SPICE: Expert Registry

About SPICE

There is a global need for sustainable solutions in infectious disease care: from infection prevention (IPC) to infectious diseases management and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). SPICE aims to match low-resource hospitals with highly skilled experts, to co-develop and implement projects that aim at improving infectious disease care systems. We encourage local capacity building to ensure a lasting impact and sustainability. 

What is SPICE?

SPICE consists of a database of international experts with experience in IPC, infectious disease management and antimicrobial stewardship. Experts can be medical specialists, but also social, behavioral or implementation scientists. Hospital teams can submit a request for expertise through the SPICE platform, after which they are matched with an available expert who will coach them through the development, implementation and evaluation stages of their facility-based intervention. Across all SPICE projects, we focus on offering implementation support & encouraging local capacity sharing.
SPICE is governed by a Radboud Steering Committee, and receives technical and strategic advice from an external Advisory Board consisting of distinguished members in the infectious disease community. 

SPICE structure

SPICE is governed by a Steering Committee. The SPICE Steering committee is advised on strategic and technical matters by an Advisory Board comprising distinguished members of the professional and policy community in the area. 

To ensure strong ties and smooth collaboration with partners, SPICE signs Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) defining the scope and purpose of mutually beneficial activities directed at improving ID care worldwide. 

What does SPICE entail?

• Development and maintenance of an expert registry database, registration and matchmaking system;
• Organizing orientation and training of experts for SPICE services standardization
• Matching experts with relevant counterparts