APIC gets in podcast game with ‘5 Second Rule’

The latest healthcare organization competing for a spot in your podcast feed is the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. “5 Second Rule” debuted in October, with new episodes available the second Tuesday of each month.

“At APIC, we believe that infection prevention is everybody’s business, so our podcast covers the topics that matter to and affect everyone,” APIC CEO Katrina Crist said in a news release. “We’re talking to infection preventionists and other experts to learn the truth about some common myths related to the risk of infection and to provide pertinent information.”

The first episode delved into myths about vaccines, with guest Patsy Stinchfield, senior director of infection prevention and control at Children’s Minnesota. The November episode was about antibiotic resistance, with Marc-Oliver Wright, an infection preventionist from UW Health University Hospital in Madison, Wis.

The podcast is hosted by APIC executives Silvia Quevedo and Hannah Andrews, who have both been with the organization since 2015.

It’s available on the usual platforms— Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and Spotify.

The podcast’s name of course derives from the folk wisdom that if you drop food on the floor it’s safe to eat if it’s been there for less than five seconds. “But is food really ‘safe’ after five seconds?” APIC’s announcement of the podcast asks. The show aims to tackle such everyday infection-prevention issues aimed at both the general public and healthcare workers. ●