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5 Second Rule — 81 episodes

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#80 Ready for the Worst: High-Consequence Infectious Diseases With Carrie Billman

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#79 A Voice on Vaccines with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis

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#78 Getting to Know Your 5 Second Rule Hosts!

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#77 Industrial Hygienists and Infection Prevention: A Powerful Partnership

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#76 From Bedside to Boardroom: A Conversation With Kathy Ward, APIC's 2026 President

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#75 Cross-Border Lessons: How Canada Is Advancing Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care

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#74 A Conversation With APIC's CEO Devin Jopp: Navigating Infection Prevention Through Misinformation and Policy Shifts With Future-Focused Solutions

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#73 Inside APIC's Research Network

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#72 IIPW 2025: Stand UPPP for Infection Prevention

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#71 APIC25 Spotlight: Improving HLD Reprocessing Reliability and Reimagining Hand Hygiene

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#70 Elevating Infection Prevention: Unveiling the Power of the AL-CIP Certification

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#69 The Measles Comeback Tour: Are You Ready?

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#68 Expert Review: A Deep Dive Into APIC's CAUTI Implementation Guide

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#67 Global Infection Control: Strategies, Challenges and the Future of Healthcare

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#66 Silent Spread: Unmasking the Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak

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#65 Crafting Your IP Future: Strategies for Career Advancement in Infection Prevention

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#64 Infection Prevention Across Borders: A Conversation With Dr. Carol McLay, APIC's 2025 President

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#63 IP Strategic Partnership: The Critical Role of Infection Preventionists As Advocates in Sterile Processing – Featuring Rebecca Taylor Alvino

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#62 Confronting the Storm: Infection Control in the Eye of a Hurricane

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#61 Moving the Needle on Health Equity and Healthcare

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#60 Community Health Heroes: Unpacking the Missouri Kids IPC Toolkit

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#59 Decoding the 2024 Infection Control Updates: A Deep Dive With The Joint Commission Expert Natalya Rosenberg

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#58 Live in San Antonio

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#57 IP Strategic Partnership: Diving Into Occupational Health With Allison Zelikoff

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#56 Pulling Back the Curtain on the APIC Abstract Review Process With Trent MacAllister

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#55 Nipping Infections in the Bud: Spotlight on IPs in Long-Term Care

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#54 From MRSA to Influence: A Patient's Path to Advocacy

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#53 Journey to Chapter Excellence: A Tale of Two Stories

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#52 Meet the 2024 President: Tania Bubb's Outlook for the Future of APIC

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#51 APIC's Emerging Infectious Diseases Task Force: Changing Infection Prevention One Playbook at a Time

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#50 Conquering Burnout: Heather Saunders' Recipe for Wellness

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#49 Celebrating International Infection Prevention Week With Carole Kamangu: From Aspirations of Becoming a Surgeon to Gaining Tenacity and Grit in Public Health

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#48 Inside the Mind of a Vaccine Scientist: Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic and Preparing for the Future of IPC with Dr. Peter Hotez

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#47 Live in Orlando

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#46 The IP Researcher: Unraveling Implementation Science

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#45 Navigating APIC's Annual Conference & Exposition

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#44 Mentor-Mentee Relationships in Infection Prevention: A Two-Way Street

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#43 ABCs of Infection Prevention Certification

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#42 Breaking Down the Annual Risk Assessment and IP Program Plan

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#41 Tips From Expert IPs: A Foot in the Door and a Leg Up on Leadership

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#40 Strengths and Struggles of the Lone IP: Support for the "One-ers"

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#39 Recruit, Train, and Retain Talent in IPC

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#38 The Novice Roadmap for the Infection Preventionist: Go Your Own Way

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#37 Environment of Scare: Expect the Unexpected

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#36 The Next 5 Seconds

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#35 NHSN Case Studies: Level Up Your Surveillance

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#34 Between a Rock and Hard Place: APIC's White Paper and Call to Action

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#33 Happy Anniversary APIC: 50 Years Strong!

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#32 Setting the Record Straight: A Conversation on Hospital Accreditation

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#31 TB or Not TB, That Is the Infection Prevention Question

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#30 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) During the COVID-19 pandemic

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#29 Go With the "Air" Flow: Ventilation and Filtration for Infection Prevention and Control

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#28 Career Advice: How To Become an Infection Preventionist

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#27 Ready for Anything: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Infection Prevention and Control

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#26 The Fungus Among Us- Candida Auris

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#25 Antimicrobial Stewardship during the COVID-19 Pandemic- A Journey of Twists and Turns

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#24 COVID-19 Safety in Schools: Not As Easy as ABC

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#23 There's No Place Like Home Health

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#22 (Renal) Failure Is Not an Option: Infection Prevention and Control in Dialysis Settings

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#21 Diversity and Inclusion in Infection Prevention and Control

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#20 Not All Bugs are Bad

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#19 Influenza, RSV and COVID-19: It "snot" so "sneezy" to tell the difference

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#18 Hard Hat Required: Infection Prevention and Control with Renovations and Construction in Healthcare Settings

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#17 Proper PPE is Always in Fashion

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#16  New Year's Resolution: Prevent the Spread

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#15 Something is in the Air - Airborne Transmission: The Basics and not so Basic

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#14 All About Water

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#13 Infection Preventionists during COVID-19 are not alone: Tales from the field

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#12 Tell them what matters: Advocacy in infection prevention

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#11 Honey, did you remember to wash the lettuce? Avoiding Foodborne Illness

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#10 Advanced in years should not be advanced with tears: Infection Prevention and Control in Long Term Care

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#9 Behind the 5 Second Rule

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#8 Creating a healthier world: It's in your CLEAN hands.

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#7 How clean is clean enough?

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#6 What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus

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#5 Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi, OH MY

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#4 Outbreaks: Don't Panic!

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#3 A Mother's Story: Why HAIs Are Everyone's Business

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#2 Antibiotics: Too much of a good thing?

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#1 MythBusters: Vaccine Edition

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