Ep 73 Puerperal Fever: Seriously, wash your hands
b'Our sign-off, \\u201cwash your hands, ya filthy animals\\u201d, has never been more appropriate than with this episode on puerperal or childbed fever, now known as maternal peripartum infections. It took us over seventy episodes to get here, but today we finally tell the tragic story of Ign\\xe1c Semmelweis, the \\u201cfather of hand hygiene\\u201d and \\u201csavior of mothers\\u201d, whose keen observations and devotion to his patients earned him ridicule in his time and respect in ours. But the tragedy of this episode\\u2019s topic doesn\\u2019t reside solely in the past. Today maternal peripartum infections are still a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide, and, surprise surprise, the impact is not equally felt across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Join us as we dive into this historically rich, medically complicated, and still appallingly prevalent group of infections.\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'