Peter Davies

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@BradSpellberg - thoughts on SBE POET -> clindamycin mono therapy? Reasonable in theory - but not done previously? Why?

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@AbhijitBal Istanbul/Constantinople! Hope a trip to the Hagia Sophia is in order.

[Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary @FriendsofGRI]

New exhibition opens today🤩

🦠Smallpox

The only human disease to be eradicated

Horrific illness often leaving those who did not die, horrendously disfigured🥹

Last Glasgow outbreak was 1950 & lasted only days due to a phenomenal public health response.

More? Come see us🙏

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@AbhijitBal Congratulations! What a magnificent setting for it as well.

[Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary @FriendsofGRI]

🦠Smallpox💉🐄

The only human disease to have been eradicated.

High mortality & devastating effects on victims.

Last Glasgow outbreak, March 1950.

Triggered mass quarantine & vaccination. With parallels to the 2020 C19 pandemic😷

Exhibition opens in October. Come along 🙏

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@gushamilton TWSBI eco fountain pen - kept clipped on lanyard -> it’s been years… If you’re talking bic biro … you may be right.

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@gushamilton Great talk. Really compelling. Would love a link or an expansion of “no pneumococcus in the new world” couldn’t fathom that for something that feels ubiquitous

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@amyreadmicro @gloshospitals @GlosPath @drjanefreeman @bugdoc76 Our intervention focusing on improving and then signposting pathways - promoting pod use - and “micro pods” as a vehicle for that.

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@amyreadmicro @gloshospitals @GlosPath @drjanefreeman @bugdoc76 Shame I missed this! Really valuable work - similar stuff in Glasgow on/off site. Our median response from survey was a 12hr target! Showed ⬇️ TTI =⬇️ pt LoS with signif orgs. Little impact on TTP with 👍🏻volume. Yield loss dependant on org with ⬆️ TTI.

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Scotland junior doctors have agreed to a significant pay rise and commitment to matching inflation.

Do people outside of Scotland appreciate there have been no public sector strikes here? That the strikes in Eng/Wales were avoidable with proper engagement?

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@mattforde @hilarywilson111 is the best doctor and person I’ve worked with and trained under. All of the department are lovely. They SHOULD
sell her poster at the museum (that she helped set up) @FriendsofGRI

[Rt Hon Chris Skidmore @CSkidmoreUK]

My comment on today’s announcement

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

An uptick of pleural samples on the bench to EID dispatch —> High incidence of pulmonary (pleural/pneumonic) iGAS (M1UK) this winter associated with Influenza A in Scotland.

See article for disease characteristics, outcomes and epidemiology. #IDTwitter

https://t.co/eLO1YUNJ53

[Andrew Smith @BacteriolProf]

Really neat piece of detective work by Dr Peter Davies & Dr Clark Russell et al https://t.co/ZoCs8kBW0h

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@dralicehan @maudi_ahmed @DrNeilStone @FungalDoc @tmhohl71 @ClancyNeil @DrToddLee @JonathanRyderMD @IdVilchez @GermHunterMD @S_Chesdachai @Cortes_Penfield @BradSpellberg @LBaddour1 @AntibioticDoc @EBabady Glad it wasn’t just me…!

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@DrNeilStone @dralicehan @FungalDoc @tmhohl71 @ClancyNeil @DrToddLee @maudi_ahmed @JonathanRyderMD @IdVilchez @GermHunterMD @S_Chesdachai @Cortes_Penfield @BradSpellberg @LBaddour1 @AntibioticDoc @EBabady Indeed, although recent experience = beware of the prozone! Falsely reassuring crag but then a hoachin CSF.

[Helmi Sulaiman @edenhelmi]

The PDF of the study

So we should at least improve the time of BC transport to the lab, and not only the BC volume

Such an interesting study

@SazaliBasri @HanzHc @PuiLi_Wong

[Helmi Sulaiman @edenhelmi]

Which of these is important when it comes to blood culture?
1) Blood culture volume
OR
2) Transport time of the bottles to the lab

This was presented at the @ECCMID2023 sharing session during the @ADVANCE__ID meeting

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

Blood cultures are URGENT samples! Pre-analytical factors impact on outcomes (LoS). Impact: Transit times > volume. Delighted to have collaborated with the irrepressible @Timpwj89. 4hr BC UK-SMI evidence➡️@UKHSA #IDTwitter https://t.co/PHogray1cN

[Peter Davies @PJBD88]

@herdyshepherd1 @NaturalEngland Could @RoryStewartUK and @campbellclaret please get @herdyshepherd1 on @RestIsPolitics “leading”!