Covid CSI: Real-world hospital case studies

High Reliability, The Healthcare FM Podcast is brought to you by Gosselin/Martin Associates. Our show discusses the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Facilities Management (FM) function. 

We welcome Bryan Connors to the High Reliability podcast. Bryan is the Managing Principal Consultant at Environmental Health & Engineering, located in Newton, MA. Environmental Health & Engineering offers expertise in Engineering, Environmental, and Health and Safety Consulting. EH&E works with hospitals, laboratories, universities, and industrial facilities across the country. 

Bryan brings some real-world examples of organizations preparing for and combatting the virus known as Covid.  In this far-ranging conversation, we also talk about becoming an industrial hygienist, the importance and limitations of air sampling,  and the role of The Interpreter in discussing science and industrial hygiene issues with hospital clients.

If you have ever wanted to be like television forensics investigator Quincy (I'm dating myself!)  or watched an episode of CSI or House, this episode is for you. We discuss: 

• "I didn't know this career existed," and what does an industrial hygienist do? (3:30);
• Preventing disease in the patient environment (8:00);
•  Assess the  state of hospitals to manage the virus today,  and what are some current thoughts related to hygiene and transmission (16:00) ; 
• A real-world hospital case study I,  infection pathway assessment and preventing virus spread (32:00);
• A real-world case study II,  demonstrating how tracer gas testing can investigate and identify a covid 19 pathway and outbreak  (46:00);
• What medical equipment stands out as the most problematic piece relative to medical infections, and what does the future hold?  (57:30).

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