | 1 Comment

Hand washing

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Keith Barrington

Sometimes our discussion of infection control become somewhat theoretical, we talk about frequencies and methodologies. Here are a sequence of images that are worth a thousand words. the first 2 are from a publication in the New England Journal of … Continue reading →