Guduru Gopal Rao

Guduru Gopal Rao (born 1954, Cuttack, India) has worked as a consutant in National Health Service since 1990 and is currently the head of the Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Clinical Microbiology at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. Rao is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom.

Rao led the teams that introduced alcohol based hand disinfectants at the end of beds in hospitals for the first time in the UK, in University Hospital Lewisham, back in the early 2000s.

Rao also introduced universal Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) screening at the point of hospital admission for the first time in the UK leading to reduced infection rates. This was later mandated to become national policy.

Rao is an expert advisor for Group B Strep Support and introduced routine Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening of pregnant women in London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust for the first time in the UK. Provided by Wikipedia