Professor Jennie Wilson

Professor Jennie Wilson

Professor of Healthcare Epidemiology
College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare
jennie.wilson@uwl.ac.uk

Jennie Wilson has a first degree in microbiology, a Master’s in Public Health, PhD in surveillance of healthcare associated infection (HCAI) and is a registered nurse. She has 30 years’ experience in infection prevention & control (IPC), has worked as a senior IPC practitioner in NHS Trusts in London and was a key player in establishing the first national surveillance programmes on HCAI in England. She led the Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service for 10 years and developed HCAI surveillance and research initiatives in both the UK and Europe. Jennie is Professor of Healthcare Epidemiology at the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London. She is a lead author of the Epic guidelines on the preventing HCAI, and her research interests include prevention of HCAI, urinary tract and respiratory tract infections, dehydration in the elderly, hand hygiene and the use of clinical gloves. She has published widely on many aspects of HCAI and is author of Infection Control in Clinical Practice, now in its 3rd Edition.

  • Qualifications

    RGN, ENB329, ENB 924, BSc Microbiology (University of Liverpool), MSc Public Health (St Georges Medical School), Diploma in Public Health (Faculty Public Health)

  • Memberships

    Infection Prevention Society (IPS)
    Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)
    UK Faculty of Public Health (FPH)

Research

  • Research and publications

    Books

    Wilson, J. (2006) Infection Control in Clinical Practice (3e), Bailliere Tindall, London.

    Wilson, J. (2000) Clinical Microbiology: An Introduction for Health Care Professionals. Harcourt Brace, London.

    Journal articles

    Wilson J, Bak A, Tingle T, Greene C, Tsiami A, Canning D, Myron R, Loveday H (2018) Improving hydration of care home residents by increasing choice and opportunity to drink: a quality improvement study. Clinical Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2018.07.020.

    Wilkinson MAC, Kiernan M, Wilson J, Loveday H, Bradley T (2018) Assessment of the efficacy of a patient hand wipe: development of a test method. J. Hosp. Infect. 98 (4): 339-344.

    Wilson J, Bak A, Loveday H (2017) Applying human factors ergonomics to the misuse of non-sterile clinical gloves in acute care. Am. J. Infect Contr. 45(7):779-786.

    Humphries H, Jenks PJ, Wilson J (2017) Comparison of Rates of Drain-Related Ventriculitis According to Definitions Used. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.175.

    Wilson J, Bak A, Whitfield A, Loveday H (2017) Public perceptions of the use of gloves by healthcare workers and comparison with perceptions of student nurses. J. Infect. Prevent. 18(3): 123-132.

    Elgohari S, Wilson J, Ayoub S et al (2017) Impact of national policies on the microbial aetiology of surgical site infections in acute NHS hospitals in England: analysis of trends between 2000 and 2013 using multi-centre prospective cohort data. Epi & Infect. 145(5): 957-969.

    Humphries H, Jenks P, Wilson J et al (2016) Surveillance of infection associated with external ventricular drains: proposed methodology and results from a pilot study. J. Hosp. Infect. 95(2): 154-160.

    Graves N, Wloch C, Wilson J et al (2016) A cost-effectiveness modelling study of strategies to reduce risk of infection following primary hip replacement based on a systematic review. Health Technology Assessment. 20.54.

    Curran ET, Wilson J, Haig CE, McGowan C, Leonard A, Loveday H (2016) Where is Norovirus Control Lost (WINCL) Study: an enhanced surveillance project to identify norovirus index cases in care settings in the UK and Ireland. J. Infect. Prevent. 17(1): 8–14.

    Wilson J, Topley K, Stott D, Neachell J, Gallagher R. (2015) The OneTogether collaborative approach to reduce the risk of surgical site infection: identifying the challenges to assuring best practice. J. Infect. Prevent. 16: 99-100.

    Wilson J, Prieto J, Singleton J, O’Connor V, Lynam S, Loveday H. (2015) The misuse and overuse of non-sterile gloves: application of an audit tool to define the problem J. Infect. Prevent.  16(1) 24–31.

    Wilson J, Loveday H (2014) Does glove use increase the risk of infection? Nurs. Times 110; 39: 12-15.

    Loveday HP, Lynam S, Singleton J, Wilson JA. (2014) Clinical glove use: healthcare workers' actions and perceptions J. Hosp. Infect. 2014; 86: 110-116.

    Zheng H, Barnett AG,Merollini K,  Sutton,Alex; Cooper, Nicola; Berendt, Tony; Wilson, Jennie; Graves, Nicholas (2014) Control strategies to prevent total hip replacement-related infections: a systematic review and mixed treatment comparison. BMJ Open 2014;4:e003978​.

    Loveday HP, Lynam S, Singleton J, Wilson JA. (2014) Clinical glove use: healthcare workers' actions and perceptions J. Hosp. Infect. 86: 110-116.

    Loveday HP, Wilson JA, Pratt R et al (2014) epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England. J. Hosp. Infect. 86 Suppl 1: S1-S70.

    Loveday HP, Wilson JA et al (2014) Association between healthcare water systems and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: a rapid systematic review. J. Hosp. Infect. 86: 7-15

    Wilson, J. (2013) Surgical site infection: the principles and practice of surveillance. Part 1: Key concepts in the methodology of SSI surveillance. J. Hosp. Infect. 14: 6-12.

    Wilson, J. (2013) Surgical site infection: the principles and practice of surveillance. Part 2: analysing and interpreting. J. Infect. Prev. 17: 1-5.

    Wilson, J. et al (2013) Inter-hospital comparison of rates of surgical site infection following caesarean section delivery: evaluation of a multicentre surveillance study. J Hosp Infect. 84: 44-51.

    Crowley, L., Wilson, J., Guy, R., Pitcher, D. & Fluck, R. (2012) Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia amongst patients receiving dialysis for established renal failure in England in 2009 to 2011: a joint report from the Health Protection Agency and the UK Renal Registry. Nephron Clinical Practice 2012; 120 (Supplement 1): 233-45.

    Wloch, C., Wilson, J. et al. (2012) Risk factors for surgical site infection following caesarean section in England: results from a multicentre cohort study. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2012; 119: 1132-5.

    Gibbons, C., Bruce, J., Carpenter, J., Wilson, A.P.R., Wilson, J. et al. (2011) Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection.  Health Technology Assessment Sept 2011.

    Robotham, J., Graves, N., Cookson, B.D., Barnett, A., Wilson, J. et al (2011) A cost-effectiveness evaluation of screening, isolation and decolonisation strategies in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units. British Medical Journal 2011; 343.

    Wilson, J. et al. (2011) Trends in sources of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: data from the National mandatory surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia in England, 2006-09. J Hosp Infect. 79: 211-17.

    Wilson, J. et al. (2011) Trends among pathogens reported as causing bacteraemia in England: 2004-08. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2011; 17(3): 451-8.

    Wilson, J. et al. (2008) Editorial: Preventing and managing surgical site infections. British Journal of Hospital Medicine 69(4).

    Wilson, J., Suetens, C. et al. (2007) Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS): Inter-country comparison of rates of surgical site infection – opportunities and limitations. J. Hosp. Infect. 65(S2): 165-70.

    Wilson, J., Charlett, A., Leong, G. et al (2008) Rates of surgical site infection after hip replacement as a hospital performance indicator: analysis of data from the English mandatory surveillance system. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 19(3): 219-26.

    Wilson, J. et al. (2007) Uniform: an evidence review of the microbiological significance of uniforms and uniform policy in the prevention and control of infection: A report to the Department of Health. J. Hosp. Infect. 66(4): 301-7.

  • Research degree supervision

    Principal Supervisor

    Development and exploration of an electronic monitoring system for hand hygiene in hospitals
    (Carolynn Greene)

    What are the mechanisms that influence accurate use of the National Early Warning Score in clinical practice?
    (Michelle Treacy)

    Second Supervisor

    Improving hydration of care home residents by addressing institutional barriers to fluid consumption – an improvement project
    (Agnieszka Bak - awarded October 2019)

    A phenomenological investigation into theatre nurses perceptions of their working environment in National Health Service operating theatres
    (Waqas Choudhry)