Rob Shorten
@robshorten
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Consultant Clinical Scientist in microbiology (& rubbish drummer) with a love for music, ale & dry roasted peanuts. Opinions are my own. He/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Manchester
Joined October 2010
Healthcare Scientists working in specialised pathology laboratories performed the tests that made this diagnosis Pathology labs impact on pretty much all aspects of patient care from the everyday to the rare event. See the thread below to see how #IValueLabStaff
#PathologyROAR
Two individuals have been diagnosed with Lassa fever in England. The cases are within the same family and are linked to recent travel to West Africa. The risk to public health is very low. Read more: #LassaFever #PublicHealth
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Rare excursion back on here to say thanks to @huwstephens @BBC6Music for this fascinating piece on the costs artists face when touring. I'd thought that since streaming, artists made their £££ from gigs. How wrong I was!
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@Beer4John @devossenbeers This is lovely. Smooth, spicy, and full of notes of dried fruit. Lovely balance. I have two others in the fridge, so will open over the sink 😉
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This is stunning. I'd expect nothing less from @DurationBeer. So nice that #craftbeerhour has coincided with Christmas Eve 🎄 @CraftBeerHour
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Massive thanks to all the Healthcare Scientists and pathologists working in blood transfusion to keep our patients safe 🙏🔬🧬💉🩸 @LabMedNews
@IBMScience
@RCPath
#GiveBlood 💪🩹
Will you be watching @BBCCasualty tonight? 👀 It’s a special festive edition of the show highlighting the need for blood at Christmas. If you can’t wait, it’s on iPlayer now! #Casualty
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A few hundred words blaming Gen Z for "ruining" something that is "bog standard" and consumed by "simple people" but not actually enjoyed by the author. Another fabricated thing to be angry about young people with. Apparently. Jeez 🙄
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Lab manager post at @RIPL_Porton, near beautiful Salisbury. You'd be working with a great team and some of the most interesting pathogens that you're likely to see in the UK 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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This bar has a fridge full of sharers that no one has touched for years. Happy days.
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RT @lthtr_microteam: Fantastic 3 days at @FISConf @HISConf. Today's highlights were rapid WGS in Brighton to find/confirm/refute outbreaks,…
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@DrMDSimmons @FISConf @LabMedNews @SmallRedOne Hope to move between there and the NTM session, but I will seek you out!
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RT @lthtr_microteam: An early heads up that we hope to appoint a direct entry STP in microbiology in Sept 2025. Come and work with our amaz…
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RT @lthtr_microteam: We're back at @FISConf today. The Liver Building was lit up in blue for #WAAW2024 World Antimicrobial Resistance Aware…
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RT @LancsHospitals: Did you know most respiratory infections are caused by viruses – #antibiotics are not required in these cases. #Diagno…
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RT @lthtr_microteam: @exkxlis @sianjosse Trainee Clinical Scientist @ShahaanShafiq audited the use of fluoroquinolones. Overall use of thes…
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RT @lthtr_microteam: @exkxlis Poster 187. Trainee clinical scientist Sian @sianjosse completed an audit on the quality of antimicrobial rev…
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RT @lthtr_microteam: @exkxlis Poster 175. Medical student Jia & clinician Vilma audited the implementation of ARK (Abx Review Kit) designed…
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RT @lthtr_microteam: @exkxlis Poster 173. Medical student Joel audited antimicrobial stewardship and the management of sepsis in the ED. Pa…
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