#20 Not All Bugs are Bad

<p>What comes to mind when you hear the word, “microbes”? If your first thought is bacteria, you may also correlate that with sickness. Surprisingly, that is not always the case. Join us and our guests, Dr. Salah Qutaishat and Dr. Timothy Wiemken, for a discussion on the importance of a well-balanced microbiome through the lens of two of their great loves: yogurt and beer. This episode exposes the microbial parallel between a brewery and a hospital, and the necessity of microbes in our day-to-day health.</p> <p><strong>Hosted by:</strong></p> <p>Silvia Quevedo, CAE</p> <p><strong>About our Guests:</strong></p> <p><strong>Salah S. Qutaishat, PhD, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC</strong></p> <p>Salah Qutaishat, PhD, is currently a consultant in infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology. Most recently, he held the position of system director of Infection Prevention at Munson Healthcare. He is dedicated to helping healthcare organizations prevent healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial resistance through automation and process simplification. Dr. Qutaishat received his PhD in microbiology from the SUNY at Buffalo, an MS in medical biology from Long Island University, and a BS in Biology from the University of Jordan. For the past two decades he held several positions in infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology. He is an expert in infection prevention, prevention of microbial resistance and healthcare informatics. Dr. Qutaishat is also certified in infection control (CIC) and is a fellow of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (FSHEA). He was on the clinical faculty at SUNY at Buffalo and University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. He is a member of several professional societies including the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Dr. Qutaishat has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, he is also a reviewer