Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future

The Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Scotland Branch is holding a FREE Conference in Glasgow on Monday 21st May 2018 and Kerrill and Angela from MEG will be there to give delegates some information about our software solutions.  Maybe you might like to know about infection prevention and control in the built environment?  We will be there to help.

The theme of the conference is ‘‘Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future’' and will be of interest to Infection Prevention and Control practitioners, ward and community based nursing staff, Infection Control Link Nurses and those working within estates and facilities.

Link to the day's programme is here.

Would you like to know a bit more about us?  Take a look at some of our happy customers here.

IPS North and South Branches Meet-Up

This Thursday the 3rd of May, we will be supporting the The Infection Prevention Society (IPS) North and South London branches annual conference on at the Kia Oval, Kennington.

The event will feature prominent speakers within infection prevention who will explore ‘infection dilemmas’, focusing on new approaches to old problems.  The programme is wide ranging including presentations on a multiple award winning new surveillance strategy; a hospital’s experience of the newly emerging dual carbapenemase producing strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae;  the  outcomes and innovations of the Royal College of Nursing Collaborative work on glove use; CAUTI’s and the Health Innovation Network as well as sessions which will explore potential solutions to the quandaries of surface decontamination, source isolation resource and culture and human behaviours.  The day will be opened by Neil Wigglesworth, IPS President.

Myself and Founder/CEO Kerrill, will be at stand 16 ready to show you our range of auditing systems that we have developed in conjunction with experts and that are deployed in Guy's and St. Thomas', The Christie and Velindra.  Will be showing our clients the love with some special MEG merch that we have for them too.  

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IPCI Annual Conference 'Improve, Protect, Comply, Innovate'

We are really looking forward to meeting up with delegates attending the Infection Prevention Control Ireland national annual conference this Friday 28th of April at the CityWest Hotel, Saggart where the conference focus will be to “Improve, Protect, Comply, Innovate”.

Kerrill our CEO and Angela our Marketing Lead, will be there to meet you and answer any questions you may have around our newest service which allows hospitals to generate custom audit forms.  This new software means that you can record and generate reports that are detailed and specific to your hospitals reporting requirements.

We have a very special offer to delegates this year with a opportunity to use our Hand Hygiene Auditing platform for free.  See here for more details.

If you have any queries between now and the conference please get in touch.

Kerrill hard at it!

Infection Prevention & Control ‘Winning Hearts and Minds’

We are delighted to be exhibiting tomorrow at the Northern Ireland IPS Branch meeting which is taking place at The Tullyglass House Hotel, Ballymena.

We are also looking forward to attending some of the morning talks such as, 'Human Factors in Infection Prevention and Control' presented by Neil Wigglesworth, President of the Infection Prevention Society.

Guy's and St. Thomas' are a client of MEG and have found our software to be helpful to maintaining their high standards. 

'The infection control team in GSTT have implemented the MEG audits system based on its easy of use, quality of reports and value for money.  MEG's support and partnership in adapting the system to our needs has been very helpful and will help to maintain our hygiene standards and increase the effectiveness of our team’

Neil Wigglesworth, Deputy Director, IPC, Guys and St.Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

We will be demonstrating how our hygiene auditing system enables front line medical workers to spend more time with patients and less time with administrative workloads.    The MEG hygiene auditing solution is used in hospitals across the UK and Ireland to make auditing easier, with features like our quality improvement plans.  We have received  some great reviews from our customers including Guy's and St. Thomas and The Christie, Manchester.

Please do call to the stand and say hello, Angela will be there to answer any queries.

We will also be offering a free trial of our Hand Hygiene platform - you can preregister to avail of this offer here.

See you tomorrow!

St. James’s Hospital Launches New Campus Guide App

FIACH MAC CONGHAIL, CAROLINE VIGUIER (THE DIGITAL HUB) & KERRILL THONHILL (OF THIS PARISH!)

We were delighted to be involved with this project that's helping hospital campus' in a practical and accessible way.

-          Tech and health community in Dublin 8 join forces to create new hospital app -

22 March 2018: St. James’s Hospital is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new app: The St. James’s Hospital Campus Guide. The app was designed to help patients, visitors and staff to navigate their way around St. James’s constantly developing 60 acre site. St. James’s hospital is the largest acute teaching hospital in Ireland, and with almost 300,000 outpatient sessions a year. The hospital sees a heavy amount of foot traffic. The app was developed by Anthony Edwards and Dr. Chris Soraghan from St. James’s Hospital in conjunction with MEG Support Tools, and was jointly funded by St. James’s Hospital Foundation and The Digital Hub, all based in the emerging med tech corridor of Dublin 8.

Some of the features of the app include instructions on how to get to the hospital, information about public transport options, maps for different areas of the campus and video guides showing users how to get from place to place. The app also features alerts which highlight key changes to the campus, including the development of new buildings or when services move from one location to another. Users can also give the hospital their input by using the ‘suggest change button’ to provide feedback on how the app can be improved. Maps and images within the app are available to users even when they’re offline.

Lorcan Birthistle, the CEO of St. James’s Hospital said: “This new app will provide an important service to all those who need to find their way around St. James’s constantly growing and developing campus. Users will be able to quickly and easily find out where they are and how to get where they need to be. I’d like to thank MEG Support Tools and the Digital Hub for their support in helping to provide this modern new feature to our patients and visitors to St. James’s Hospital.”

Dr Chris Soraghan, Clinical Engineer from St. James’s Hospital said: “It is not unusual to see a patient trying to navigate the hospital campus on the way to an appointment. There was an obvious need to assist these patients, so, working with Anthony Edwards, Clinical Photographer, we decided to develop this app. The app will assist all those making their way around our campus; patients, visitors and staff alike. The hospital is continually evolving and it is important that the app is able to grow as the hospital develops; the content management system on MEG Support Tools platform allows for this continued development.”

Commenting on The Digital Hub’s role as a co-funder behind the development of the St. James’s Hospital Campus Guide App, Fiach Mac Conghail, Chief Executive Officer at The Digital Hub said: “We are delighted to have supported such an innovative initiative with our neighbours in St. James’s Hospital.  This project is a great example of connected health in action and how The Digital Hub can really add value, connecting technology enterprises in our cluster to provide solutions for healthcare providers in our local community.”        

Speaking at the launch, Kerrill Thornhill, Managing Director of MEG Support Tools said: "Mobile devices and apps provide many benefits for patients and healthcare workers. Our goal is to provide hospitals like St. James’s with smartphone technology to enable staff and visitors with access to critical information at their fingertips".