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Healthcare Infection Society
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Preventing healthcare-associated infections by sharing research, evidence and best practice in UK healthcare and around the world. We have over 1,300 members who are experts in the prevention and control of HCAIs.
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🎥 Visit the BIA stand at #FIS25 and record a quick testimonial about your conference experience!

Make sure to share yours on social media using #FISVideo25 to be in with the chance to win FREE registration for FIS 2026!

Full details can be found on the event app 📲
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📢 Registration now open for the next HIS / UK Health Security Agency Foundation Course in IPC 📅

Live sessions will take place 9-13 March with leading #IPC experts. Taking your @rcpathmeandsmgr.bsky.social exam next Spring? This is perfect revision ✍

Book now👉 https://ow.ly/XZc450XlElX

#IDTwitter
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
1 week to go until FIS 2025!

Members & non-members can still register to attend conference for 1,2, or all 3 days this year.

Visit the website to register now 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #InfectionPrevention #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📢16 days to go - IPC leaders’ course - Taking surveillance forwards: making the most of your data📈

Understand how HCAI data can be collected and reported effectively & how it can be used as a basis for improving the quality of care.

📅11 Dec

Register👉https://ow.ly/c2lX50WY2vW
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ ‘Innovation and industry engagement in diagnostic labs’ presented by Association for Laboratory Medicine, chaired by Naomi Gadsby

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology #IDSky
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📢 Join the ICCQIP & UKHSA webinar on bloodstream infections in critical care.
🗓 1 Dec 2025 | ⏰ 13:00–14:30 GMT
Latest insights + expert commentary from leading clinicians.
🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/ZYj050XvV9E
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ Join us on the 4th December for ‘Measles anywhere is a threat everywhere: lessons from cases and outbreaks in paediatrics’.

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #InfectionPrevention #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Join us in just over a week's time in Bournemouth at the BIC for FIS International 2025.

Looking forward to welcoming you this year for 3 days of education and networking.
Register your place 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #infection #microbiology
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🦠 World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW2025 🦠 HIS report calls for urgent action to combat the growing threat of #AMR.

Download now 👉 https://ow.ly/K4NR50Xf4WY

#BuildingSaferHospitals
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ Join us for ‘The imported fever service case book’ presented by British Infection Association / UKHSA, and chaired by Tom Samuels

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology #IDSky
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🌍 Tackling AMR at #FIS25!

Join experts sharing latest strategies & research:
🔹 Equitable AMR solutions
🔹Machine learning for AMR prediction
🔹 Next-gen sequencing for diagnosis
🔹 SinkBug: AMR in hospital sinks

Join the conversation at #FIS25 with us!
#AMRTalks #AMRResearch
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🚨 Contamination outbreaks linked to healthcare products put vulnerable patients at risk. Join our HIS x UK Health Security Agency webinar on 8 Dec, 13:00 GMT to learn lessons, risks & practical IPC tips.

🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/4tSo50XuEhi
#PatientSafety #IPC #AMR #HISWebinar
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ Join us for ‘Infections in marginalised groups’ on the 3 December, presented by British Infection Association

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #InfectionPrevention #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology #IDSky
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🎥 Want to win FREE FIS 2026 registration? Two ways to enter at #FIS25:

1️⃣ Post a 30 second video on social media - show us your conference journey!
2️⃣ Visit the BIA stand to film a quick testimonial.

Make sure to share your videos using #FISVideo25

More on the event app 📲
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Going blue for AMR Awareness Week at HIS! 💙
Why does it matter? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) makes infections harder to treat, putting lives at risk worldwide.

Raising awareness is the first step toward action!
#WAAW2025 #GoingBlueforAMR #AMRWeek
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
There is still time to secure one of the remaining stands within the FIS International 2025 Exhibition this year. Contact Catriona.rice@fitwise.co.uk today to discuss.

➡️ https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/exhibition
#IPC #InfectionPrevention
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📢Last chance to become a Trustee at HIS!
Help shape the future of IPC with your expertise!
✅ Influence HIS strategy
✅ Drive innovation in infection prevention
✅ Support education, sustainability, and communications

🔗Apply now: https://ow.ly/76lc50Xqo77
#IPC #CallforTrustee
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ Join us on 3 December for ‘Increases in global viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks - what it means for the UK’ from 4:45pm – 5:15pm on

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🌍World AMR Awareness Week is here!

AMR isn’t a future threat, it’s here and growing rapidly.
From hospital environments to wastewater systems, every detail counts. HIS Special Interest Groups are leading the fight with AMR!

#WAAW2025 #StopAMR
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ ‘National Roll-out of BBV opt-out screening in the ED’ presented by the Association for Laboratory Medicine.

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology #IDSky
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
▶️ Watch now: IPC Journal Club webinar – MRSA: The Enduring Foe
Explore expert-led papers on IPC/AMS in resource-limited settings & cold atmospheric plasma for decontamination.

📽️ Info & video: https://ow.ly/6gYx50Xotnm
#IPC #MRSA #InfectionPrevention
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ ‘Implementing next generation sequencing: Possibilities & challenges’ presented by British Infection Association, Association for Laboratory Medicine and MHRA SoGAT.

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees
#InfectiousDiseases #microbiology
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
⭐ HISCON 2026 Exhibition Brochure now available ⭐

Early bird rates start from £1,900 and end 30 January. Download the brochure 🧾 https://www.his.org.uk/training-events/annual-conference/his-annual-conference-2026/exhibition-and-sponsorship/
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ Join us on day one to hear more about hot topics in HIV from BHIVA.

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #InfectionPrevention #infection #InfectiousDiseases #microbiology #IDSky
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📢Last chance to apply!
📗The Journal of Hospital Infection is seeking two new Editors to join the team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the direction of a high-impact research journal in IPC

▶️Apply now: https://ow.ly/yzmE50X7LeE

#CallforEditors
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM