Evonne T Curran
@evonnetcurran.bsky.social
Spent a career in IPC. Now just wanting IPC guidance to acknowledge the evident mode of transmission for SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens - airborne.
Without good guidance there is no person safety.
Doctor of Nursing.
Without good guidance there is no person safety.
Doctor of Nursing.
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Our latest blog by @evonnetcurran.bsky.social has just gone live: shh-uk.org/in-pursuit-o....
In the blog she reflects how infection prevention & control guidelines have been used & how IPC professionals need to become experts in error, prevention, detection and correction.
Part 2 on Weds.
In the blog she reflects how infection prevention & control guidelines have been used & how IPC professionals need to become experts in error, prevention, detection and correction.
Part 2 on Weds.
In Pursuit Of Truth IPC Needs To Become Experts In Error Prevention, Detection And Correction (Part 1)
In Evonne T Curran's latest two part blog she reflects on her life working in infection prevention and control (IPC) and how guidelines have been used and how
shh-uk.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our latest blog by @evonnetcurran.bsky.social has just gone live: shh-uk.org/in-pursuit-o....
In the blog she reflects how infection prevention & control guidelines have been used & how IPC professionals need to become experts in error, prevention, detection and correction.
Part 2 on Weds.
In the blog she reflects how infection prevention & control guidelines have been used & how IPC professionals need to become experts in error, prevention, detection and correction.
Part 2 on Weds.
So hand hygiene cannot be no 1, can we now have a chat about all modes of transmission ?
shh-uk.org/hand-hygiene...
shh-uk.org/hand-hygiene...
Hand Hygiene: Not The #1 Prevention For Healthcare Infections
Evidence shows hand hygiene is vital but not the top factor in preventing healthcare-associated infections.
shh-uk.org
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
So hand hygiene cannot be no 1, can we now have a chat about all modes of transmission ?
shh-uk.org/hand-hygiene...
shh-uk.org/hand-hygiene...
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When you accept bad things as normal and irreducible, you fail to achieve brilliance.
The capital of Finland hasn't had a traffic death in a full year. Lower speed limits, plentiful speed cameras, 1,500+ km of bike lanes, infrastructure for pedestrians, and a new tram line.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year
Helsinki has completed 12 months without a single traffic fatality, a milestone credited to lower speed limits, safer infrastructure, and years of consistent planning, officials say.
www.helsinkitimes.fi
September 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When you accept bad things as normal and irreducible, you fail to achieve brilliance.
So lets do a thread on www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
www.ecdc.europa.eu
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
So lets do a thread on www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Taking the data from a systematic review and using a Pareto.
It can be seen preventing Bloodstream infections is C. auris control. I see not national/international guideline that includes preventing BSI.
Secondly it is also airborne distributed and we are not recommending air cleaning either...
It can be seen preventing Bloodstream infections is C. auris control. I see not national/international guideline that includes preventing BSI.
Secondly it is also airborne distributed and we are not recommending air cleaning either...
September 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Taking the data from a systematic review and using a Pareto.
It can be seen preventing Bloodstream infections is C. auris control. I see not national/international guideline that includes preventing BSI.
Secondly it is also airborne distributed and we are not recommending air cleaning either...
It can be seen preventing Bloodstream infections is C. auris control. I see not national/international guideline that includes preventing BSI.
Secondly it is also airborne distributed and we are not recommending air cleaning either...
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1. 'Overall, our findings raise compelling questions about the potential role of SARS-CoV-2 infection in accelerating or triggering neurodegenerative diseases linked to protein amyloidosis'.
An example of such a disease is Parkinson's Disease (PD).
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
An example of such a disease is Parkinson's Disease (PD).
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
An Amyloidogenic Fragment of the Spike Protein from SARS-CoV-2 Virus Stimulates the Aggregation and Toxicity of Parkinson’s Disease Protein Alpha-Synuclein
Emerging evidence suggests that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection may have long-term deleterious effects on the central nervous system and even contribute to p...
pubs.acs.org
August 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
1. 'Overall, our findings raise compelling questions about the potential role of SARS-CoV-2 infection in accelerating or triggering neurodegenerative diseases linked to protein amyloidosis'.
An example of such a disease is Parkinson's Disease (PD).
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
An example of such a disease is Parkinson's Disease (PD).
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Thanks to @evonnetcurran.bsky.social for another great blog. I look forward to the day when those responsible for infection prevention and control acknowledge that covid is airborne and ensure guidelines are updated to reflect this. Read more about the changes needed: shh-uk.org/shh-uk-posit...
July 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thanks to @evonnetcurran.bsky.social for another great blog. I look forward to the day when those responsible for infection prevention and control acknowledge that covid is airborne and ensure guidelines are updated to reflect this. Read more about the changes needed: shh-uk.org/shh-uk-posit...
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🚨 Want to deliver the NHS 10-Year Plan? Start with Covid protections.
🦠 Less infection = less pressure = better outcomes.
📖 Read our latest blog by our chair @alitwy.bsky.social: shh-uk.org/how-covid-pr...
#SafeAir4All #CovidIsAirborne #NHS
🦠 Less infection = less pressure = better outcomes.
📖 Read our latest blog by our chair @alitwy.bsky.social: shh-uk.org/how-covid-pr...
#SafeAir4All #CovidIsAirborne #NHS
How Covid Protections Can Help Deliver The NHS 10-Year Health Plan
The recently published NHS Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England sets out a bold vision for transforming the health service by shifting the
shh-uk.org
July 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🚨 Want to deliver the NHS 10-Year Plan? Start with Covid protections.
🦠 Less infection = less pressure = better outcomes.
📖 Read our latest blog by our chair @alitwy.bsky.social: shh-uk.org/how-covid-pr...
#SafeAir4All #CovidIsAirborne #NHS
🦠 Less infection = less pressure = better outcomes.
📖 Read our latest blog by our chair @alitwy.bsky.social: shh-uk.org/how-covid-pr...
#SafeAir4All #CovidIsAirborne #NHS
Every so often... the idea for an essay arises?
June 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Every so often... the idea for an essay arises?
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Read about @shh-uk.bsky.social’s #SaferAir4All campaign and how you can join in here: shh-uk.org/making-the-i...
Making The Invisible Risk Visible: Indoor Air Quality Is A Priority
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important but often overlooked aspect of healthcare. The presence of airborne pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19), has
shh-uk.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Read about @shh-uk.bsky.social’s #SaferAir4All campaign and how you can join in here: shh-uk.org/making-the-i...
This is about people and people safety. We can do better when we are honest about the issues we face.
Given the number of posts on X this week discussing hospital acquired infections among immunocompromised people, @evonnetcurran.bsky.social and have written to the 4 UK CNOs expressing our concerns about three aspects of the NICPMs.
@suetranka.bsky.social seems to be the only CNO on the blue-side.
@suetranka.bsky.social seems to be the only CNO on the blue-side.
May 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is about people and people safety. We can do better when we are honest about the issues we face.
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179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:
Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
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Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
🧵
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
April 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:
Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
🧵
Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
🧵
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Persistence of dysfunctional immune response 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection and their relationship with pulmonary sequelae and long COVID - Respiratory Research
Persistence of dysfunctional immune response 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection and their relationship with pulmonary sequelae and long COVID - Respiratory Research
Introduction Most patients recover fully after an acute infection by SARS-CoV-2. Some, however, may develop pulmonary sequelae (PS) and/or long COVID (LC). However, whether these two clinical conditio...
respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Persistence of dysfunctional immune response 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection and their relationship with pulmonary sequelae and long COVID - Respiratory Research
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The admissions officer we saw at the hospital last week 'felt' that Covid vaccines are unsafe & cause Long Covid, welfare recipients are mostly lazy.
Nothing to do with her catching Covid while suffering from COPD. Or welfare statistics that prove most people are in genuine need. 🤷♀️
Nothing to do with her catching Covid while suffering from COPD. Or welfare statistics that prove most people are in genuine need. 🤷♀️
April 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The admissions officer we saw at the hospital last week 'felt' that Covid vaccines are unsafe & cause Long Covid, welfare recipients are mostly lazy.
Nothing to do with her catching Covid while suffering from COPD. Or welfare statistics that prove most people are in genuine need. 🤷♀️
Nothing to do with her catching Covid while suffering from COPD. Or welfare statistics that prove most people are in genuine need. 🤷♀️
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This seems really important:
The Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control is advocating for the use of N95 respirators in healthcare settings.
Canada? UK? US CDC? WHO?
your turn.
www.acipc.org.au/wp-content/u...
The Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control is advocating for the use of N95 respirators in healthcare settings.
Canada? UK? US CDC? WHO?
your turn.
www.acipc.org.au/wp-content/u...
April 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This seems really important:
The Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control is advocating for the use of N95 respirators in healthcare settings.
Canada? UK? US CDC? WHO?
your turn.
www.acipc.org.au/wp-content/u...
The Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control is advocating for the use of N95 respirators in healthcare settings.
Canada? UK? US CDC? WHO?
your turn.
www.acipc.org.au/wp-content/u...
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Patients being admitted to hospital in Texas with symptoms indicative of vitamin A toxicity- RFK jr has been promoting vitamin a and nutrition over and above vaccines to manage the measles outbreak in USA 🧪
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN
Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity.
www.cnn.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Patients being admitted to hospital in Texas with symptoms indicative of vitamin A toxicity- RFK jr has been promoting vitamin a and nutrition over and above vaccines to manage the measles outbreak in USA 🧪
Can we stop with the Semmelweis nonsense.
He should have copied the midwives and not taken his students to the PM room (every day).
The recommendation for a disinfectant akin - that burned the skin - was never a sustainable solution.
He should have copied the midwives and not taken his students to the PM room (every day).
The recommendation for a disinfectant akin - that burned the skin - was never a sustainable solution.
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Can we stop with the Semmelweis nonsense.
He should have copied the midwives and not taken his students to the PM room (every day).
The recommendation for a disinfectant akin - that burned the skin - was never a sustainable solution.
He should have copied the midwives and not taken his students to the PM room (every day).
The recommendation for a disinfectant akin - that burned the skin - was never a sustainable solution.
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Disability advocates have been screaming for years that letting Covid spread unchecked would be devastating to the economy. It’s a mass disabling event. We can’t ignore it forever.
The cost of clean air and respirators would be far less than the cost of disabling millions of people:
The cost of clean air and respirators would be far less than the cost of disabling millions of people:
Starmer says cost of sickness benefits 'devastating'
The prime minister's remarks come after the government announced a major benefits overhaul on Tuesday.
www.bbc.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Disability advocates have been screaming for years that letting Covid spread unchecked would be devastating to the economy. It’s a mass disabling event. We can’t ignore it forever.
The cost of clean air and respirators would be far less than the cost of disabling millions of people:
The cost of clean air and respirators would be far less than the cost of disabling millions of people:
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Watch Dr Joffe.
No holds barred.
‘Twas perfect! 👌
No holds barred.
‘Twas perfect! 👌
The link to our talk from yesterday.
With thanks to the Kirby Institute and Prof. Raina MacIntyre 🙏🏻🙏🏻
youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho?...
With thanks to the Kirby Institute and Prof. Raina MacIntyre 🙏🏻🙏🏻
youtu.be/V9f_kjlz6Ho?...
Dr David Joffe & Dr David Tuller – Is Long Covid psycho-behavioural or biological? State of evidence
YouTube video by Kirby Institute
youtu.be
March 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Watch Dr Joffe.
No holds barred.
‘Twas perfect! 👌
No holds barred.
‘Twas perfect! 👌
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If you’re interested in a crash course from the beginning in chronic issues with COVID I recommend this excellent interview with David Putrino. Perhaps the least well understood consequence is the damage every infection likely causes everyone, symptomatic or not.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long term organ damage
It’s now been five years since the COVID pandemic stopped the world in its tracks. The virus is still with us, and continues to make people sick. As many as 1 in 5 Canadians have experienced symptoms ...
www.cbc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you’re interested in a crash course from the beginning in chronic issues with COVID I recommend this excellent interview with David Putrino. Perhaps the least well understood consequence is the damage every infection likely causes everyone, symptomatic or not.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Well done France!
UK next please!
UK next please!
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Well done France!
UK next please!
UK next please!
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The 15th of March is LC Awareness Day! I acknowledge people everywhere impacted by LC, & am very grateful for the leadership of those with LC who's awareness raising is the single most important factor in finding solutions - @sickandtiredaus.bsky.social @plumskyjam.bsky.social & many others.
March 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The 15th of March is LC Awareness Day! I acknowledge people everywhere impacted by LC, & am very grateful for the leadership of those with LC who's awareness raising is the single most important factor in finding solutions - @sickandtiredaus.bsky.social @plumskyjam.bsky.social & many others.
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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...