Dr Barry Jones
@barryjmjones.bsky.social
Chair of CATA - the Covid-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance representing at least 65,000 HCWs in Module 3 of Public Inquiry. Covid lead for BAPEN and BSG member.
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It didn’t end well.
Cumulative Covid deaths.
Jenny Harries says that we should use the data to judge them.
HERE.
IS.
THE.
DATA…..
Jenny Harries says that we should use the data to judge them.
HERE.
IS.
THE.
DATA…..
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It didn’t end well.
It’s the air we share that kills us. Hand hygiene without air hygiene is bound to fail.
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It’s the air we share that kills us. Hand hygiene without air hygiene is bound to fail.
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Thank you, Barry. It is disheartening - but not demotivating. This memorial to our beloved dead is too important. ♥️
September 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Thank you, Barry. It is disheartening - but not demotivating. This memorial to our beloved dead is too important. ♥️
Thank you Prof Noakes.
August 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thank you Prof Noakes.
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Size Matters!???
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
August 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Size Matters!???
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
Reposted by Dr Barry Jones
Other topics are covered in the presentation:
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
August 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Other topics are covered in the presentation:
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
Reposted by Dr Barry Jones
More information can be obtained by viewing a 20 minute presentation given to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network on the Patient Safety Learning website. (The presentation can be downloaded as a pdf)
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
Presentation by David Osborn to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network (1 August 2025)
David Osborn presentation to the Safety Healthcare Biosafety Network
www.pslhub.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
More information can be obtained by viewing a 20 minute presentation given to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network on the Patient Safety Learning website. (The presentation can be downloaded as a pdf)
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
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The legal aspects are clearly explained:
August 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The legal aspects are clearly explained:
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Let’s double-down on that FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORS OF THE IPC MANUALS:
August 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Let’s double-down on that FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORS OF THE IPC MANUALS:
Reposted by Dr Barry Jones
It clarifies the legal status both of Surgical Masks and Respiratory Protective Equipment (eg FFP3, reusables, powered hoods). It blows away the myth contained in IPC Manuals and many other places by people who would have us believe FRSMs protect us against Covid-19, flu (etc)
August 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It clarifies the legal status both of Surgical Masks and Respiratory Protective Equipment (eg FFP3, reusables, powered hoods). It blows away the myth contained in IPC Manuals and many other places by people who would have us believe FRSMs protect us against Covid-19, flu (etc)
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BOHS expresses its appreciation to Professor Andrew Curran CBE (Director of Science and Chief Scientific Advisor to HSE) who supported the development of this guidance and personally contributed to the content.
August 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BOHS expresses its appreciation to Professor Andrew Curran CBE (Director of Science and Chief Scientific Advisor to HSE) who supported the development of this guidance and personally contributed to the content.
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The document has been prepared in consultation with the HSE, British Standards Institute and stakeholders. This gives it the credibility legal persuasiveness that an issue of this importance deserves.
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....
www.bohs.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The document has been prepared in consultation with the HSE, British Standards Institute and stakeholders. This gives it the credibility legal persuasiveness that an issue of this importance deserves.
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....
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This definitive document fills a massive void and casts aside all the ambiguity and misinformation perpetuated within current IPC manuals (and the former ‘4-nations IPC guidance’).
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...
Healthcare Workers Still Exposed. Experts demand action to keep healthcare workers and patients safe. - British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
Aside from the huge loss of life and legacy of illness among healthcare workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are at particular risk from exposure to airborne diseases. Many...
www.bohs.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This definitive document fills a massive void and casts aside all the ambiguity and misinformation perpetuated within current IPC manuals (and the former ‘4-nations IPC guidance’).
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...