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05 May 2026
What’s New for World Hand Hygiene Day 2026? Latest highlights from JHI & IPIP Journals
5 May 2026 marks the World Health Organization's annual World Hand Hygiene Day. Each year their SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign focuses global attention on the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare and brings people together…
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28 April 2026
Peter Hoffman Awarded the HIS Gary French Award 2026
We are delighted to announce that Peter Hoffman has been awarded the Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) Gary French Award 2026, in recognition of his exceptional and longstanding contributions to infection prevention and control.
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10 April 2026
Dr Manjula Meda interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Inside Health discussing antimicrobial resistance
Inside Health helps navigate the wealth of medical information - often conflicting and confusing - encountered on a daily basis.
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23 February 2026
Healthcare Infection Society supports new publication on medical device decontamination principles
The Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) is pleased to support the launch of a new decontamination resource, The Principles of Medical Device Decontamination, published by the Central Sterilising Club.
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27 January 2026
BEIPI workshop brings built environment and healthcare professionals together to drive safer hospital design
The second BEIPI workshop took place on 22 January 2026 hosted at Sidara HQ in Central London.
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16 January 2026
Call for Papers: Essential Papers for Infection Trainees and Junior Specialists
Submit your work to the new Infection Prevention in Practice (IPIP) Special Issue.
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17 December 2025
Are you feeling ready for winter?
New work in the Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI) looks at lessons unlearned after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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05 December 2025
HIS response - UK Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2025: Infections
The Healthcare Infection Society welcomes the focus on infection in the Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report and the recognition that infection prevention and control (IPC) plays a central role in primary and secondary healthcare,…
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24 November 2025
HIS Response to the 10 Year Workforce Plan
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20 November 2025
HIS Journals Support WHO World AMR Awareness Week
World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign driven by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise understanding and awareness of AMR as a worldwide problem, and to catalyse action against the emergence and spread of…
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05 November 2025
Sponsored Content: Chlorine dioxide as a candidate to protect patient safety
Author: Dr Phillip J. Norville, Independent Consultant contracted by Tristel
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21 October 2025
New BEIPI report reveals how better hospital design will save lives - and millions in NHS costs
A report published today reveals that antimicrobial resistance poses a mounting threat to patient safety and NHS budgets alike.
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16 October 2025
Sponsored content: Clinical decision support software in antimicrobial stewardship
Author: Chloe Pinkney, MPharm, PGDip, IP, Clinical Development Specialist, bioMérieux
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23 September 2025
New HIS guidance published: Infection prevention and control in burns services
The Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) has published updated guidance providing recommendations for infection prevention and control (IPC) in burns services - the first significant update on this topic since 1991.
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11 September 2025
Interview with the new Editor in Chief of the Journal of Hospital Infection
Martyn Wilkinson is a Biomedical Statistician at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and brings a wealth of expertise in statistical analysis, infection control research and practice, and a deep commitment to…
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