January 2021 – Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP)

GCU researchers lead Scotland’s participation in the largest study into immunity to COVID-19

January 25, 2021October 17, 2022SHIPGCUCOVID-19 / Research / SIRENLeave a comment

By Lynne Haahr Members of the SHIP research group are excited to be working on COVID-19 research by partnering with Public Health Scotland to carry out the SIREN (Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN) study in Scotland. GCU is working with NHS hospitals in Scotland to recruit patient facing healthcare workers to have regular COVID-19-tests and…

Using multimodal strategies to improve hand hygiene compliance in a hospital in Cameroon: a personal experience

January 7, 2021January 25, 2021SHIPGCUhand hygiene / ResearchLeave a comment

Our first blog of 2021 is by Nkwan Jacob Gobte, of Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services. Jacob is the Research Coordinator of a hand hygiene study being led by the SHIP team in Cameroon. Since the 18th century, hand hygiene has been widely accepted as the main strategy to prevent infections in healthcare facilities. Hand…