REACTOR Published
The Randomised evaluation of active control of temperature versus ordinary temperature management (REACTOR) trial was published inn October 2019. The published article can be read on the Research Gate Website »
CAMERA2 Results Presented
The Combination Therapy for MRSA Bacteremia Effective but Linked to Higher Mortality, AKI Rates Study (CAMERA2) was presented at ECCMID 2019. You can read more about the study on Contagion Live »
Novel START Published
The Controlled Trial of Budesonide–Formoterol as Needed for Mild Asthma Study (Novel-START) was published in the NEJM on the 23rd of May 2019. You can read the full article on the NEJM website (no subscription needed).
ICU-ROX Published
The Conservative Oxygen Therapy during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU Study was published in the NEJM on the 14th of October 2019. You can read the full text of the article on the NEJM website. Read more on The Bottom Line
Queenstown 2019 winner
The competition we ran for an iPad at the ANZICS-CTG WRF in Queenstown was very popular! Here are our top 3 and a worthy mention. Our winning picture with the boat had the accompanying caption: Smooth sailing like #Spinnakersoftware #ANZICSCTG Here they all are on Twitter https://twitter.com/LSChapple/status/1161848199490854912 https://twitter.com/Carolyn72827827/status/1161871195072892928 https://twitter.com/ICUnutrition/status/1161852927553576961 https://twitter.com/DianeMackle/status/1161870498294198272
Win an iPad at the ANZICS Queenstown Winter Research Forum 2019
Spiral is running the iPad competition again at the ANZICS Winter Research Forum ! The prize of a brand new, 64Gb iPad which will be presented on the last day of the forum immediately prior to morning tea. Here's what we want you to do: between now and 8am(AEST) on Friday the 16th of August [...]
Security on Spinnaker
Spinnaker provides registered users with access to data they are genuinely entitled to see but if a user password is compromised, or there is a server data breach, there may be an opportunity for a member of the public to read private patient data. Our aim is to keep your data secure, protect your patients [...]
4 years on with CAMERA
Earlier this month I was in Melbourne when the results of the CAMERA2 Trial were shared with the Investigators and collaborators on the project. This was one of our early projects and, 4 years on from implementation, it’s been interesting to see how Spinnaker stands the test of time. Many of the core components of [...]
Meet-up with these two smart fellows
Last week I grabbed a corner of Eastbourne cafe, Hive, and spent the day with these two smart fellows who are the real workers bringing you Spinnaker. At Spiral we all work remotely. We don't get to see each other, face-to-face every day so these meetups are special and fun. Last weeks meet-up was a dev-meet-up [...]
Lots of kakapo are having lots of kakapo sex
The New Zealand night parrot, the flightless kākāpō, is having a bumper year and we are very happy to report that our adopted kakapo, Nora, has successfully mated. Now we need to wait and find out if she lays fertile eggs. The kakapo is one of the world's rarest birds, there are only 147 alive [...]