Clean Talk | Ep 45 | Innovative Technologies Improving Patient Safety w/ Richard Prinz

12/16/22 • 34 min

Clean Talk - The State of Infection Control w/ Brad Whitchurch

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Richard Prinz, Senior Vice President at Blue Ocean Robotics, joins us to share how utilizing innovative technologies mitigates Healthcare-associated Infections and promotes patient safety worldwide.
Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:
• Richard’s background and what brought him to where he is today
• About Blue Ocean Robotics and their mission
• What is the UVD Robot?
• Taking a proactive approach towards patient safety
• Richard's previous experience at EvaClean Infection Prevention
• EvaClean's Pure Excellence Program
• What to expect in the future for Blue Ocean Robotics
• Predictions for the future of Infection Prevention
• And more!
Rich brings with him 20 years of experience in leadership positions at major Healthcare, Hospitality, and Industrial Supply organizations. Highly skilled in partnership management and targeted education, Rich has developed Process Improvement Initiatives at major healthcare facilities and networks throughout the Country.
He has implemented training for the Operating Room, Infection Prevention, Environmental Services, and Sterile Processing consistent with TJC Standards. He has written articles for several industry organizations including Infection Control Today, Healthcare Purchasing News, and CMM. Originally from Chicago, Rich relocated to Massachusetts in 2014 with his family. He enjoys traveling, hiking, and running with his two daughters.
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Clean Talk | Ep 44 | Empowered Nurses Make A Difference w/ Madelaine Cuevas

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Madelaine Cuevas, Infection Control and ICU Nurse at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente, joins us to share her expertise and knowledge around infection control.
Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:
• Madelaine’s background and what brought her to where she is today
• About Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
• About Kaiser Permanente
• How being an ICU nurse helps implement infection prevention protocols
• Experiences in the HAI Taskforce Committee combatting C-Diff and other infections
• How Madelaine & her team were able to reduce C-Diff to 0% at O’Connor Hospital
• What Madelaine & her team are doing in Santa Clara Valley to improve C-Diff numbers
• Useful Applications for UV Light in patient rooms
• The mission to improve hand hygiene at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
• Empowering nurses and staff with contests, prizes, resources, and education
• What to expect in the future for infection control
Madelaine Cuevas has been a nurse for more than 12 years. She started her career in the Philippines in 2007 as a Medical/Surgical nurse. She then moved to Saudi Arabia in 2009 and began her career as an ICU nurse. In 2013, she moved to the USA, where she continued her career as a nurse.
In April 2020, Madelaine's career as an infection prevention nurse started as she was hired as an extra help infection prevention nurse by the previous infection prevention nurse in the facility. In that role, she got to really see and understand what infection prevention nurses do. In September 2020, Madelaine transitioned from being an extra help nurse to a full-time infection control nurse.
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Clean Talk | Ep 46 | Staying Ahead of a Critical Need w/ Victoria Engelhardt

In this week’s episode of Clean Talk, Victoria Engelhardt, CEO & Co-founder of Keleya, the maternity care platform, joins us to share how the innovative Keleya app is changing how women experience their parenthood journey.
Tune in to hear about a range of topics including:
• Victoria’s background and what brought her to where she is today
• About Keleya and their mission
• How the Keleya app works
• About the scarcity of midwives in Germany
• The growth of Keleya during the Covid-19 Pandemic
• About German Healthcare coverage
• Keleya’s personalized resources for expecting mothers
• Keleya’s birth-prep and post-birth courses and why they’re important
• Experience working with Pelvic Floor Centers
• What to expect in the future for Keleya
After working in Tech startups in Berlin for a number of years and some time in management consulting at BCG, Victoria wanted to spend her time on something that really matters to her and to the world. When a dear friend of Victoria's became pregnant, she realized for the first time, how hard it was, to find a midwife and the right support throughout this exciting time.
This led Victoria to found Keleya – Your Pregnancy & Parenthood Companion.
Keleya is the best-in-class pregnancy app that provides support, workouts and medical advice, and is reimbursed by major German health insurances, such as SBK, BIG direkt gesund, DAK etc. We have been awarded “Editor’s choice” by Apple and been downloaded about 200K times.
As an addition to their eco-system, in cooperation with the German Midwife Association, they have launched a marketplace that connects parents with midwives on their platform ammely.de.
Keleya is changing how women experience their parenthood journey.
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