The ICHE Podcast

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS is joined by guests Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, Kalvin Yu, MD, Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH, Adrian Schmid, MD, and David Classen, MD, MS. Today's topic is the future of HAI surveillance. Listen as our guests discuss why surveillance is important, current surveillance strategies, and what’s next in HAI surveillance methodolo...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS is joined by guests Dipesh Solanky, Anurag Malani, and Kiran Perkins. Today's topic is bronchoscopy-associated outbreaks and pseudo-outbreaks. Listen as our guests discuss their studies that recently published in ICHE and how listeners can identify these events if/when they occur as well as key prevention strategies to...

Just in time for World AMR Awareness Week, today's episode of The ICHE Podcast will discuss an important topic: Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship in Dentistry. Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS is joined by guests Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS, FCCP, Michael J. Durkin, MD, MPH, and Craig Miller, DMD, MS. Listen as our guests discuss antibiotic use in dentistry and well as the authors' st...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS is joined by guests Didier Pittet, MD, MS, CBE, Alexandra Peters, PhD, and Philip C. Carling, MD. Today's topic, hospital cleaning and disinfection, is especially relevant as we celebrate Clean Hospitals Day on October 20th! Listen as our guests discuss the importance of cleaning and disinfection in hospitals as well a...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses an important topic in infection prevention that is often easier said than done: patient bathing. Guests on this episode are Susan Huang, MD, MPH, Raveena D. Singh, MA, Michael Lin, MD, MPH, and Joshua K. Schaffzin, MD, PhD. Listen as they discuss the role of bathing and chlorhexidine bathing in infection preventio...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses the most recently published section of The Compendium, “Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.” Guests on this episode are Sonali Advani, MBBS, MPH, Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc., Payal Patel, MD, MPH, and Ann Marie Pettis, RN, BSN, CIC. Listen as the...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses the most recently published section of The Compendium, “SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.” Guests on this episode are Anthony Harris, MD, MPH, Susan Huang, MD, MPH, Aaron Milston...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses two recent articles from ICHE that use describe the use of two different metrics to assess antimicrobial consumption and the impact of antimicrobial stewardship activities on antimicrobial use and other key outcomes. Guests on this episode are Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, Michael Yarrington, MD, Michihiko Goto, MD,...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses the most recently published section of The Compendium, “SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.” Guests on this episode are Michael S. Calderwood, MD, MPH, Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH, Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, and Marin Schweizer...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses the most recently published section of The Compendium, “SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.” Guests on this episode are Michael S. Calderwood, MD, MPH, Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH, Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, and Marin Schweizer...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses the most recently published section of The Compendium, “SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent Clostridioides difficile infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.” Guests on this episode are Ruth Carrico, PhD, DNP, APRN, CIC, Larry K. Kociolek, MD MSCI, and Dale Gerding, MD. Listen as...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS discusses the most recently published section of The Compendium, “SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update.” Guests on this episode are Katherine Ellingson, PhD, Janet Glowicz, PhD, RN, CIC, LTC-CIP, and Emily Landon, MD. Listen as they...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS speaks with Daniel J. Morgan, MD, MS, Katia Halabi, MD, Kathleen Chiotos MD, MSCE, and Bobby Warren, MPS. Today’s episode focuses on several articles from the February issue of ICHE on diagnostic stewardship. The panelists begin by discussing the first in a series by the SHEA Diagnostic Stewardship Task Force on principles...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS speaks with Thomas R. Talbot, MD, MPH, Jennifer Cihlar, DO, Jerome Leis, MD, MSc, and Emil Lesho, DO. Today’s guests discuss several articles in the January issue of ICHE that address asymptomatic testing for SARS COV-2. The panelists discuss their original research, considerations initiating or dismantling an asymptomatic...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS speaks with Charlesnika Evans, PhD, MPH, Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH, Rekha Murthy, MD, and Costi Sifri, MD . Today’s guests discuss recently published ICHE articles related to vaccination of healthcare personnel against SARS COV-2 and influenza. They address why HCP vaccination against respiratory viruses is important, barriers...

It’s Antimicrobial Awareness Week! To kick off the week, Editor-in-Chief, David P. Calfee, MD, MS is joined by several authors of a SHEA White Paper, “SHEA statement on antibiotic stewardship in hospitals during public health emergencies.” Today’s guests include Tamar Barlam, MD, MSc, Mayar Al Mohajer, MD, MBA, Alan Gross, PharmD, Graeme Forrest, MBBS. Learn more about key findings and recommendat...

On this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS speaks with Kalvin Yu, MD, Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH, Gregory Schrank, MD, MPH, and Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH. Today’s guests are authors of two articles from the October issue of ICHE that discuss hospital onset bacteremia and fungemia, HOB as a quality measure, and addition of HOB measure to NHSN. After listening, be sure to...

In today's episode of The ICHE Podcast, ICHE Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS, interviews Aurora Pop-Vicas, MD, MPH,Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD, and• Joel Mumma, PhD. They discuss two articles from the September issue of ICHE that both studied HCW’s mental models of infection prevention-related tasks and activities.

In this episode of The ICHE Podcast, ICHE Editor-in-Chief David Calfee interviews authors of three papers featured in the August issue of the journal on the topic of COVID-19 in long-term care settings. Specifically, they discuss some of the systemic factors that have contributed to disparities in COVID-19 outcomes and burden in long-term care settings. Guests on today’s episode include Helena Tem...

In this episode of The ICHE Podcast, ICHE Editor-in-Chief, David Calfee, MD, MS, interviews members of the infection control unit, the biothreats program, and the infection disease division at Massachusetts General Hospital who were involved in the diagnosis and management of the first US recognized case of monkeypox of the current outbreak. They discuss the current global outbreak in relation to...

This episode of the ICHE Podcast discusses the latest update to the Compendium, Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. ICHE Editor-in-Chief David P. Calfee, MD, MS interviews Michael Klompas, MD, Gregory P. Priebe, MD, and Eric C. Eichenwald, MD. The discuss updates to...

This episode of the ICHE Podcast discusses the Compendium and the newly released update to the Compendium, Strategies to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Update. ICHE Editor-in-Chief David P. Calfee, MD, MS interviews Debbie Yokoe, MD, MPH, Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH and Len Mermel, DO, ScM. First, they discuss the history of the Compendium, and rev...

This episode of the ICHE Podcast features two segments. In the first segment, David P. Calfee, interviews Diego Schaps and Deverick J. Anderson about two articles they published in the April issue on medical transport-associated infections. In the second segment, Dr. Calfee interviews Amanda Ullman and Tricia Kleidon to discuss their analysis of 42,562 hospitalized medical patients to determine wh...

In this episode of the ICHE Podcast, Editor-in-Chief, David P. Calfee, MD, MS, interviews Michael Klompas, MD and Dian Baker, PhD on their work on the topic of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia. Drs. Calfee, Klompas, and Baker discuss two papers from the March issue of ICHE, as well as several recent publications. Article list below. Baker DL, Giuliano KK. Prevention practices for nonventi...

In this episode of The ICHE Podcast, David Calfee interviews Dan Livorsi and Julie Szymczak on their white paper, "Leveraging implementation science to advance antibiotic stewardship practice and research," featured in the February 2022 issue of ICHE. White paper available here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/leveraging-impleme...