The ICHE Podcast

About The ICHE Podcast

Welcome to the ICHE Podcast! Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) is the flagship journal for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). In each episode of The ICHE Podcast, we speak with the authors of articles that have recently been published in ICHE. Join us as we discuss the latest research and hottest topics in infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, and healthcare epidemiology.

Publisher

The ICHE Podcast

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Apr 2019

Latest episode

28 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

72 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Aug 2026

   Episode 71: Bringing Antimicrobial Stewardship Expertise to Rural Hospitals Through Telehealth

   Based on the 2019 NHSN Annual Hospital Survey, the CDC reported that 79.5% of critical access hospitals met all seven of the CDC’s Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs, compared to 92% of general acute care hospitals. Similarly, 82% of hospitals with 50 beds or fewer met all the core elements, as compared to 96% of those with more than 200 beds. In this episode of The ICHE Podcast, Dr. Dave Calfee speaks with three people who have been working to reduce these disparities in ant...

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   16 Jun 2026

   Episode 70: Artificial Intelligence for Surgical Site Infection Surveillance

   In this episode of The ICHE Podcast, host Dr. David Calfee speaks with Dr. Daniel Morgan of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Dr. Jorge Salinas of Stanford University School of Medicine about the use of artificial intelligence for surgical site infection surveillance. The conversation highlights findings from their recent studies evaluating AI-assisted approaches to surgical site infection detection, including considerations related to performance, limitations, and the safe use of protected health information. “Generative artificial intelligence for surgical site infection surveillance”: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/abs/generative-artificial-intelligence-for-surgical-site-infection-surveillance/7094A07CD043BD630DE3591AB2F01707 “Use of a large language model integrated within the electronic medical record for the evaluation of surgical site infections – Northern California, 2025”: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/use-of-a-large-language-model-integrated-within-the-electronic-medical-record-for-the-evaluation-of-surgical-site-infections-northern-california-2025/F2AF14E965608BC25367474685DA3949#article ICHE’s Artificial Intelligence Special Collection: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/announcements/call-for-papers/special-joint-collection-the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-in-infection-prevention-antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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   19 May 2026

   Episode 69: Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Home Infusion Settings

   In this episode of The ICHE Podcast, host Dr. Dave Calfee sits down with Kavita Bhavan, MD, Sara Keller, MD, MPH, MSHP, Deborah Lockard, BSN, MPH, and Sara Szathmary, BSN, RN, CNRI to discuss their recent publications in ICHE. The authors discuss what current evidence tells us about CLABSI incidence in outpatient infusion populations, why surveillance data remain limited, and the unique challenges healthcare organizations face when trying to monitor and prevent infections outside the acute care setting. Featured ICHE papers Hannum S, Marsteller J, Gurses AP, … Keller SC. Reducing home infusion CLABSI through a dashboard and toolkit implementation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2026;47(5): 433-440. Johnson K, Alvarez KS, Jaybanks A, …Bhavan K. Rates of line associated bloodstream infections in self-administered outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy compared to standard of care: 11 years of data at a safety net hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2026;47(5): 533-535 Other relevant resources: Keller SC, Hannum SM, Weems K, et al. Implementing and validating a home-infusion central-line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2023;44:1748–1759. https://nhicpc.org/ (https://nhicpc.org/)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

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47

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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