Landmark publications:

Secker, T.J., Hervé, R.C. and   Keevil, C.W. (2022). Sensitive microscopic   quantification of surface bound prion infectivity for the assessment of   surgical instrument decontamination procedures.
Journal of Hospital Infection, Open Access Published: October 06, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.09.020

Kim, M., Lawson, J.,   Hervé, R., Jakob, H., Ganapathisubramani, B. and Keevil, C.W. (2021).   Development of a rapid plasma decontamination system for decontamination and   reuse of filtering facepiece respirators. AIP Advances, 11(10):105311. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0067730

Noel, D.,   Keevil, C.W. and Wilks, S.A. (2021). Synergism vs Additivity - Defining the   Interactions between Common Disinfectants. mBio 12 (5),   e02281-21 https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02281-21

Wilks, S.A., Koerfer, V.V., Prieto,   J.A., Fader, M. and Keevil, C.W. (2021). Biofilm   development on urinary catheters promotes the appearance of viable but   non-culturable (VBNC) bacteria. mBio 12, e03584-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03584-20

Hervé, R.C., Hedges,   J. and Keevil, C.W. (2021). Improved surveillance   of surgical instruments reprocessing following the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob   disease crisis in England: findings from a 3-year survey. Journal of Hospital Infection 105, 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2021.01.005

Warnes, S.L., Little, Z. and Keevil, C.W. (2015). Human coronavirus 229E remains   infectious on common touch surface materials. mBio 6(6):e01697-15. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01697-15

Michels, H.T, Keevil, C.W., Salgado, C.S. and   Schmidt, M.G (2015). From Laboratory Research to a Clinical Trial:   Copper Alloy Surfaces Kill Bacteria and Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections. Health   Environments Research & Design Journal 9, 64-79. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1937586715592650

Wilks, S.A, Fader, M.J.   and Keevil, C.W. (2015). Novel insights into the Proteus mirabilis crystalline biofilm   using real-time imaging. PLOS ONE 10(10):e0141711. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141711

Warnes, S.L., Highmore, C.J. and Keevil, C.W. (2012). Horizontal transfer of antibiotic   resistance genes on abiotic touch surfaces: Implications for public health. mBio 2012;3 e00489-12

http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/3/6/e00489-12

Keevil,   C.W.  (2003). Rapid detection of biofilms and adherent pathogens using scanning   confocal laser microscopy and episcopic differential interference contrast   microscopy. Water Science and   Technology 47, 105-116. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12701914/

Major grants:

PI FSA Survival of SARS-CoV-2 on food surfaces and food packaging £172k

Co-I BBSRC/Innovate UK National Biofilms Innovation Centre £25m

Co-I EPSRC Rapid Decontamination System of PPE and Medical Equipment for Reuse using Flexible Non-thermal Plasma Generator £276k

PI NIHR/BRC/JVS Understanding, and modulating, mechanisms of biocide resistance in clinically important bacteria involved in lung infection and nasogastric feeding tube contamination to improve infection prevention protocols £150k

PI NIHR Combined ultrasonically activated water stream and novel disinfectant for vCJD decontamination of re-usable medical instruments. £820k

Co-I EPSRC RAPID point-of-care infection detection £773k

Co-I Phase 2: Development of a simple, one-step cleaning method for intermittent catheters to enable frail, disabled and older people to easily reuse their catheters £514k

PI NIHR EndoDecon: Decontamination of surgical instruments using cold atmospheric plasmas£2.6m

Impact example:

Submitted to REF2021: “Antimicrobial copper alloy touch surfaces reduce hospital bioburden and infection rates”