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Tania J. Spencer

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Imagine no more #NosocomialInfections.

Imagine no new cases of #LongCOVID.

Imagine keeping #Generation safe. Along with their families & communities -

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mor...

More than 70% of US household COVID spread started with a child, study suggests

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October 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM Everybody can reply

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Tania J. Spencer

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I realise that. I have made numerous posts about the risks of #NosocomialInfections. My partner recently survived 4x cycles of chemo with unmasked nurses, & several surgeries & long hospital stays too. My son with Long COVID, a 5- day hospitalization. We do what we can do.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · Sep 19

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Ever tried to sneak a portable #HEPA into a loved one's hospital room?

Yeah, me neither.

October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM Everybody can reply

Tania J. Spencer

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Herewith a long 🧵 here on WHY healthcare needs to prevent #NosocomialInfections, & HOW patients can do that even when hospitals don't -

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · Aug 7

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"Hospital-acquired COVID-19 is associated with excess mortality and may drive community transmission. Preventing in-hospital transmission is critical to protecting patients and controlling broader epidemic spread":

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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Healthcare-Associated COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada: Relative Mortality and Contribution to Community Epidemic Growth

Background The COVID-19 pandemic placed immense strain on Canada’s healthcare system and disproportionately affected individuals with poorer baseline health. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in...

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October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM Everybody can reply

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Tania J. Spencer

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This data covers the period March 2020 – August 2022. In 2025, #NosocomialInfections of #COVID should not still be a concern for patients. But, shamefully, they still are -

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 17d

UK: "Over 14,000 people in England & Wales died with COVID after catching the virus in hospital"

Published: 6 Mar 2023

FOI data from the NHS (Mar 2020 – Aug 2022) shows:

14,047 patients died after catching COVID inside hospitals in England & Wales — and 69,337 more were infected after admission.

EXCLUSIVE: 'We need to do better' - over 14,000 people died with Covid after catching it in hospital

Over 14,000 people in England and Wales died with Covid after catching the virus in hospital - these were all people who had attended for another reason, be it surgery, cancer treatment, or following an accident

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October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM Everybody can reply

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Tania J. Spencer

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@yukon.ca, @ymaofficial.bsky.social, & @cmadocs.bsky.social - you could learn a thing or two about how to mitigate against #Airborne transmission, to prevent #NosocomialInfections in health settings, during an #OngoingPandemic -

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Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 | CBC News

Officials with Health P.E.I. say people will have to wear masks inside all of the provincial health authority’s facilities beginning next week.

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October 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM Everybody can reply

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Tania J. Spencer

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“It has caused massive waves in the infection control community because even they think it’s ridiculous,” the doctor said.

Actually, NOT wearing respirators, has caused massive waves of INFECTION, & preventable, #NosocomialInfections

Shame on you -
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August 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM Everybody can reply

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Tania J. Spencer

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This is an abject failure of #PublicHealth, @yukon.ca

Preventable #NosocomialInfections of #COVID are fundamentally iatrogenic, @ymaofficial.bsky.social & @cmadocs.bsky.social

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July 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM Everybody can reply

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Impaired systemic antibody response against gut microbiota pathobionts in critical illness and susceptibility to nosocomial infections
Bains, I., Cho, N. A. et al.
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#CriticalIllness #NosocomialInfections #MicrobiomeResearch

July 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM Everybody can reply