Dr Jon Otter

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Contact

Location

Clarence WingSt Mary's Campus

Summary

I am an epidemiologist focused on Infection Prevention and Control at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London. I have a first class honors degree in Microbiology from the University of Nottingham (2001) and a PhD in epidemiology (of MRSA) from King’s College London (2011). (Just to clarify, it didn’t take me 10 years to do my PhD!). I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), previously an Assistant Editor at the Journal of Hospital Infection, and an alumnus of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. You can find me on Linkedin.

I run a blog on healthcare epidemiology and microbiology with Martin Kiernan, Andreas Voss, and Marc Bonten called ‘Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control’. Check it out!

I also have a personal website where you can download my slides and conference posters (and even my PhD thesis if you are an insomniac).

Publications

Journals

Okeke N, Snell LB, Rathish B, et al.Okeke N, Snell LB, Rathish B, Hussein A, Newsholme W, Mack D, Breathnach A, Otter JA close, 2024, Evaluating the dynamics of hospital COVID-19 contacts and subsequent conversion to SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multi-centre retrospective cohort study, Infection Prevention in Practice, Vol:6

Wan Y, Myall AC, Boonyasiri A, et al.Wan Y, Myall AC, Boonyasiri A, Bolt F, Ledda A, Mookerjee S, Weiße AY, Getino M, Turton JF, Abbas H, Prakapaite R, Sabnis A, Abdolrasouli A, Malpartida-Cardenas K, Miglietta L, Donaldson H, Gilchrist M, Hopkins KL, Ellington MJ, Otter JA, Larrouy-Maumus G, Edwards AM, Rodriguez-Manzano J, Didelot X, Barahona M, Holmes AH, Jauneikaite E, Davies F close, 2024, Integrated analysis of patient networks and plasmid genomes reveals a regional, multi-species outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales carrying both blaIMP and mcr-9 genes., J Infect Dis

Otter JA, Clark L, Taylor G, et al.Otter JA, Clark L, Taylor G, Hussein A, Gargee L, Goldenberg SD close, 2023, Comparative evaluation of stand-alone HEPA-based air decontamination systems, Infection Disease & Health, Vol:28, ISSN:2468-0451, Pages:246-248

Vasikasin V, Rawson TM, Holmes AH, et al.Vasikasin V, Rawson TM, Holmes AH, Otter J close, 2023, Can precision antibiotic prescribing help prevent the spread of carbapenem-resistant organisms in the hospital setting?, Jac-antimicrobial Resistance, Vol:5, ISSN:2632-1823, Pages:1-13

Rochon M, Jawarchan A, Fagan F, et al.Rochon M, Jawarchan A, Fagan F, Otter JA, Tanner J close, 2023, Image-based digital post-discharge surveillance in England: measuring patient enrolment, engagement, clinician response times, surgical site infection, and carbon footprint, Journal of Hospital Infection, Vol:133, ISSN:0195-6701, Pages:15-22

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