Beyond the Surface - an ISSA Podcast
The Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI) presents Beyond the Surface, a compelling podcast exploring the foundational role of surfaces in healthcare environments and their impact on patient safety. Each episode delves into key topics like Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs), surface contamination, innovative materials, the role of surfaces in healthcare environment and how and why they support or hinder effective cleaning and disinfection practices.
Featuring healthcare professionals, infection control experts, materials scientists, and HAI survivors, this podcast blends powerful personal stories with expert insights to drive the critical changes that need to take place for improved infection prevention. Tune in to gain valuable knowledge and help create safer healthcare environments.
Episodes
10 episodes
Understanding UV Disinfection Technologies
In this episode, Linda Lybert sits down with Peter Gordon, Board of Education member, UV industry veteran, and volunteer with UV4Good, a nonprofit dedicated to education around photonic disinfection. Together, they unpack the comp...
Building a Culture of Prevention
In this episode, public health leader and combat veteran Aaron Woodall joins Linda Lybert to explore the importance of collaboration across infection prevention, environmental services, and nursing teams. Together, they discuss how shared accou...
An Expert’s View From the Hospital Bed: Inside the ER Experience
In this episode of Beyond the Surface, Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner shares what it was like to spend 14 hours as a patient in a busy hospital emergency department. From observing cleaning practices to noticing gaps in infection preventi...
Why Clean Environments Save Lives: Patient Safety & Environmental Services
In this episode, we sit down with Iris Verdi, Director of Strategic Accounts for Healthcare at KBS, to explore the critical role of environmental services in patient safety. With more than 25 years of experience in hospital operatio...
The Disease Detective: Making the Invisible Visible in Healthcare Cleaning
In this insightful conversation, Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, trained epidemiologist and senior director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council™ (GBAC), joins Linda to explore the critical gap between regulatory compliance and real-world cleani...
The Hidden Threat: Understanding and Combating Biofilm in Healthcare Environments
Biofilm may be invisible, but its impact on patient safety is anything but. In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Rodney E. Rohde returns to discuss how biofilm forms, why it's so resilient, and the critical role surfaces play in infection preventio...
Proving the Power of Clean: Validating Disinfection in Healthcare with Mike Staver
What does it take to truly validate cleaning in healthcare? Join Linda Lybert and KleenMark COO Mike Staver as they reveal how real-world data and rigorous protocols are raising the bar for infection control and patient safety. This eye-opening...
The Challenge of Cleaning Medical Devices: A Case Study on Potential Patient Risks
Cleaning and disinfecting medical devices and patient care equipment is challenging at best. In this segment, Barbara Strain and Linda Lybert discuss the case study “Surface disinfection incompatibility with medical devices creates potential pa...
Surviving HAIs: A Personal Journey from Infection to Advocacy
Did you know that 1 in 20 people who seek medical care will acquire an infection completely unrelated to what they sought care for? In this podcast, Jeanine Thomas, shares her HAI survivor story after battling multiple life-altering infections....
What You Can't See Could Kill You - Introducing the Beyond the Surface Podcast
Understanding basic microbiology is critical in the battle against Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs). Join Linda Lybert and Dr. Rodney Rohde as they discuss the acquisition and transmission of microbes. Additional Resources:&n...