Episode: Aug/Sept 2025, with Special Guest Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, on Infection Prevention and Control and Scabies
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD
Guest(s): Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD; Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP (editor-in-chief)
In This Episode:
In this episode, host Dr. Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, and editor-in-chief Dr. Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, discuss our August/September issue of Caring for the Ages. Special Guest Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, joins to discuss infection prevention and control, lending her expertise to our Special Section on Immunization and Infectious Disease. Dr. Gaur also discusses the difference between classic and crusted scabies and what to do if there is an outbreak.
Dr. Galik shares what she's learned about the effectiveness of having an infection preventionist on staff, and discusses the recommended 2025-2026 immunization schedule.
Featured Articles:
- When It Comes to Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Care Teams Are Superheroes, by Joanne Kaldy
- Immunizations for the 2025 to 2026 Year, by Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP
- Infection Preventionists in Long-Term Care, by Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP
- Classic and Crusted Scabies: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis, by Swati Gaur, MD, MBA
- A Crusted Scabies Story in a Nursing Home (A Case Study), by Sumathi Devarajan, MD, CMD
Date Recorded: August 4, 2025
Available Credit: CMD credit for select PALTtalk podcast episodes are issued as follows:
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