SHEA Podcast Features APSF Board Member Richard Prielipp MD: Infection Prevention Adjustments for the Anesthesia Provider with the APSF

Richard C. Prielipp, MD, MBA, FCCM
Minneapolis, MN
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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) interviewed APSF Board Member Richard Prielipp, MD, MBA as a part of their “The COVID-19 Allies in Prevention” Podcast Series. In this podcast, moderator Joshua Schaffzin, MD, PhD, FAAP discusses the perioperative patient safety considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic specifically on aerosol generating procedures (i.e. endotracheal intubation and extubation, operating room entry) and considerations on patient and healthcare worker safety.

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Here are some of the highlights:

• How many practices have changed before and into the COVID-19 pandemic
• Room air exchanges and how they have affected intubation/extubation traffic
• Universal precautions and PPE
• PAPRs and the operating room
• Intubation teams for perioperative care and COVID-19