@AtlanticLIVE @WHO @VBKerry @HarvardCCHANGE @GaurabBasuMDMPH And we don't just have macro-climate problems, we (humans) create billions of micro-climates that are more conducive to illness causing pathogens than human health, w/ the antimicrobials, chemica
@dlingenfelter @Themislv_vls @pan_accindex Prof Caselli's team @UniFerrara were brave enough to also keep going during the pandemic & repeated their bacterial pathogen work... https://t.co/g5IFIVvjaV
@TheManeCharactr Here you go... The original hospital hygiene work (that we managed to replicate here in SAfrica)... https://t.co/g5IFIVvjaV
@flappy_psy_bird @LoonaOT124ever @UseBy2022 @_ppmv @_jake_robinson Our hypothesis ran off the back of @UniFerrara Prof Elisabetta Caselli's work - ie consider the 'environment' in a healthcare setting with just as much care as you consider the needs of you
@bhunni @19joho @kprather88 Not forgetting the wealth of helpful env. microbes (esp soil Bacillus sp) capable of countering hospital pathogens & resp/gut viruses. Why we use those same Bacillus sp to clean 🏥 & 🏘️, replacing antimicrobial air, skin
@Lee_in_Iowa 100% - there's also some great research cleaning & protecting Hospitals with those same soil bacteria. We've repeated it in a TB setting (air, drains, surfaces & skin). Significantly reduced HAI's, virtually zero AMR & lower antibi
@Ayjchan @dbdugger @_jake_robinson @SabinehazanMD @SouthAfricanASP We already knew that if we modulated the microbiome of a Hospital (by adding more microbial friends & allies), we could significantly impact bacterial/viral infections, AMR, antimicrobi
@2bittesla @foerster_edgar @KimRigden There's also fabulous work going on in Italy @UniFerrara - we repeated it here in South Africa - soil probiotics can clean Hospitals microscopically, significantly reducing Hospital infections & virtually eliminati
@HarrySpoelstra @RougeMatisse And here's the awesome 🏥 work. Prof Caselli was kind enough to go & run the basics again vs a number of enveloped viruses, bleach & alcohol & the microbes also did better than the antimicrobials... https://t.co/g5I
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @walshrac @CathNoakes @jljcolorado @kprather88 @jacquirickard @jimmcquaid @_jake_robinson Just one e.g. of how changin…
@walshrac @CathNoakes @jljcolorado @kprather88 @jacquirickard @jimmcquaid @_jake_robinson Just one e.g. of how changing our 🏥 mindset & environment to 'microbial', rather than 'antimicrobial' can have a profound impact on infections, AMR, antibiotic us
@sarzberry @_jake_robinson @MCRI_for_kids @Flinders @Deakin Not forgetting that soil probiotics clean 🏥 (& 🏘️) beautifully, while significantly reducing HAI's & virtually eliminating AMR in the process. Why we kept well away from bleach, chemical c
@kprather88 @alamentarius Kudos must go to Prof Elisabetta Caselli @UniFerrara - she's been re-imagining an environment, esp in Hospitals that is much more human friendly, as well as protective for several years now - just as important for schools & ho
@ejustin46 @WatersCrystal24 By taking an antimicrobial/sterilising approach, virtually globally, rather than 'microbial' (ie putting beneficial microbes to protective work), we have left ourselves much more vulnerable to a number of serious consequences (e
@ConversationEDU @rrrbrowne @UniMelb https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln Probiotic use was associated with up to 99% decrease in AMR genes (surface hospital microbiota) & a 33%-100% decrease in resistant strains. Antimicrobial consumption showed a global 60.3% dec
Lovely to meet you today Prof @SouthAfricanASP - here is the Study I promised by Prof Caselli et al @UniFerrara & also their separate work on enveloped viruses... 1) https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln & 2) https://t.co/pxof4nA2gV
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @PhilOSo86839856 @Don_Milton Some lovely published work if you'd like the references? 😊 First one's here... https://t.…
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @PhilOSo86839856 @Don_Milton Some lovely published work if you'd like the references? 😊 First one's here... https://t.…
@PhilOSo86839856 @Don_Milton Some lovely published work if you'd like the references? 😊 First one's here... https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln
The earlier hospital/university work... https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln
@profpathogen1 @coolvirus @NoemieMatthey Our Italian colleagues @UniFerrara did all the legwork in terms of the publications - a mix of Bacillus subtilis, megaterium & pumilus vs traditional hospital hygiene across several public hospitals - sig, reduc
@maolesen @fitterhappierAJ Why we went microbial rather than antimicrobial - the evidence for improved microbial diversity (rather than destroying it) ie using beneficial bacteria to clean & counter hospital pathogens & viruses is compelling... 🤗 h
@kprather88 @SabinehazanMD The evidence for > microbial diversity in a healthcare setting, rather than < it is compelling in so many important respects & we can duplicate those benefits in other spaces. Either way, we should adding to our microbi
@NickytaLeb @crwequine @UniFerrara https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln - Probiotic surface hygiene in a Healthcare setting...
@uBonganiMaphela @portiagumedesa There are beneficial bacteria - throughout our environment that can do a much better job when it comes to fighting hospital superbugs & viruses vs bleach, disinfectant & alcohol. Action is also more durable - which
@KSchnickelfritz Cross ventilation & environmental probiotic hygiene (air/sirfaces/skin) Kirsty. We've been using it to keep down infections/AMR in Hospitals for some time & who knew it but we found bacteria do a better job of tackling viruses than
@dadlani @markumei @Gab_H_R We lifted the concept from a very well researched Probiotic hospital hygiene protocol - delivers much better results vs hospital superbugs & AMR than bleach & disinfectant... https://t.co/CD6hcRCElP
@YesWithAn_L @yamalisa Even surface sanitisers can cause the same problems, they don't clean per se & they leave behind the perfect conditions for pathogens to thrive (ie 'food' & space). Why we use beneficial bacteria to clean & protect Hospit
@ejustin46 @Gab_H_R @lisa_iannattone @fitterhappierAJ Why we've been focused on the #EnvironmentalScience since 2019, esp in our Burns/TB units. Cleaning/protecting surfaces & skin/mucosa with environmental probiotics, diversifies & strengthens the
@sugan2503 Plus we could consider implementing environmental probiotic air/surface/skin hygiene in schools & bring the benefits seen in hospital settings to schools. Less of a battle & more of a protective 'collaboration' between humans & benef
@fitterhappierAJ We know that instilling a protective microbiome vs the typical 'adversarial' approach in particular hospital settings brings multiple benefits vs traditional cleaning/hygiene with antimicrobial chemicals/bleach & alcohol... https://t.c
@math_rachel Likewise for our air & surfaces, not forgetting our skin - by creating environments that are much more human friendly, in collaboration with our microbial allies, we can tackle pathogens incl. viruses without increasing antimicrobial/viral
@SabinehazanMD Original hospital hygiene work from Italy... https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln #MicrobesMatter🦠 #LOVESkin💕 We've paralleled in a TB Hospital & Burns Unit here in SA during COVID
@CathNoakes @stuperbug Why we went Probiotic from the get go last year w/ 3 types of environmental Bacillus plus good ventilation - the Bacillus sp clean Hospitals beautifully, while reducing HAI's & AMR, & we now also know they can tackle envelope
@fitterhappierAJ We switched to Environ. Probiotic Hygiene (PCHS - surfaces/skin/air) alongside ventilation early 2020. If we can stabilise a South African TB hospital to zero Klebsiella + zero SARS-CoV-2 transfer, it should be possible to stabilise a scho
@Orla_Hegarty @DrScottBalsitis The Italian hospital work already illustrated how we cause most of our own headaches when it comes to superbugs/viruses. We believe we can sterilise, disinfect, filter & sanitise our way out of any microbial problem, when
@gojadas @DrPatSoonShiong @ImmunityBio Skin, be it damaged, or our fragile mucosal layer is our vulnerable point when it comes to pathogens - we can't resist touching our faces. Which means we need to boost the healthy protective microbiome on our skin/muc
@rosh_ba Latest out of Italy @UniFerrara as well as the earlier hygiene project... 👍🏽 https://t.co/MrFSQbXsfK & https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln
@HollyMMB @TowardsGreenB And the public hospital research that showed how the Environmental Probiotics can take the 'Super' out of 'Superbugs' & bring them back down to being plain old 'bugs' again - thus much more easily managed & treated... 🦠 🤗 h
This work runs off the back of the previous studies looking at the ability of microbial (ie probiotic) hygiene to reduce pathogens, HAI's, AMR, antimicrobial use & costs. However this additional work on viruses was very much needed... https://t.co/g5IF
@blondebonce @chrischirp Just a snippet of the published research below... The Google search is 'Caselli PCHS Bacillus' - safety (both staff & patients) has been a key focus point in all of Dr Caselli's research... https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln
@ThembaletuMbang @CurvyPharmacist Why we've been using a mix of Probiotics for surfaces/air/skin. They produce surfactin, which has a neutralising effect on a range of env. viruses. Using our microbial allies as part of a multi-pronged approach to hygiene
@Ana_distracted @gilliangodsell @judithdschwartz Establishing & maintaining a diverse/healthy population of beneficial bacteria in a Hospital has numerous benefits - significantly less pathogens/infections, reduced AMR/antibiotic use & lower costs.
Disinfectants, harsh chemicals & other antimicrobials reduce the microbial biodiversity of our skin & innate/mucosal surfaces, leaving them vulnerable to contamination & infection. Increasing microbial biodiversity makes life much harder for th
@DestinyPharma @innovateuk @UKRI_News And Caselli's hygiene related work in Hospitals incl approx 60,000 biological samples for safety. https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln We took the simplest Chrisal mix; the AIR hygiene spray & adapted it to a nasal spray to see
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @FrankAshwood @joyfulmicrobe How cleaning & protecting Hospital surfaces, with beneficial microbes could help to save…
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @FrankAshwood @joyfulmicrobe How cleaning & protecting Hospital surfaces, with beneficial microbes could help to save…
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @FrankAshwood @joyfulmicrobe How cleaning & protecting Hospital surfaces, with beneficial microbes could help to save…
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @FrankAshwood @joyfulmicrobe How cleaning & protecting Hospital surfaces, with beneficial microbes could help to save…
@FrankAshwood @joyfulmicrobe How cleaning & protecting Hospital surfaces, with beneficial microbes could help to save the world! #MicrobesMatter 🦠💕 https://t.co/nNpPSgL9Rp Tx to @NoemieMatthey for our heroic Bacillusketeers! #UnusProOmnibusOmnesPro
@FrankAshwood @joyfulmicrobe How cleaning & protecting Hospital surfaces, with beneficial microbes could help to save the world! #MicrobesMatter 🦠💕 https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln Tx to @NoemieMatthey for our heroic Bacillusketeers! #UnusProOmnibusOmnesProUn
@jamesbernstein We use beneficial bacteria that can clean, protect & produce their own biological surfactants & enzymes. We put them on inanimate surfaces, in the air & on our skin & mucosal surfaces & they are capable of better results
@trishgreenhalgh @HeleneMarivdW In Hospitals, a triple Bacillus mix incl B subtilis achieves a better reduction in Pathogens, HAI's, AMR, Antibiotic use & Costs vs classic #Antimicrobial cleaning & hygiene - ie the microbes out-perform the antimicr
@_FaceSA Likewise, adding them to a Hospital environment has been shown to... Clean better than chemical cleaning Reduce pathogens Reduce HAI's & AMR Reduce Antibiotic use & associated costs... https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln
HT: @DrPalmquist
RT @AmandaJaneWilde: @DrPalmquist 100% - our colleagues in Italy have also managed some excellent work, showing that when we use beneficial…
@DrPalmquist 100% - our colleagues in Italy have also managed some excellent work, showing that when we use beneficial microbes for cleaning & hygiene instead of chemicals, bleach & disinfectant, we can even help to resolve our AMR challenges... ht
@SouthAfricanASP @dailymaverick @gardp_amr @Wellcome_AMR @ESGAP_ABS @ISID_org @CIDRAP_ASP We tend to wear blinkers & view/treat bacteria & viruses in isolation (as enemies) rather than managing them holistically (as part of a microbiome/virome). If
Using Probiotics, there was a 99% decr. in the AMR genes harbored by surface hospital microbiota. 33-100% decr. in resistant strains. Antimicrobial drug consumption assoc. with HAI's decr. 60.3%, w/ a 75.4% decr. in the assoc. costs... cc @SouthAfricanASP
@AstroAma @EvolvedBiofilm Caselli's Hospital hygiene work - 6 Hospitals & 5 Universities... 😊 https://t.co/g5IFIVuLln
@pedvr @kramnosbor @rid1tweets Than disinfectant/bleach, the Team achieved less hospital acquired infections and even < antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which could help render some pathogens (nasties) treatable again. We just need to get our heads around
Why choose #EnvironmentalProbiotic Cleaning & Skin/AIR Hygiene (rather than disinfectants, bleach & harsh chemicals) to clean & sanify Hospitals, Clinics, Nursing & Care Homes? @HealthZA @GautengHealth @WesternCapeGov - the evidence is comp
#PIPHALO Probiotic Cleaning & Hygiene for Hospitals, Clinics & Practices - also great for work & home. The Environmental Probiotics do the cleaning & help protect against pathogens, infections & antimicrobial resistance - reduces costs
Dr Srikantiah @gatesfoundation today #PACCARB : probiotic-based sanitation in HC settings can decrease surface pathogens >90% ⬆️ than conventional sanitizers https://t.co/RaLmmKjHg4 🧼@UCBerkeleySPH @BillGates @melindagates @TeamGates https://
@carteblanchetv @clairemawisa @HealthZA @DrZweliMkhize Further demonstrating that by taking an environmentally friendly approach in Hospitals, cleaning can be patient-friendly, while supporting a safer work environment for Drs, Nurses & other health ca
Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial resistance and HAI-associated antimicrobial consumption and costs: a multicenter study. https://t.co/kgmFrcKGs6
Interesante aproximación para combatir la RAM... Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial resis | IDR @DovePress https://t.co/FKEZi9OFmA
Fascinating - microbial based sanitation is next level, raise the roof #infectionprevention and #Antimicrobialstewardship #PCHS in the house #HAI #IPsrock
@buglady7 @AKBugsBeware check this out!
RT @ProfGuyRichards: Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial resis | IDR very impressive and thought prov…
RT @PedsPharmD: What a novel "sanitation" idea, I gotta rethink the meaning of sanitation. @idpharmd https://t.co/UlXiP1gnjH
RT @ProfGuyRichards: Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial resis | IDR very impressive and thought prov…
RT @ProfGuyRichards: Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial resis | IDR very impressive and thought prov…
Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial resis | IDR very impressive and thought provoking https://t.co/x2by7D23Gv
RT @nxtstop1: @R_Tarricone Link to full👇, fascinating, important work Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial res…
RT @nxtstop1: @R_Tarricone Link to full👇, fascinating, important work Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial res…
@R_Tarricone Link to full👇, fascinating, important work Impact of a probiotic-based hospital sanitation on antimicrobial resistance and HAI-associated antimicrobial consumption and costs: a multicenter study https://t.co/lhhqHvlqLy #HAI #AntimicrobialRes