ESCMID Global 2026: What Matters for Practice

About this episode

Brett and Martin discuss key insights from the ESCMID Global 2026 conference on infection prevention and control.

In this episode, Brett and Martin reflect on the IPC components a major conference. Recorded after our visit to ESCMID Global 2026 held in Munich, Germany in April, this episode brings together key insights and conversations from across the first three days of the meeting. We reflect on emerging evidence, practical challenges, and the real-world implications for infection prevention and control, with a focus on what genuinely shifts practice rather than what simply looks good on paper. As always, the aim is to translate complex science into usable ideas for clinicians, infection preventionists, and anyone working to reduce harm from healthcare-associated infection. Sunsequent episodes will include discussions with presenters and the poster sessions will follow.In this episode we included sessions in which you might find these links interesting: Albers B, et al. Examining tailoring as an implementation strategy for reducing healthcare-associated infections across European acute care hospitals (REVERSE): study protocol for a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial. Trials 2025;26(1):418. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09132-x https://www.reverseproject.eu/ Kalisvar…

People in this episode

Host: Brett Mitchell

Guest: Martin

Topics covered

• infection prevention
• healthcare-associated infections
• clinical practice
• conference insights
• implementation strategies

Keywords

• infection control
• healthcare
• ESCMID
• clinical practice
• implementation strategies
• conference
• evidence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESCMID

Books & works: Examining tailoring as an implementation strategy for reducing healthcare-associated infections across European acute care hospitals (REVERSE): study protocol for a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial, Kalisvar Marimuthu's Bluesky post

Places: Munich, Germany

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