UPMC Center for Care of Infectious Diseases Video Series
May 2, 2022
Travel Clinic
Carolyn Fernandes, MD, director of UPMC's Travel Health Program, explains the preventive health care services and specialized care after travel offered by the clinic.
Phage Therapy at Pitt/UPMC
Daria Van Tyne, PhD, discusses phage therapy for treating antibiotic-resistant infections.
The CoVICS Study
Ghady Haidar, MD, outlines the objectives on an ongoing study that quantifies immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in immunocompromised individuals.
Enhanced Detection System for Health Care-Associated Transmission (EDS-HAT): A New Paradigm for Infection Prevention
Lee Harrison, MD, presents methods for outbreak detection to prevent infections and deaths, as well as avert hospital costs.
Prosthetic Joint Infections
Neel Shah, MD, the Infectious Disease Division's expert on orthopaedic infections, discusses the basics of prosthetic joint infections.
Penicillin Allergy in Antimicrobial Stewardship
Ricardo Arbulu, MD, discusses the impact of mislabeled penicillin allergies, and reviews an algorithm successfully applied to many institutions, including UPMC, to risk-stratify patients with the label to receive beta-lactam agents safely.
