Stopping the Spread of a Superfungus in Intensive Care

Calendar
When:
May 24, 2019 @ 3:20 pm – 4:10 pm
2019-05-24T15:20:00+01:00
2019-05-24T16:10:00+01:00
Where:
Lecture Theatre 2, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 9DU
Cost:
Free
Contact:
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
01865 743341
Email
Event website
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As part of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Open Day, Dr David Eyre, an infectious diseases researcher and clinician, and Dr Katie Jeffery, Consultant in Microbiology at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will discuss how they used infection prevention and control best practice, whole genome sequencing and electronic patient data to halt an outbreak of a potentially deadly fungal pathogen at the John Radcliffe Hospital between 2015 and 2017.