American Journal of Infection Control: Science Into Practice
Join infection preventionists as they have conversations with authors of the latest research in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) about how to advance the science and practice of infection prevention and control. While learning how to put the latest science into practice, maybe you will be inspired to take the next steps to develop your own research projects.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
#10 Working Together To Contain a CRAB Outbreak in a COVID-19 ICU
Tune in to hear our hosts Nicki Shorr and Jessie Swain talk with infection preventionists Rachel Guran and Kelsi Canavan along with Dr. Paula Eckardt about containing a carbapenem-resistant Acinetoba…
#9 What Can We Learn From Two AJIC Studies About Encouraging Flu Vaccination for Home Healthcare Personnel and Fogging To Reduce C. difficile?
Listen as our hosts speak with researcher Jingjing Shang about increasing flu vaccination of home healthcare personnel using policies, easy access to vaccine, and incentives. Also, tune in to hear fr…
#8 Let’s Talk About the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Associated Infections: Getting Back to Basics
Listen as our hosts speak with Infection Preventionist Lisa Sturm about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-onset bloodstream infections (HOBSI) in one large health system. What can we le…
#7 Using Technology for More Efficient Data Collection and Considering Improved Patient Care in Isolation
Listen as we speak with our guests about how technology can impact the daily work of infection preventionists, specifically using the electronic medical record (EMR) to better predict possible outbre…
#6 A Look at COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Who Do People Trust To Give Them Vaccine Advice and How Can We Use This Information Now and in the Future?
Listen as our hosts talk with Dr. Gina Piscitello of Rush University Medical Center about a study she and her colleagues conducted entitled “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers, Comm…
#5 Working Together for Healthcare Worker Safety: The Gown-Glove Connection
Listen as our hosts talk with Dr. Selcen Kilinc-Balci, an author of a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study that illustrates the importance of looking closely at how gow…
#4 What are the Infection Prevention Needs of Home Health Care Workers: Learning From the Pandemic
Listen as our hosts talk with educator and researcher Dr. Zainab Toteh Osakwe about her article on the intense experiences of Home Health Aides during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City. Learn ho…
#3 The IPC-Anesthesia Partnership on Universal Masking and Automated Disinfection Tracking
Listen as our hosts talk with another infection preventionist (IP) and a physician about IP and anesthesia working together on PPE. Next, they talk with the inventor of a new automated device that ca…
#2 Experiences of Infection Preventionists During the First Nine Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from APIC COVID-19 Task Force Focus Groups
Listen as our hosts discuss the intensity of the experiences of infection preventionists (IPs) during the first 9-months of the COVID-19 pandemic through input gleaned from IPs in rural, urban and su…
#1 MRSA in Outpatient Settings and Integrating Antibiotic Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control Programs
Infection preventionists discuss two issues with authors of articles in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC):
(1) the shedding of MRSA and multi-drug resistant gram-ne…