Biography
I have a background in nursing and midwifery. My most recent clinical experience is as an Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Manager and I completed a Masters in Public Health in 2009 and was awarded a PhD (Medicine and Health) in 2019. I co-ordinate the postgraduate certificate in health protection, the postgraduate certificate in infection prevention and control and lecture on Health Protection at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. My research interest focuses on the prevention of hospital-acquired infection and provision of safe care to patients.Research Interests
My research interest is infection prevention and control with a focus on patient safety.Publications
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2013) | 'Principles of Infection Prevention and Control' Creedon, SA and Smiddy, MP (2013) 'Principles of Infection Prevention and Control' In: Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: A systems approach. United Kingdom: John Wiley and Sons. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | 'A systematic qualitative literature review of healthcare workers’ compliance with hand hygiene guidelines' Smiddy MP, O Connell R, Creedon SA. (2015) 'A systematic qualitative literature review of healthcare workers’ compliance with hand hygiene guidelines'. American Journal of Infection Control, 43 (3):269-274 [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'The use of point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infection to identify risk factors and facilitate infection prevention and control planning' Smiddy, MP., Murphy, OM. (2013) 'The use of point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infection to identify risk factors and facilitate infection prevention and control planning'. Healthcare Infection, 18 (4):162-167 [DOI] [Details] |
Published Reports
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | Guidelines for hand hygiene in Irish healthcare settings Update of 2005 guidelines. Hand Hygiene guideline development group (2015) Guidelines for hand hygiene in Irish healthcare settings Update of 2005 guidelines. RCPI / HSE, Dubmin. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Health Service Executive - Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Standard Operating Procedure. Mulhern, M., Bergin, M., Donlon, S., Fitzgerald, S., Fitzpatrick, F., Flynn, M. Jackson, A., Khan, A., Oza, A., Reilly, M.F., Smiddy, M. (2011) Health Service Executive - Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Standard Operating Procedure. Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland. [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | PhD (Medicine and Health) | University College Cork | |
| 2008 | Student of the Year on the Diploma in Quality Management (Part 2) | Excellence Ireland Quality Association and Cork Institute of Technology | |
| 2009 | Graduated first in class - Masters in Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork. | UCC |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Bord Altranais - Irish Nursing Regulatory Body | Member | 01-JUN-95 / | |
| Infection Prevention Society | Member | 30-MAY-01 / |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | Healthcare Infection Society Conference, Smiddy MP, Murphy OM, Savage E, O’Sullivan B, Murphy C, Bernard M, Browne J (2015) Use of a multimodal intervention incorporating audit and targeted feedback to improve hand hygiene compliance and reduce orthopaedic surgical site infections. [Oral Presentation], Healthcare Infection Society Conference, Glasgow . [Details] | |
| (2014) | Healthcare Infection Society Conference, Smiddy MP, Kabir Z, Cunningham C, Perry IJ (2014) Experiences of a wholly online Postgraduate Certificate in Health Protection (infection prevention and control) in University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. Lessons learnt. [Poster Presentation], Healthcare Infection Society Conference, Lyon, France . [Details] | |
| (2013) | Federation of Infection Societies Conference, Smiddy, MP, O' Connell, R., Creedon, SA. (2013) Healthcare workers' compliance with hand hygiene guidelines: A metasynthesis. [Poster Presentation], Federation of Infection Societies Conference, Bermingham, England , 11-NOV-13 - 13-NOV-13. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Healthcare Infection Society Conference, Smiddy MP, Murphy OM, Savage E, Browne J (2014) Does observational hand hygiene auditing reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infection? A retrospective interrupted time series analysis 2009 – 2013. [Poster Presentation], Healthcare Infection Society Conference, Lyon, France . [Details] | |
| (2012) | 8th International Conference of the Healthcare Infection Society and Federation of Infection Societies Annual Conference, Smiddy, M. P., Bernard, M. A, Murphy, C., O’ Sullivan, B. C., Murphy, O. M. (2012) An Evaluation of the Time Requirements of Different Surveillance Methodologies. [Poster Presentation], 8th International Conference of the Healthcare Infection Society and Federation of Infection Societies Annual Conference, Liverpool , 19-NOV-12 - 21-NOV-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | 8th International Conference of the Healthcare Infection Society and Federation of Infection Societies Annual Conference, Smiddy, M. P., Bernard, M. A., Murphy, C., O’ Sullivan, B. C., Murphy, O. M. (2012) The Use of Point Prevalence Surveys of Healthcare-associated Infections to Identify Risk Factors and Facilitate Infection Prevention and Control Planning. [Poster Presentation], 8th International Conference of the Healthcare Infection Society and Federation of Infection Societies Annual Conference, Liverpool , 19-NOV-12 - 21-NOV-12. [Details] |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal College of Physicians Advisory Group on Healthcare-associated Infections; Hand Hygiene Sub-Committee | Member | 2013 / | |
| Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Management Group | Member | 2013 / | |
| Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Department of Public Health Collaboration Group | Member | 2012 / | |
| Health Service Executive Steering Group on Hand Hygiene | Member | 2011 / 2012 | |
| Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Quality Group | Member | 2010 / |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Secours Hospital, Cork | Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Manager 2 | 29-JAN-01 / 24-SEP-10 |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Co-ordinator of the Safe Patient Care Seminar in University College Cork in 2011 - 2016 |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
My teaching interest lies in the area of Infection Prevention and Control and Health Protection, specifically related to the provision of safe quality care to patients. I also lecture in relation to the wider aspects of health protection and the global burden of communicable disease.Modules Taught
| Term (ID)) | Title | Link | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Principles and Practice of Multi-disciplinary Health Protection | EH6019 | The Principles and Practice of Multi-disciplinary Health Protection | |
| 2021 | Practice Portfolio | EH6035 | Practice Portfolio | |
| 2021 | Health Protection | EH4003 | Health Protection | |
| 2021 | Global and Environmental Health | EH6046 | Global and Environmental Health |