Transforming Diagnostic Stewardship Through Clinician–Lab Collaboration

About this episode

The episode discusses the collaboration between clinicians and labs to improve diagnostic stewardship.

In this episode of The SHEA Podcast, host Dr. Dan Morgan sits down with Dr. Jessica Zering and Dr. Robin Patel to discuss how clinicians and labs can work together, especially beyond the traditional hospital with a lab on site. Dr. Zering, an antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist working for the Washington State Department of Health, and Dr. Robin Patel, the Director of the Mayo Clinic's Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, reflect on the ways in which the relationship between clinicians and labs can move the needle in diagnostic stewardship.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Dan Morgan

Guests: Dr. Jessica Zering, Dr. Robin Patel

Topics covered

• diagnostic stewardship
• clinician-lab collaboration
• antimicrobial stewardship
• healthcare
• infectious diseases

Keywords

• diagnostic stewardship
• clinician collaboration
• lab collaboration
• antimicrobial stewardship
• infectious diseases

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington State Department of Health, Mayo Clinic, Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory

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