Dr Nicolas Loebel, President and Chief Technology Officer at Ondine Biomedical, and Eleonora Iervella, Surgical Pathway Infection Prevention and Control Nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, will explore what effective nasal and skin decontamination looks like in real world healthcare settings.
Combining scientific evidence with practical NHS experience, the session will examine how innovative technologies and approaches to decontamination are being integrated into infection prevention pathways to help stop infections at the source.
The webinar will examine:
- The role of nasal and skin colonisation in driving infection risk
- Why rapid recontamination can limit conventional decontamination approaches
- The characteristics required for effective nasal and skin decontamination
- Practical considerations including usability, workflow integration and staff compliance
- How innovative approaches, including light-activated antimicrobial technologies, are being applied within NHS settings
- Why only certain approaches may be capable of delivering reliable and scalable impact in healthcare environments
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Dr Nicolas Loebel is President and Chief Technology Officer at Ondine Biomedical, where he leads research and development of light-activated antimicrobial technologies. With extensive experience in medical device innovation and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, he has authored numerous publications and patents and lectures internationally on the clinical applications of photodisinfection.
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Eleonora Iervella is a Surgical Pathway Infection Prevention and Control Nurse and Senior Cardiothoracic Theatres Practitioner at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. She has extensive experience with infection prevention practices within a hospital setting and will provide practical insights into the approaches being used in clinical settings for effective nasal and skin decontamination.
Resources
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