PDI Healthcare USA's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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In this episode, PDI host Marc Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, and Stephanie Mayoryk, RN, BSN, CIC, addresses the role of Infection Preventionists post-COVID, and gives new meaning to their work "behind the scenes".
About Stephanie Mayoryk, RN, BSN, CIC: Stephanie is President of Mayoryk Consulting Services LLC. Her previous roles include solid organ transplant nursing at Johns Hopkins, infection preventionist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center, and leadership positions at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and most recently Corporate Director of Infection Prevention for the LifeBridge Health System in Baltimore, MD. As a consultant, she spent the past two years on contract and on set supporting film and television studios and productions.
The so-called "tridemic" is threatening healthcare systems across the country. It's essentially a triple threat from the spread of flu, RSV and COVID.
PDI’s Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, interviews Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Director, Infection Prevention Management, Integrated Clinical Services, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI in this podcast ATP Testing in Healthcare.
In this interview, Russell and Marc discuss what ATP testing is and how it has been incorporated into the healthcare setting to date.
Marc-Oliver Wright of PDI Healthcare talks with JDr. Deb Burdsall, PhD, RN-BC, CIC, FAPIC, about the challenges Infection Preventionists face when trying to keep hospitals and other healthcare facilities infection-free, the need for more healthcare professionals, and how the role of the Infection Preventionist has changed over the years.
Marc-Oliver Wright of PDI Healthcare talks with JHC Publisher John Pritchard about the importance of taking a layered approach to disinfection, including establishing policies and protocols, choosing disinfectants and technology, educating staff, and building a compliance standard.
Join PDI and guest speaker Timothy L Wiemken, Ph.D., MPH, FAPIC, FSHEA, CIC, in our latest PDI perspectives podcast, "Beyond the Sneeze: The Role of Surface Transmission with Respiratory Viruses", where we discuss the importance of a proper layered approach to cleaning and disinfection within healthcare facilities against SARS-CoV-2 and other important epidemiologic pathogens.
PDI’s Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, interviews Dr. David Weber, Associate Chief Medical Officer for UNC Medical Center, and Medical Director of the Department of Infection Prevention UNC Medical Center, in this podcast Update on COVID-19 Travel Considerations https://pdihc.com/
Odette Perriel, MS, CHESP speaks with Infection Prevention Expert, Dr. William Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC about the union, partnership, of Infection Prevention and Environmental Services in this two-part PDI Perspective Podcast series. https://pdihc.com/
Odette Perriel, MS, CHESP speaks with Infection Prevention Expert, Dr. William Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC about the union, partnership, of Infection Prevention and Environmental Services in this two-part PDI Perspective Podcast series.https://pdihc.com/
Karen Hoffman, RN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC, addresses how COVID-19 has seriously impacted Long-Term Care facilities in this PDI Perspective Podcast.