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, MSCI, FACP, and Hiroyuki Suzuki, MD, MSCI. Listen as they discuss the importance of measuring antibiotic use and the impact of antimicrobial stewardship activities as well as strategies for measurement and goals for the future. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge.org/iche to read the full articles featured in today’s episode.

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, PhD. Listen as they discuss changes in the updated document, key essential practices and additional practices, and tips for implementation. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge.org/iche to read the full articles featured in today’s episode.

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, PhD. Listen as they discuss changes in the updated document, key essential practices and additional practices, and tips for implementation. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge.org/iche to read the full articles featured in today’s episode.

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 they discuss changes in the updated document, key essential practices and additional practices, and tips for implementation. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge.org/iche to read the full articles featured in today’s episode.

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 discuss changes in the updated document, key essential practices, recommendations for monitoring hand hygiene, and tips for started in this improvement work in hand hygiene. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge./org/iche to read the full articles featured in today’s episode.

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 of diagnostic stewardship. Then, our panelists discuss three original research articles in this month’s issue of ICHE and how the authors’ findings can help your findings may be helpful and relevant to others engaging in diagnostic stewardship work. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge./org/iche to read the full articles featured in today’s episode.

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 testing program, and a recently published SHEA Board of Trustees Commentary on the topic of asymptomatic screening. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge./org/iche to read the full articles discussed in today’s episode.

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 to achieving high rates of HCP vaccination, and strategies to improve HCP acceptance of vaccination. After listening, be sure to visit cambridge./org/iche to read the full articles discussed in today’s episode.

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 recommendations from this paper and hear our guests discuss how listeners can take these findings and prepare our hospitals and our ASPs for a future public health crisis.

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 check out the October issue of ICHE for the full articles discussed in today’s episode.