1.0UCHealth Todayhttps://www.uchealth.org/todayrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="h2q7sN5uCM"><a href="https://www.uchealth.org/today/melissa-szkil/">Melissa Szkil</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.uchealth.org/today/melissa-szkil/embed/#?secret=h2q7sN5uCM" width="600" height="338" title="“Melissa Szkil” — UCHealth Today" data-secret="h2q7sN5uCM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.uchealth.org/today/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/10/13080905/Image-4-web.webp800712Preparing for the next pandemic Back in 2017, Melissa Szkil, an analyst on the clinical decision support team, could not have seen the COVID-19 pandemic coming, but she was preparing for it anyway. Working with the infection prevention team under the leadership of Dr. Michelle Barron, senior medical director of infection prevention and control for […]