Detection, removal and prevention of environmental biofilms

<p>In this week's episode, Martin talks to Professor Jean-Yves Maillard from the Cardiff School of Pharmacy in Wales. We discuss detention, removal and prevention of biofilms in wet and dry environments. A range of papers on this topic from his group are listed below.</p> <ol><li>D. I. Centeleghe, et al. 2023 Klebsiella pneumoniae survives on surfaces as a dry biofilm Am J Infect Control <a href='https://doi:10'>https://doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2023.02.009</a> </li> <li>T. J. Tewes, et al. 2022 Raman Microscopic Analysis of Dry-Surface Biofilms on Clinically Relevant Materials Microorganisms 10 7 <a href='https://doi:10'>https://doi:10.3390/microorganisms10071369</a> </li> <li>K. Ledwoch, et al. 2022 Dry surface biofilms: what you need to know Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 83 8 1-3 <a href='https://doi:10'>https://doi:10.12968/hmed.2022.0274</a> </li> <li>K. Ledwoch, et al. 2021 Is a reduction in viability enough to determine biofilm susceptibility to a biocide? Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 42 12 1486-1492 <a href='https://doi:10'>https://doi:10.1017/ice.2021.42</a> </li> <li>K. Ledwoch, et al. 2020 It's a trap! The development of a versatile drain biofilm model and its susceptibility to disinfection J Hosp Infect 106 4 757-764 <a href='https://doi:10'>https://doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2020.08.010</a>  </li> </ol>