Dear INGID members For the past three years or so I have had the pleasure and privilege of communicating with you via the INGID web site and the INGID newsletter, hopefully keeping you up to date with events, offering a forum for Immunodeficiency nurses to drop in, sharing papers…
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Dear INGID members We have been living through unprecedented times. Most of us will never have seen anything like this before in our lifetimes. I imagine many of us hope we never will again. In some countries around the globe, COVID restrictions are lifting and a shift is occurring. In…
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We are excited to say that we warmly welcome you to attend your our first ever virtual meeting. We have worked hard at creating a program we believe and hope you will appreciate and are very pleased to announce that the meeting will be going ahead. Further details will be…
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Paper of interest Author ; Dr Phoebe Williams Publication date 27/5/2020 Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick Australia Discussion Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare paediatric vasculitis most commonly affecting children under the age of 5 years, with coronary artery aneurysms the most concerning complication arising…
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Skin damage tips Content 1 Many nurses working in immunodeficiency, who already have excellent hand hygiene practices, will have had to undertake even more frequent and thorough hand hygiene during the COVID pandemic. Irritant contact dermatitis, is common among healthcare workers and is caused by the frequent…
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