Outreach to frontline healthcare workers about infection prevention and control(IPC). This series will discuss IPC concepts and case studies, and feature expert guests. 

Hosted by the Washington State Department of Health.

Project FIRST Line

What is public health and infection prevention and control? What are healthcare associated infections (HAIs)? Get a brief overview in this episode to understand the importance of these three topics and the role they play in our lives and the lives of our community. Also, enjoy our corny joke of the day!

Project Firstline, Ep. 1: Healthcare Associated Infections

Join us as we welcome Larissa Lewis, a Nurse Consultant with the Healthcare Associated Infections Section at the WA DOH to discuss Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). We cover the purpose of PPE, common PPE items, when and where to wear PPE, tips, tricks, and more!

Project Firstline, Ep. 2: Personal Protective Equipment

How much do you know about hand hygiene? Discover how smart you are and how much you can learn by listening to us talk “all-things hand hygiene” with Lisa Hannah, an Infection Preventionist and Lead Supervisor at the WA DOH in the Healthcare Associated Infections Section. Get to know key terms, importance, top take-aways, and even catchy facts and tunes all related to hand hygiene!

Project Firstline, Ep. 3: Hand Hygiene

Have you heard of multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) or antibiotic resistance before? Ever wondered what they were and why they’re such a big deal? Listen to this episode where Marisa D’Angeli, a Medical Epidemiologist/Public Health Doctor at the WA DOH, talks about the importance of MDROs, why antibiotic resistance is increasing, and what we can do about it!

Project Firstline, Ep. 4: Multi-drug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)

Infection prevention is important in all aspects and stages of our lives. Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) are an important and crucial setting where infection prevention matters. Join us as we host Elena Madrid (WA Health Care Association), Laura Hofmann (LeadingAge), and Sydney Record (WA Dept. of Health) to talk about key infection prevention and control practices, challenges, and their tips to better infection prevention in SNF/ALFs! Note: Here is link to tool mentioned in this discussion: https://pathway-interact.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/INTERACT-Stop-and-Watch-v4_0-June2018_June-2018.pdf

Project Firstline, Ep. 5: Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facilities

Have you noticed how many pieces of equipment, variety of procedures, and amount of water is involved with dentistry?! The variety of equipment and procedures in dental settings provides for unique infection prevention practices. We host Dana Harris, a Public Health Dental Hygienist in Eastern Washington, to highlight the large role infection prevention in dental facilities plays in protecting our lives. This episode will really make you want to sink your teeth into dental infection prevention!

Project Firstline, Ep. 10: Dental Settings

¡Dejar de fumar es difícil, pero el apoyo positivo y auténtico puede ser de gran ayuda!
Dejar de fumar puede ser una de las mejores maneras de mejorar su salud, especialmente la salud de su corazón.

De corazón a corazón: Conversaciones sinceras sobre cómo dejar el hábito de fumar

It is no secret that cancer is frightening. Developing an infection while receiving cancer treatment seems even scarier. Marie Wilson, an Infection Preventionist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, helps us understand the unique and important aspects of infection prevention in oncology settings. Enjoy this episode and a good chuckle at the end with our Apple of the Day to Keep the Doctor Away!

Project Firstline, Ep. 14: Oncology Settings

We’re going back to the basics! Remember standard and transmission-based precautions? Well in this episode you’ll hear all about them with a bonus discussion on isolation signs, including a recent project to update these signs in Washington. We talk about this reminder and update with Evan Sylvester, the Director of Infection Prevention at Providence Swedish. This is an episode you won’t want to skip!

Project Firstline, Epi. 15: Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions

Recuento del periodo 2022–2023, un periodo mortal a causa de la gripe y la importancia de la vacunación, la higiene y cómo pasar los próximos 365 días de manera segura.

Recuento de la gripe

Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) is becoming more important as we start to see a rise in antibiotic resistance. Join us as we kick off our AMS Mini-Series with an introduction to antimicrobial stewardship and antibiotics! Jessica Zering, an AMS Pharmacist at the Washington State Department of Health, will be joining us for this special AMS Mini-Series.

Project Firstline, Epi. 16.1: Antimicrobial Stewardship Mini-Series: Introduction

Radiación y Salud: Sección de Gestión de Residuos del Departamento de Salud de Washington
La Sección de Gestión de Residuos en la Oficina de Protección Radiológica comprende su rol protegiendo a las personas de la radiación, desde hoy y hasta dentro de mil años

Radiation y Salud Podcast en Español

Empatía y naloxona: 

una combinación capaz de salvar vidas ante una sobredosis de opioides 

[SUBHEAD] En el Día de Concientización sobre la Sobredosis, comience a llevar naloxona y así podría salvar una vida. 

En el transcurso del 2021 fallecieron, en Washington, 2264 personas a causa de sobredosis con opioides. Esta cifra debe llevarnos a reflexionar, pues entre quienes perdieron la vida pudieron estar nuestros cónyuges, hijos, padres, hermanos, compañeros de trabajo, vecinos o amigos.  

Cada año, el 31 de agosto se celebra el Día Internacional de Concientización sobre las Sobredosis (IOAD por su siglas en inglés). Es una fecha para rememorar a aquellos seres que hemos perdido por sobredosis de drogas mundialmente, y, además, reconocer el dolor de todas las familias y amistades que se quedaron en este mundo para recordarlos.

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Cinco formas para ayudar a alguien que atraviesa por una crisis de salud mental.

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Is it a penicillin allergy or side effect? What’s the difference? Why do we care when we’re talking about Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)? Find out in this second episode of our AMS Mini-Series with Dr. Jessica Zering, an AMS Pharmacist at the Washington State Department of Health.

Project Firstline, Epi. 16.2: Antimicrobial Stewardship Mini-Series: Penicillin Allergies

Everyone plays a role in Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS). But what does this look like for you? Find out in this episode where we ask Dr. Jessica Zering about various healthcare jobs and their role in AMS.

Project Firstline, Ep. 10: Dental Settings

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