Transmission Control Podcast

Transmission Control

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Welcome to Transmission Control – an infection prevention podcast focused on your appetite for trailblazing thought, discussion, and innovations that will help you make informed decisions. Each episode, we speak with public health experts and safety champions from across the globe as they share their experiences, passion and opinions. From investigative journalism to medical publications, we tackle the real world barriers to limiting the spread of disease. Whether you're tuning in for education, inspiration or to hear the stories that need to be told, thank you for joining us. And now, get rea...

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Basic Instinct: Bacterial Survival Techniques, Biofilm and Future Threats 19.07.2021 39:22

You may be familiar with biofilm but what do you know about small colony variants -- and the impact that they have on infection control and public health? All living organisms have a universal prime directive, which is to survive. What does that mean for those of us whose prime directive is to protect our patients against infectious agents? On this week's episode of Transmission Control, we talk...

At Risk?: Addressing GI Patient Populations & Facility Risk Assessments 05.07.2021 31:35

Within the world of GI endoscope reprocessing there exists a debate on whether or not sterile water should be used during procedures versus tap water. Running parallel to that debate is whether the industry should move to the sterilization of flexible scopes, continue with high level disinfection (HLD), or consider conversion to single use disposable endoscopes that have recently entered the mark...

Fixated on Flexible Scopes: Reviewing Dry time and Alcohol Flush Research 21.06.2021 41:25

Endoscope drying times and the use of an alcohol rinse has become an area for debate and emerging research is increasing with each passing day. Advanced inspection technology such as borescopes and the development of ATP testing offer additional measures to evaluate the effectiveness of cleaning the small diameter working channels of flexible scopes. On this episode of Transmission Control, Nanc...

Endoscopic Infections: Critical Conversations Prompting the Multisociety Guidelines Update 07.06.2021 47:31

Given the rising concerns of endoscope-related infections around the country, organizations, agencies, and providers believed it was imperative to evaluate the current literature and standards for endoscope reprocessing. Joining us for this week's episode of Transmission Control, Dr. Raman Muthusamy joins Dr. Lawrence Muscarella and Justin Poulin to discuss the critical updates made to the Multiso...

Hidden Harm: The Reporter Who Blew the Lid Off the FDA MAUDE Database 24.05.2021 34:14

Did you know there was database that concealed millions of medical device malfunction and injury reports from public view? Neither did anyone else until Christina Jewett, Senior Correspondent with Kaiser Health News broke the story in the spring of 2019. On this inaugural episode of the Transmission Control podcast focused on public health themes from around the globe, Christina joins Dr. Lawrenc...