Blog - "PDI Perspectives"

PDI Perspective Podcast: Beyond the Sneeze: The Role of Surface Transmission with Respiratory Viruses

Author: Timothy Wiemken PhD., MPH, FAPIC, FSHEA, CIC

May 14, 2021

Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC interviews Timothy L Wiemken, Ph.D., MPH, FAPIC, FSHEA, CIC, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University...

PDI Perspective Podcast: Dynamic Cleaning: The Interplay Between Humans & Technology in Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

September 13, 2021

Why should hospitals take a dynamic approach toward technology supporting the infection prevention and control efforts of environmental services?  Tune...

PDI Perspective Podcast: Infection Prevention & Environmental Services: A Critical Union, Part I

Author: Dr. William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC

February 6, 2021

Odette Perriel, MS, CHESP interviews infection prevention expert, Dr. William Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC in this podcast Infection Prevention & Environmental...

PDI Perspective Podcast: ATP Testing in Healthcare

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

April 4, 2022

  PDI’s Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, interviews Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Director, Infection Prevention Management,...

PDI Perspective Podcast: Infection Prevention & Environmental Services: A Critical Union, Part II

Author: Dr. William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC

March 2, 2021

Odette Perriel, MS, CHESP interviews infection prevention expert, Dr. William Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC in this podcast Infection Prevention & Environmental Services: A Critical Union, Part II.

PDI Perspective Podcast: Update on COVID-19 Travel Considerations

Author: David Weber, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA, FMSM (London)

January 7, 2021

PDI’s Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, interviews Dr. David Weber, Associate Chief Medical Officer for UNC Medical Center, and...

PDI Perspective Podcast: Tridemic: Risk to Healthcare Systems as Flu. RSV, and COVID Cases Rise

November 29, 2022

PDI’s Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, interviews infection prevention experts Dr. David Weber, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA, FRSM (London), ...

PDI Perspective Podcast: The Impact of COVID-19 on Long-Term Care Facilities

Author: Karen Hoffman, RN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC

February 5, 2021

Karen Hoffman, RN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC, addresses how COVID-19 has seriously impacted Long-Term Care facilities in this PDI Perspective Podcast.

PDI Perspective Podcast: The Importance of a Layered Approach to Disinfection

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

October 6, 2021

PDI Clinical Science Liason Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC talks with JHC Publisher John Pritchard about the importance of...

PDI Perspectives Podcast: The Transformative Role of the IP

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

October 22, 2021

Marc-Oliver Wright of PDI Healthcare talks with Dr. Deb Burdsall, Ph.D., RN-BC, CIC, FAPIC, about the challenges Infection Preventionists face...

APIC at 50: The Ripple Effect

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

June 14, 2022

This year, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) celebrates 50 years since its inception; from its...

Is Novel 24-Hour Continuously Active Surface Disinfection the Answer to Environmental Transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections?

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

April 10, 2022

For about a decade, prior to the pandemic, there was a shift towards the control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) through...