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This episode discusses the impact of climate change on clinical laboratories and the role of microbiology in diagnostic stewardship.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity – and is not a future problem. Changes to the Earth's climate driven by emission of greenhouse gases have led to glaciers shrinking, plant and animal geographic ranges shifting and historical droughts, wildfires and rainfall. What does all of this have to do with the clinical laboratory? Subscribe to Editors in Conversation on Apple Podcasts , Android , Spotify , or Email and never miss an episode. Guests: Dr. Joesph Wiencek , Director of Clinical Chemistry and Associate Professor at VUMC Andrea Prinzi, Ph.D., MPH, SM(ASCP) , bioMérieux Links: The foundation for the microbiology laboratory's essential role in diagnostic stewardship : an ASM Laboratory Practices Subcommittee report Approaches to developing and implementing a molecular diagnostics stewardship program for infectious diseases : an ASM Laboratory Practices Subcommittee report Guiding antimicrobial stewardship through thoughtful antimicrobial susceptibility testing and reporting strategies : an updated approach in 2023 This episode of Editors in Conversation is brought to you by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and hosted by JCM Editor in Chief…

People in this episode

Host: Romney Humphries, Ph.D., D(ABMM)

Guests: Dr. Joesph Wiencek, Andrea Prinzi, Ph.D., MPH, SM(ASCP)

Topics covered

• climate change
• clinical laboratory
• green labs
• diagnostic stewardship
• microbiology

Keywords

• climate change
• clinical laboratory
• green labs
• diagnostic stewardship
• microbiology
• antimicrobial stewardship
• molecular diagnostics

Sponsors

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Society for Microbiology, bioMérieux, ASM Laboratory Practices Subcommittee, ASM

Places: VUMC

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