Cathi Mon

Be kind. Give the best possible care that you can. Stay connected. #FOAMed

[Raina MacIntyre @Globalbiosec]

Just reviewed these #Ebola and #Marburg #PPE guidelines, dated 2026. It's shocking for those of us who advocated for better Ebola PPE in 2014. It uses the 1m rule and states "Paradoxically, wearing excessive PPE can increase a person’s risk of infection." Where is the evidence? 1/4 https://t.co/ZpljXiTsfe

[Cathi Mon @cathimon]

@maffygirl @charlesj_au I do miss that vibe for sure....Still here but not as strong or connected or health multi-d networked😪

[Ian M Mackay, PhD (he/him) @MackayIM]

Version 10.
A lot. Update from new @WHO Risk Assessment
https://t.co/bweQ1QarwY.
Tidying up is needed tomorrow.

[maureen Boyd @theonlygirlhere]

https://t.co/174KSui1Jb

“compared to seeing a new GP, seeing your usual GP was linked with an 11-21% reduction in hospitalisations, including ED presentations.
For patients seeing a known GP, there was an 18-28% reduction.”
Continuity of care matters!

[Amanda Kvalsvig @AmandaKvalsvig]

Great thread identifying a v important issue in outbreak control.
Even with common, well-studied infectious diseases, there will be uncertainty around when exactly someone may become infectious.
In an unusual outbreak like this hantavirus one, you need even wider safety margins./

[Raina MacIntyre @Globalbiosec]

Great to see these important guidelines and a systematic outbreak protocol. However, the old 2m rule is not based on data, assumes the droplet vs airborne dichotomy, based on old studies done 50-80 years ago with blunt instruments. And R0 of Andes was 2.21 in the last big outbreak. https://t.co/Du9oJul1Jl

[ACIPC @ACIPC]

This week is World Immunization Week 🌍 — a reminder that vaccines have saved 150 million lives over 50 years.
After Australia's record-breaking 2025 season, now is the time to act early.
Download our flu vaccine resources:
🔗https://t.co/KYH1pAL9O6
#VaccinesWork #IPC

[Anne Louise Avery @AnneLouiseAvery]

Good Friday and at first light, Old Fox walked to the Sheep church up on the Downs. It was dark inside, lit by a single oil lamp, the altars stripped and scoured with hyssop, & deserted but for an elderly hare in the front pew. He was wiping tears away.
It's all so hard, he said.
I know, said Old Fox & went to sit with him.

[the Juice Media @thejuicemedia]

Vale Jon @jonkudelka one of Australia's great satirists. You left us way too soon and will be sorely missed. Thank you for all you've done. Our thoughts are with your family❤️‍🩹https://t.co/3euMMwIQwG

[𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 @Anaes_Journal]

Licensed ready-to-administer injectable products eliminate the need for preparation or dilution.

They are associated with fewer preparation errors, shorter preparation times and reduced drug waste, with plausible economic benefits.

#anaesthesia #MedTwitter

https://t.co/QyZ1kBIDr6

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

"The storm stood between us and the sun and hung its gauze curtain over the mountains and rumbled and muttered threats that could not be ignored... but it never came. It moved away down the mountains and in a little while the sun reappeared" ~C.R.Milne #PositiveThinking #hope

[ACIPC @ACIPC]

ACIPC is deeply concerned by the recent publication of anti-vaccine material from the US CDC.

The College has released a statement condemning the material & stressing the need for evidence-based vaccine communication.

🔗https://t.co/TEm8ByMNm1

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Smart countries don’t cut funding to their world-leading science and technology research organisations.

The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future. https://t.co/8QEKEE17Tl

[Cathi Mon @cathimon]

@woolworths what the?..Why are you importing rubbish quality USA made butter (Hillview brand), when we have beautiful dairy products made right here in Australia...This move is terrible for food quality, the environment and our Aussie supply chain...Do better.

[ACIPC @ACIPC]

No flight needed - stream the ACIPC Conference live!

Join the ACIPC Conference online and catch every inspiring keynote, cutting-edge session, and big idea — all from wherever you are.

🔗https://t.co/f7gPr20sJN

#ACIPC25 #BusinessEventsTasmania #IPC

[ACIPC @ACIPC]

It's IPC Week and we are here to help you celebrate!

Each day, we'll be focussing on a different aspect of IPC, so stay tuned, give us a follow and have fun with our posters, games, puzzles and photo competition!

https://t.co/C9DK9khhjd

#ACIPC #IPCWeek #IIPW #IPC

[Cathi Mon @cathimon]

@LiangRhea Cookery, Banqueting ftuffe (with a side of ordering- preparing - great feafts😁)... My 'gathering of the ladies' annual long table lunch is pretty legendary with partakers from across 8 decades 🍴

[Professor Richard Scolyer AO @ProfRAScolyer]

Unfortunately the survival rates for brain cancer essentially have not improved in 20 years. For the brain cancer subtype I have, glioblastoma IDH wild type, 50% survival rate is still about six months and it is essentially incurable. Over the past 15 years there have been vast improvements in the treatment and outcomes of patients with many other types of cancer. These are wonderful improvements! Unfortunately brain cancer has essentially had no improvement in survival during this time and remains extremely low. For example, 15 years ago, in patients with advanced (metastatic) melanoma, survival rates in melanoma and brain cancer were similar (less than 5% at five years). Now because of incredible advances in melanoma diagnosis, staging and treatment, patients five year survival rate for AJCC stage IV melanoma is greater than 50%. In contrast, for patients with aggressive brain cancer, 3 year survival outcomes haven’t changed and remain less than 5%. Currently in Australia, more patients die each year from brain cancer than any other cancers in Australians under 40 years old. We need to push the field forward in a coordinated and well funded scheme.

One of the excellent teams in brain cancer research is the Bill Walsh Brain Group in the Kolling Institute at Royal North Shore Hospital. The collaboration between the research laboratory and the clinical care provided by neuro-oncology clinicians at the hospital provides opportunities to do translational clinical and pre-clinical research. The research team, including Dr Alex Yuile, neuro-oncology medical oncologist, and Dr Amanda Hudson, among other talented, dedicated and experienced researchers, is doing some excellent work. Some of the work they do is funded and supported by The Brain Cancer Group.

We have to support coordinated research teams in their efforts to understand the disease, including through scientific research, to achieve better outcomes for people with brain cancer and the community!

#glioblastoma
#braincancer
#Brainstorm
@thebraincancergroup
@KollingINST
@NthSydHealth
@COBLH
@SydneyLHD
@Sydney_Uni

[Raina MacIntyre @Globalbiosec]

So sad to hear we have lost Prof Tony Adams. He was a former Chief Medical Officer of Australia, a Chief Health Officer of NSW, Chair of the Global Commission for Eradication of #Polio, and so many other things. A giant of public health. 1/2 https://t.co/avg3P5Mfyz

[Dr Liz O'Riordan @Liz_ORiordan]

I’m talking about this on ⁦@NickFerrariLBC⁩ this morning

Trials planned to cool scalp to 18C (normally 18-22) and use antioxidant lotion to save more hair

⁦@scalpcooling⁩ ⁦@SheffieldHallam
https://t.co/0GkcR1yZlM