Dr Olly Allen undertook training in clinical microbiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. He was appointed as a Consultant Microbiologist at Royal Papworth Hospital in 2015. He is an Honorary Consultant Microbiologist for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and for Public Health England.
Antibiotic stewardship, Infection prevention and control
Surgical wound infections, Infection control and antibiotic stewardship
2006-2008 MSc in Medical Microbiology, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames
2009-2011 MSc in Clinical Microbiology, Queen Mary, University of London
2014 FRCPath, Royal College of Pathologists
GMC Registration Number: 6123929
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
Member of the Hospital Infection Society
Member of British Infection Association
Allen O, Aliyu S, Santos R. Interventional point prevalence audit on wards C4 and C5. The Bulletin of The Royal College of Pathologists, 2014 October, 168
Allen O, Karas JA. Standardising an in vitro procedure for the evaluation of antimicrobial activity of wound dressings and assessment of three wound dressings. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2012 April, 18
Allen O, Shet V, Gouliouris T, Cooke F, Sule J, Harris K, Brown NM. Improving the yield of 16S ribosomal DNA PCR by appropriate sample selection. HIS/FIS annual conference, 2012 November
Allen O, Brown NM, Khalifa M, Hughes G, Fitzgibbon L, Thompson A. Use of a timeline in the investigation of an outbreak of MRSA on an acute medical ward. The Journal of Hospital Infection, 2010 October
