In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Madelaine Cuevas, Infection Control and ICU Nurse at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente, joins us to share her expertise and knowledge around infection control.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Madelaine’s background and what brought her to where she is today• About Santa Clara Valley Medical Center• About Kaiser Permanente• How being an ICU nurse helps implement infection prevention protocols• Experiences in the HAI Taskforce Committee combatting C-Diff and other infections• How Madelaine & her team were able to reduce C-Diff to 0% at O’Connor Hospital• What Madelaine & her team are doing in Santa Clara Valley to improve C-Diff numbers• Useful Applications for UV Light in patient rooms• The mission to improve hand hygiene at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center• Empowering nurses and staff with contests, prizes, resources, and education• What to expect in the future for infection controlMadelaine Cuevas has been a nurse for more than 12 years. She started her career in the Philippines in 2007 as a Medical/Surgical nurse. She then moved to Saudi Arabia in 2009 and began her career as an ICU nurse. In 2013, she moved to the USA, where she continued her career as a nurse.In April 2020, Madelaine's career as an infection prevention nurse started as she was hired as an extra help infection prevention nurse by the previous infection prevention nurse in the facility. In that role, she got to really see and understand what infection prevention nurses do. In September 2020, Madelaine transitioned from being an extra help nurse to a full-time infection control nurse.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744#cleantalk#infectioncontrol #infectionprevention #infectionpreventionpodcast#infectioncontrolpodcast#sealshield

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Heather Hutson, RN, Board-Certified Infection Preventionist, Healthcare Consultant, & CEO of PreventionID, joins us to share her expertise and knowledge around infection control.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Heather’s background and what brought her to where she is today• About PreventionID and their mission• The holes in infection prevention in long-term care facilities• Empowering facilities with resources, tools, and education around infection prevention for new IPs• How every department’s role across long-term care facilities is important for improving patient outcomes• Prevention ID’s comprehensive programs for improving infection prevention practices• What is the PIP plan and why it is effective• How she was able to decrease the spread of pathogens by 75%• How Covid launched her from a few facilities to nationwide• What to expect in the future for PreventionID and infection prevention in long-term careMotivated by her dedication to improving the well-being of the geriatric population, Heather’s passion for the long-term care industry has driven her professional successes.  Heather is the founder and CEO of PreventionID but began her nursing career as an LPN charge nurse at a long-term care facility in central Arkansas. Eventually promoted to Director of Nursing, she also oversaw the infection prevention and control program, reducing the use of unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics and lowering the facility’s infection rate by an astounding 75%. In addition to maintaining a 4–5-star rating, under her direction the facility won many awards, including “Most Improved Quality Measure” and “Facility Of The Year.”  After 7 successful years as DON, Heather took a position as the Chief Infection Prevention Officer of a national infection prevention company where she successfully assisted long-term care facilities across the nation with the implementation of effective infection prevention and control programs.A member of NADONA, the Arkansas Nursing Home Nurses Association, and nominee for Arkansas DON of the year in 2019, Heather is a Board-Certified Infection Preventionist as well as a Dementia Well-being Specialist and CPR and First-Aid instructor.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744#cleantalk#infectioncontrol #infectionprevention #infectionpreventionpodcast#infectioncontrolpodcast#sealshield

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Priya Pandya-Orozco, Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Manager at O’ Connor, Santa Clara County Hospital and Health System, joins us to share her expertise and knowledge around infection control.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Priya’s background and what brought her to where she is today• Her role as Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Manager at O’ Connor, Santa Clara County Hospital and Health System• APIC Film Festival Award (Grand Jury Prize) & other achievements• Incorporating team building in hand hygiene• What is Clean 20?• Speak up safety culture and the benefits• Contributions to Infection Control Today (Infection Control begins with kindness)• What we learned from the past and Covid & how we can improve infection control in the futureBernadette “Priya” Pandya-Orozco, MSN, RN, PHN, CIC is the Manager for Infection Prevention at O'Connor Hospital which is part of the County of Santa Clara Hospital and Health System. She has served in several critical leadership roles in the field of infection prevention and communicable disease over the last twenty-five years. Most recently, in 2019, she became the Manager of O' Connor Hospital Infection Prevention, where she serves as a subject matter expert to hospital staff and leaders for infection prevention and control.Priya has worked for high reliable organizations to reduce hospital acquired infection rates. She encourages the use of creative performance improvement projects which utilize evidence-based practices to engage frontline champions and leaders. Priya attributes her successes to her ability to understand and value every member of a healthcare system, recognizing how each person in a hospital can affect infection prevention efforts and contribute to performance improvement. 

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Julie Sufana, Chief Marketing Officer at contextflow, joins us to reveal the power of AI to help radiologists improve diagnosis and patient care!Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Julie’s background and what brought her to where she is today• About contextflow and their mission• How contextflow utilizes Ai to improve chest CT support with the help of deep learning• The problem with built-up data within healthcare systems• How easily accessing past patient images helps providers diagnose & treat patients• The amount of image patterns contextflow allows providers to access at once• Who best benefits from contextflow’s Ai• Removing the misconceptions around the use of Ai• What to expect in the future for contextflowOriginally from Munster, Indiana, Julie Sufana moved to Los Angeles to study Business Administration and Spanish at the University of Southern California (USC). After earning her degree, Julie looked for ways to utilize both the creative and analytical sides of her brain by working in education, sales and marketing while pursuing her love of acting.In 2016, Julie moved to Vienna, Austria. She subsequently earned her Masters in Marketing from WU and landed her dream job as Chief Marketing Officer at contextflow GmbH. She's particularly well-known for her writing and presentation skills, well-honed by her years in the entertainment industry. Julie is also a certified 200-hr yoga instructor and loves teaching her colleagues after hours. A little about contextflow: the Vienna-based startup develops clinical decision support tools with the help of deep learning: SEARCH Lung CT detects 19 patterns plus nodules in lung CTs, including those related to COVID-19. It integrates directly into your PACS and preliminary test results show it reduced average reading time by 31% when available for use as well as a trend towards improved diagnostic accuracy.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvYoutube: https://youtube.com/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Kathy Warye, Founder at Infection Prevention Partners, joins us to reveal her experiences as an Infection Preventionist and Healthcare Leader, and to explain how global community safety has come a very long way.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Kathy Warye’s professional background and how she got to where she is today• About Infection Prevention Partners & The Importance of Elevating the Infection Preventionists’ role• The Importance of Investing in Public Health Laboratories, Technologies, and Institutions• Kathy’s APIC History & APIC’s evolution to a Patient Safety Organization under her direction• Nationwide Prevalence Study on MRSA following Chicago Tribe article & the CDC’s Bill Jardice’s findings• HAI’s & 2010 IP Evangelist – Kathy’s story of achieving Zero HAI’s a decade ago has evolved to the expectations of IPs today• Today’s De-Prioritization of Patient Safety to Accommodate Labor & Resource Shortages in Healthcare Today• The rate of MERS-CoV on the Arabian Peninsula• Predictions For the Future? Will we see another Pandemic in our lifetime?Kathy Warye is the founder of Infection Prevention Partners, a consultancy committed to advancing strategic initiatives with industry, government and nonprofit organizations to address the elimination of preventable infection, worldwide.In 2010, she was named one of the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare Magazine. Ms. Warye also formerly held the position of CEO for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) from 2003-2010.

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Marc-Oliver Wright, Clinical Science Liaison at PDI Central Region, joins us to reveal what’s NEXT for infection prevention!Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Marc-Oliver Wright’s background and how he got to where he is today• PDI’s mission & services• Marc-Oliver Wright’s contributions to PDI and the infection prevention community• What does a “layered” approach to infection prevention look like?• How layered approaches to infection prevention benefit healthcare organizations• What is supplemental disinfection and what does it encompass• PDI’s layered approach to infection control• Emerging technologies on the landscape for improving sanitization in healthcareMarc wanted to be an epidemiologist as a teenager and was first introduced to infection prevention when he performed DNA fingerprinting of multi-drug resistant organisms for research activities, surveillance and outbreak investigations while in graduate school. He became an infection preventionist, a research epidemiologist and ultimately a corporate director of infection prevention and quality for a multi- hospital system. Marc served APIC at the local and national level, has published over 50 articles and served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Infection Control for a decade. Marc now serves as PDI’s Clinical Science Liaison (CSL), for the Central Region-14 states across the Midwest.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvCleanTalk YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Chaz Rhone, Assistant Vice President of Infection Prevention at HCA North Florida Division, joins us to reveal the importance of leadership in infection prevention.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• How Chaz Rhone found his way into a professional career in Infection Prevention• Chaz’s current role at HCA North Florida Division• About HCA North Florida Division and their mission• What the biggest challenges for IPs are (deficits in leadership)• Handling the results of COVID-19• Chaz’s APIC Membership• Chaz’s experience in the Academic Pathway Committee• And more!Chaz Rhone earned a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Florida (UF) and began his career as an Infection Preventionist in 2007. He is currently the Assistant Vice President of Infection Prevention for HCA Healthcare North Florida Division.Chaz has been certified in infection prevention and control since 2012, recognized as an APIC Hero (2016), accepted as an APIC Fellow (2019), and recognized as an APIC Champion (2022). He was also named as one of UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions Outstanding Alumni (2018).His professional passions include advancing the field of IP through leadership development of IPs and advocating for M.P.H.-ers as qualified candidates for IP positions. To that end, he is currently co-chair of the APIC Academic Pathway Steering Committee, and a member of the APIC Professional Development Committee.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvClean Talk YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Thomas Balcezak, Chief Clinical Officer at Yale New Haven Health System, joins us to reveal his mission to expand and improve care for communities.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Thomas Balcezak’s professional background and how he got to where he is today• About Yale New Haven Health System• How Yale New Haven Health will continue to expand their programs and improve care for communities.• Challenges brought on by COVID-19• How the pandemic really showed the strength of the system.• Yale New Haven Health clinical care protocols, standards, etc.• The importance of operating everything as a system and not as individual hospitals• Biweekly town hall meetings for all employees in order to stay up to date during the pandemic• Predictions For The FutureDr. Thomas Balcezak, MD is Chief Clinical Officer at Yale New Haven Health System and has over 30 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from University of Connecticut in 1992.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvClean Talk YouTube: https://youtube.com/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Gregory Banning, Head of New Business Sales for Adobe Inc., joins us to reveal the impact COVID-19's had across all industries.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• Gregory's professional background and how he got to where he is today.• Gregory’s leadership philosophies• Common challenges of leadership and the solutions. How has this changed during COVID?• Leading in the pandemic: Changes to leadership style and activities to address work from home and other pandemic workforce changes. How do you maintain culture and collaboration?• Best practices, tools and techniques for the successful leader. New methods during quarantine/work from home?• Recommended resources for the successful leader and front line managers. Any updated material specific to Leadership in a pandemic?• Predictions for the FutureGregory “Greg” Banning is a corporate executive, former business owner and entrepreneur with over 20 years of executive leadership, management and operational experience. Currently Head of New Business Sales for Adobe Inc., where Greg leads a sales organization of 120+ and a P/L of $150M. Prior to his current role, Greg held various executive roles for Fortune 500 companies including; Capital One, Amazon, Concur, TDSYNNEX and HON International. In addition to his corporate leadership background, Greg served as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for a start up SAAS company and has owned his own business. Greg has successfully worked in various industries including; manufacturing, distribution, retail and technology.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvClean Talk Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, William Lewis, General Counsel and Chief Security & Privacy Officer at MORE Health, joins us to reveal the solutions his company provides to improve healthcare overall.Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:• How the innovation of telemedicine is growing the market for American doctors.• How important expert medical second opinions are.• What it's like pushing new methods of caretaking through healthcare systems.• What telemedicine could mean to the reduction of hospital acquired infections.• And more!William Lewis is the General Counsel and Chief Security & Privacy Officer at MORE Health. MORE Health helps improve patient outcomes by connecting patients from around the world with physicians at leading academic medical centers. Healthcare is highly regulated in all jurisdictions and Will manages MORE Health’s legal and regulatory risk. Before joining MORE Health, Will was in private litigation practice. He obtained his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law and his B.A. from Pomona College.Clean Talk Registration: https://cleantalk.onlineClean Talk Official Website: https://cleantalk.tvClean Talk Youtube: https://youtube.com/CleanTalk_TVLinkedin Group: https://linkedin.com/groups/9094477/Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/986587845276744