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Contains 4 Component(s) Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 02/05/2025 at 1:00 PM (EST)
This series will provide tools for how IPs can become critical coaches in the deployment of these technologies within their organizations as the technology continues to emerge.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal force across most industries, transforming the way we live, work, and solve complex problems. It is revolutionizing infection prevention and control (IPC) as well as healthcare, ushering in a new era of efficiency, accuracy, and proactive management. AI is quickly gaining traction as machine learning is being applied to more efficiently address tasks that have required significant human intervention in the past. With the increases in technology, we are now seeing technology approaching or exceeding in some cases a human’s ability to do the same tasks. Yet, what sets AI apart is its capacity to learn and evolve continuously. AI possesses the capability to sift through vast data sets, decipher complex data, anticipate needs, recognize patterns, and make insightful predictions. The integration of AI into IPC reflects a commitment to improving patient outcomes, optimizing healthcare processes, and addressing ethical considerations in the application of AI technologies.
This series will provide tools for how IPs can become critical coaches in the deployment of these technologies within their organizations as the technology continues to emerge.
See webinars in this series below. Please note, you will be registering for all webinars in this series.
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Aligned and Instrumental: The Future of Infection Prevention and Sterile Processing
CE: 1/IPU: 1
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Garrett Hollembeak and Hank Balch
This presentation will explore the transformative power of AI in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), highlighting how AI-driven tools enhance decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and improve regulatory compliance within sterile processing and high-level disinfection. Attendees will learn how AI tools can streamline tasks, identify workflow deviations, improve communication, and create engaging educational content.
Learning Objectives:
Identify Key AI Applications in IPC and SPD:
Understand the various AI tools such as ChatGPT and DALLE, and how they integrate into daily workflows to streamline tasks, identify root causes of workflow deviations, and ensure compliance with evidence-based practices.Enhance Communication and Compliance:
Learn how AI applications can improve communication between Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Sterile Processing Departments (SPD) by bridging the lexicon gap and enhancing compliance through accessible AI-driven solutions.Create Practical Tools and Engaging Education:
Discover how AI can build practical tools like SBAR and A3 builders to streamline problem-solving and communication processes, and how AI-generated educational materials can enhance the learning experience and retention of critical information for staff.__________________________________________________________________________________
AI Tools in Action
CE:1/IPU:1
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Presentation 1: Leveraging AI for faster data analysis
Speaker: Marko Predic
Demonstrating the power of AI to more efficiently process, sort, and condense large Excel data sets. Demonstrating how IPs with limited excel background can become more proficient and save large amounts of time during data processing.
Learning Objectives:Demonstrate how AI can aid in data processing of excel data sets for novice/intermediate excel users.
Presentation 2: Using ChaGPT as An Assistant During an Outbreak Investigation
Speaker: Carole W. Kamangu
This session will demonstrate how IPs can use free AI tools such as ChatGPT to analyze a datatest during an outbreak. It will also include the importance of following HIPAA rules throughout the process. This simplifies the data analysis process during an outbreak investigation and can allow IPs to scan through data quickly and get a summary much more easily. This is helpful while the outbreak is ongoing and can allow the IP to obtain summary information daily for internal reporting purposes, especially while juggling additional day-to-day obligations from their work.
Learning Objectives:
-Know some quick ways to analyze a dataset during an outbreak investigation by using ChaGPT without filtering large amounts of data.
-Know how to create a quick summary of your outbreak status for reporting purposes within your team and facility stakeholders
Presentation 3: Using AI technology for NHSN Surgical Site Infection Surveillance at UCSF Health
Speaker: Christy Pak
Showcase tool developed using AI technology for detection and review of SSI cases
Learning Objective:
- Describe Surgical Site Infection Identification tool being developed at UCSF Health for streamlining of SSI surveillance
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How to make PPE and HH training fun and engaging?
CE:1/IPU:1
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Bassel Molaeb and Bilen
This presentation will introduce the Blue Mirror artificial intelligence (AI) tutor, which is a virtual personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene (HH) trainer app. Blue Mirror is helping organizations improve their PPE and HH training programs in a cost-efficient, reliable, and repeatable way. We will discuss examples of how this tool increases reach and training equity, provides standard and repeatable training, enables fun and engaging training, improves memory retention, and enables fun and engaging training for personal protective equipment and hand hygiene in healthcare facilities.
Learning Objectives:
• Introduce the Blue Mirror artificial intelligence (AI) tutor concept.
• Explain how the Blue Mirror Trainer app increases reach and training equity and provides standard and repeatable training.
• Illustrate how this tool has demonstrated transformative power and provides sustainable, fun, and engaging training for personal protective equipment and hand hygiene in healthcare facilities._____________________________________________________________________________________________
What Story Does Your NHSN Data Tell You, and How Can You Use AI (Microsoft CoPilot) to Enhance Your Analytics and Help Improve Patient Quality and Safety?
CE:1/IPU:1
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Dr. Mickey Bansal and Kyle Willey
AI through tools such as CoPilot can be utilized on retrospective NHSN data to help make connections between patients that get surgical site infections compared to the overall surgical procedure population in a single hospital or healthcare system. We will demonstrate manual comparison methods, automated reporting methods, and AI tool methods of data aggregation and utilization in data storytelling.
Learning Objectives:
-Identify what data storytelling is
-Getting the story out of NHSN data
-Manual and automated storytelling
-Using CoPilot AI to make connections and improve storytelling____________________________________________________________________________________________
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 4 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
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Contains 12 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 01/13/2025 at 1:00 PM (EST)
This series provides an opportunity for participants to hear from IPs and various department leaders about best practices and results which can be accomplished when leveraging strong inter-departmental relationships. This series focuses on construction and renovation.
Ring in the New Year with APIC's Spring 2025 IPC Collaboration Series focusing on Construction and Renovation! This series provides an opportunity for participants to hear from IPs and various department leaders about best practices and results which can be accomplished when leveraging strong inter-departmental relationships.
See webinars in this series below. Please note, you will be registering for all webinars in this series.
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A Collaborative Approach to Effective Environmental Infection Control During Construction in Healthcare
CE: 1/IPU: 1
Monday, January 13, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Chris Olson, MBA, M(ASCP)CM, CIC, LTC-CIP, CPHQ and ART GOGUEN, MEPM
The presentation focuses on the collaboration of science, performance, and facilitation as critical relationships to achieve successful infection prevention and control
Learning Objectives:
1. How does the hospital ensure that the contractors that are brought in have the requisite training prior to project commencement?
2. The science behind healthcare construction containment design and critical check points to observe during containment monitoring.
3. Some of the Best Practices that are critical to the delivery of exceptional environmental infection control measures during construction in healthcare facilities.
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IP and Healthcare Construction: Built for Safety
CE:1/IPU:1
Monday, February 10, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Kristen VanderElzen, MPH, CIC and Rusty Hudson, Assoc. AIA
New building planning and construction for healthcare is a multi-faceted process. Infection Prevention ICRA’s often focus on the build process (earth moving and physical construction), however, design and commissioning processes are key stages in ensuring the safety of the building for staff and patients. Infection Preventionists (IPs) may not be familiar with the different aspects of commissioning. They need to know how they can ensure that testing best practices are met and the building meets with expected parameters. IPs need to ensure the new owners of the building (Maintenance/Facilities) understand how to prepare and maintain it once they have taken over from the contractor and before patients occupy it. Our different perspectives enable us to identify risks and solutions in a broad sense. Working closely together has allowed us to make quick turnaround on best practice questions and to address potential problems before they arise.
Learning objectives:
1. Understand key features related to planning and design for air and water delivery systems in a new/renovated healthcare building.
2. Identify steps to ensure the building is safe for occupancy.
3. Describe the as-built review, review of special water systems (RO, etc.) and special air management environments.
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Blueprint for health: uniting infection prevention and facilities in construction excellence
CE:1/IPU:1
Monday, March 10, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Kelly Zabriskie, BS, MLS, CIC, FAPIC and Chris Reitz
As our health system continued to grow and construction and renovation projects seemed to escalate, the System Infection Preventionist (IP) and the System Facility Regulatory leaders began to look at our overall process for construction/renovation projects. We identified that there was no consistency in the protocols being followed and we needed to create an aligned approach. Construction/renovation projects can be big or small, scheduled or emergent, performed by in house staff or by contractors; but regardless of the project there needed to be a standardized approach that created a partnership between the facility and infection prevention team to minimize the risks to patients in the hospital. We gathered other stakeholders to join our initiative, including Planning, Desing and Construction (PDC) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), to brainstorm for a standardized process towards construction projects that removed variation and created consistency. Initially, Bi-weekly ICRA Committees were established at each hospital with defined members and goals to review construction projects. We then instituted a software tool that generated construction permits that required approval by IP and EHS once construction ICRAs were inputted by facilities. In depth education sessions were provided for facilities, infection prevention, PDC and contractors to ensure full understanding and alignment of the new process. A collaborative, coordinated approach helped secure a standardized approach to construction and renovation projects. Over the next year, we followed up with meetings to identify concerns, gaps and areas for improvements with the new aligned process.
Learning Objectives:
1.How to foster a collaborative relationship between facilities and IP
2.Develop a business case for creating a standardized approach for construction/renovation projects
3.How to identify stakeholders to support your plan -How to sustain engagement and provide improvement
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The IP, the PM and the Construction Site
CE:1/IPU:1
Monday, April 7, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Candice Fearon, MSGH, BSN, RN, CIC and Natalie Jordan
Any construction or renovation project in or around a healthcare setting carries unique considerations and challenges. The Project Managers (PMs) are the leads with the Infection Preventionist (IP) providing support and subject matter expertise. In a large academic medical center, construction and renovations are endless. As such the Facilities Design & Construction (FDC) and Clinical Epidemiology (Epi) departments have over time built a collaborative relationship aimed to provide the safest environment for patients and staff during construction or renovation.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the collaborative relationship between the Infection Preventionist and Project Manager during construction or renovations projects
2. Understand the role of the Infection Preventionist during construction or renovation projects
3. Understand the role of the Project Manager during construction
4. Recognize the types of projects requiring close collaboration with the Infection Preventionist
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By registering for this webinar you agree to be contacted by APIC Industry partner: i-Health, Inc. www.culturellehcp.com
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 4 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
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Contains 12 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 12/09/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST) Recorded On: 10/28/2024
This series provides an opportunity for participants to hear from IPs and various department leaders about best practices and results which can be accomplished when leveraging strong inter-departmental relationships.
The Fall 2024 IPC Collaboration Series is here! This series provides an opportunity for participants to hear from IPs and various department leaders about best practices and results which can be accomplished when leveraging strong inter-departmental relationships. Topics include: Environmental cleaning, laundry management, and heater/cooler sterilization.
Collaboration between Child Life Specialists and Infection Preventionists - A look at how an adult Comprehensive Cancer Center was able to safely onboard pediatric care for radiation therapy while maintaining a child friendly atmosphere
CE: 1/IPU: 1
Monday, September 16, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Todd Hertel, MLS(ASCP)CM, CHS(ACHI) and Sami Rundo, CCLS
Speakers will discuss the importance of listening to understand and building a foundational relationship amongst Child Life and Infection Prevention. Infection Prevention and Child Life departments have continually collaborated at this organization to ensure pediatric care can happen safely while avoiding infection risk but also allow for a kid friendly environment to reduce emotional distress and trauma. This collaboration was the first of its kind across our Comprehensive Cancer Center previously tailored to an adult population. We will share our successes, struggles, risk assessments, and compromises.
Learning objectives:
1. How to approach new departments in a non-threatening way and lay a foundation for continued collaborative success
2. Best practice when advocating with leadership and requesting funding for projects not included in original budget planning
3. How to appropriately create and implement a toy cleaning and disinfection policy
4. Special considerations for access to unique Child Life managed play and therapy spaces
Linen Supply Goes Up in Smoke
CE: 1/IPU: 1
Thursday, October 24, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Michelle Power MT(ASCP), CIC and Justin Ballas
A significant fire has occurred at the main facility responsible for reprocessing linens for hospitals, surgeries, and ambulatory services across three campuses, encompassing a 1200-bed health system and 160 ambulatory offices, with minimal redundancy in place. Measures have been implemented to outsource linen processing to prevent any disruptions to hospital operations and to expedite the restoration of the textile department's capabilities to the highest level possible in a timely and safe manner.
Learning Objectives:
1. Determine the remediation process.
2. Establish a replacement linen supply system (including temporary linens, disposable lines, and sterile linen).
3. Implement steps to quality control all refurbished equipment, test new equipment, and ensure textiles are hygienically clean.
Behind the Curtains: Unveiling the Hidden Risks and Realities of Healthcare Linen Hygiene and Safety
CE: 1/IPU: 1
Monday, October 28, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Gregory Gicewicz, CLLM and Missy Travis, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
This session will provide a behind the scenes in-depth investigation into the realities and risks associated with healthcare linen & laundry. Missy Travis is the founder of IP&C Consulting, LLC, and a 20-year Board Certified Infection Prevention (IP) veteran. Greg Gicewicz is CEO of Compliance Shark, and a 20-year accredited healthcare laundry owner/operator. Together, they will share their diverse actionable perspectives on healthcare linen & laundry. Missy will provide the IP perspective on linen processing and handling and what “should” happen in a perfect world. Greg will provide the laundry operator’s insider perspective on what actually happens in the real world of linen processing and handling. Through combined efforts, they will offer tips and tricks for what dangers are lurking and how to mitigate these findings.
Overall, this session will illustrate the perfect world versus actual world linen concepts. The audience will follow a healthcare textile on a virtual journey from patient use at the hospital, to transportation to the laundry facility, to processing at the laundry facility, to transportation back to the hospital, and back to the point of use.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the risks associated with improperly processed and handled healthcare textiles
2. Evaluate healthcare laundry processing and handling using “perfect world” standards
3. Develop skills to identify hidden dangers in healthcare linen processing and handling
4. Apply techniques to mitigate dangers found in healthcare linen processing and handling.Collaborative Efforts in Mitigating Heater-Cooler Contamination Risks
CE: 1/IPU: 1
Monday, December 9, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Cyndi Culbreth, RN, BSN, CIC and Greg Griffin, BS, CCP LP
Infection Prevention and Clinical Perfusion teams collaborate to improve safety of heater-cooler machines in the OR
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the Importance of Cross-Departmental Collaboration
2. Identify Challenges and Solutions in Equipment Maintenance
3. Appreciate the Role of Executive Support
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 4 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Rece...
Todd Hertel, MLS(ASCP)CM, CHS(ACHI)
Infection Preventionist
Department of Clinical Epidemiology The James Comprehensive Cancer Center
Todd is a multiply certified healthcare professional with a diverse background in clinical laboratory services, management, and infection prevention. He has a passion for developing relationships and ensuring operational excellence. Todd was CIC certified in June 2024 and has been involved in numerous Infection Prevention projects including onboarding multiple new ambulatory cancer care buildings and service lines.
Sami Rundo, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Cancer Support Services The James Outpatient Care
Sami Rundo is a Certified Child Life Specialist with over 5 years working with families in the healthcare setting. She is passionate about utilizing multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve best outcomes.
Michelle Power MT(ASCP), CIC
Manager Infection Prevention
Christiana Care
Michelle Power is the manager of infection prevention at Christiana Care. She has been a CIC certified IP for 15 years and has worked in Infection Prevention since 2005. Michelle has been Named the 2016 CDC Childhood Immunization Champion for Delaware and has published several articles in the American Journal of Infection Control including “Increasing the efficiency of a targeted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening program”.
Justin Ballas, MHLM
Director of Textiles
ChristianaCare
Justin Ballas is the Director of Textiles Services at Christiana Care. He has over 20 years of experience in Heathcare Support Services including Environmental Services, Patient Transportation, and Textiles. Christiana Care's OPL is responsible for approximately 12 million pounds of laundry annually.
Missy Travis, MSN, RN, CIC
Infection Prevention Consultant
IP&C Consulting, LLC
Missy Travis is the founder of IP&C Consulting LLC, a consulting company that assists other Infection Preventionists, business owners, healthcare facilities, and sports teams in developing effective infection prevention programs. She is an APIC Consultant with over 20 years of experience focusing on infection prevention techniques and has been board-certified in infection control since 2003. Missy has utilized her skills as a Registered Nurse and Infection Preventionist in a variety of settings including acute care, inpatient rehab, sports teams, long-term care, and behavioral health. She has served as President of the Middle Tennessee Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) Chapter twice since 2006, as well as other APIC chapter leadership positions, including the Board of Directors. She has presented three scientific abstract posters at National Meetings and has helped implement national grants for infection prevention in the public health setting. Missy has created educational courses, IP Mentor, as part of her consulting business and has also hosted multiple online workshops and webinars.
Gregory Gicewicz, CLLM
President/CEO
Compliance Shark
Greg Gicewicz (Guh SEV Ich ) is the President/CEO at Compliance Shark. He is a healthcare laundry expert with 19 years of experience in healthcare laundry operations, infection control and compliance, specializing in optimizing laundry processes to enhance safety and efficiency.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 11/21/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
High-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) or special pathogens are novel and reemerging infectious diseases or pathogens that are highly transmissible from person to person (or have an unknown mode of transmission) and have the potential for epidemic or pandemic with high morbidity and mortality. Examples of HCIDs or special pathogens include Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, measles, mpox, smallpox, novel or new mutation of influenza, and Ebola or other viral hemorrhagic fever diseases.
CE: 1 / IPU: 1
Thursday, November 21, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Speakers: Alyssa Diehl, DHSc, MPH, CIC, LTC-CIP, Bassel Molaeb, MPH, CIC, FAPIC, Feah Alutra-Visan, MN, MAN, PGDip IC, CQIA, CIC, FAPIC, and Kia Parker, MACPR, CRCST, CER, CHL, a-IPC, CIC
High-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) or special pathogens are novel and reemerging infectious diseases or pathogens that are highly transmissible from person to person (or have an unknown mode of transmission) and have the potential for epidemic or pandemic with high morbidity and mortality. Examples of HCIDs or special pathogens include Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, measles, mpox, smallpox, novel or new mutation of influenza, and Ebola or other viral hemorrhagic fever diseases. As per the Joint Commission (TJC) standards, healthcare institutions must have protocols for HCIDs that are readily available for use including procedures for screening at the points of entry, patient isolation procedures, reporting mechanisms, infection prevention measures, healthcare workers’ safety and education, cleaning and disinfection procedures, and waste management protocols.
This webinar that is brought to you by members of the APIC Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Task Force will discuss the key points below:
1. Defining the HCIDs
2. Providing an overview of TJC Standards related to HCIDs
3. Defining the points of entry
4. Deliberating on the expectations regarding the screening protocols at the points of entry
5. Tackling the expectations regarding healthcare workers’ competencies and early recognition
6. Addressing the best infection prevention practices
7. Highlighting the surveillance and reporting mechanisms
8. Q & A
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 1 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 1 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs
- APIC designates this activity for 1 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 11/20/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
Joseph Ricci, president and CEO of TRSA, will join APIC CEO Devin Jopp for a fireside chat on the National Academies’ findings and implications for infection preventionists. The conversation will explore the hygienically clean process, how laundry professionals provide proper infection prevention in their facilities, and what steps policymakers may take on reusable PPE.
CE/IPU: 0
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Speakers: APIC CEO, Dr. Devin Jopp and TRSA President & CEO, Joseph Ricci
The National Academies recently convened a workshop – sponsored by the CDC’s National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory – to examine the benefits of reusable personal protective equipment (PPE) and ways to expand its use in healthcare. Convening technical experts, manufacturers, healthcare providers, industrial laundry operators and other experts, the workshop validated the benefits of hygienically clean reusable PPE, including lower costs, high quality and safety, and greater supply resiliency and environmental sustainability. Joseph Ricci, president and CEO of TRSA, will join APIC CEO Devin Jopp for a fireside chat on the National Academies’ findings and implications for infection preventionists. The conversation will explore the hygienically clean process, how laundry professionals provide proper infection prevention in their facilities, and what steps policymakers may take on reusable PPE.
By registering for this webinar, you agreed to be contacted by TRSA
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Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 0 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 0 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs:
- APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 11/07/2024 at 5:00 PM (EST)
APIC’s virtual 2024 Annual Business Meeting will provide an opportunity for members to hear from APIC leaders on the state of the association and learn about important strategic initiatives underway. Members will also have an opportunity to take part in a Q&A session.
CE: 0 / IPU: 0
Thursday, November 7, 2024 @ 5 pm ET
Tania N. Bubb, PhD, RN, CIC,FAPIC, Stephanie Carraway, MPH, CIC, LTC-CIP, CER, FAPIC, MBA, Carol McLay, DrPH MPHBSN RN FAPIC CIC, and Devin Jopp, EdD
APIC’s virtual 2024 Annual Business Meeting will provide an opportunity for members to hear from APIC leaders on the state of the association and learn about important strategic initiatives underway. Members will also have an opportunity to take part in a Q&A session.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 0 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 0 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs
- APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 11/07/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
This webinar will provide the latest study results from three recently published meta-analyses on the effectiveness of antiseptics as compared to mupirocin. For IPs, being able to demonstrate the return on investment is an equally important piece to the puzzle for gaining adopted in their facility. Examples of value propositions IPs have used to successfully garner support for larger programs will be shared.
CE/IPU: 0
Thursday, November 7, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Speaker: Karen Hoffman, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC
Nasal decolonization is a proven strategy to reduce surgical site infection, central line-associated bloodstream infections, and other infections. As nasal decolonization evolves from targeted to universal applications, antiseptics are clearly a superior choice. This webinar will provide the latest study results from three recently published meta-analyses on the effectiveness of antiseptics as compared to mupirocin. For IPs, being able to demonstrate the return on investment is an equally important piece to the puzzle for gaining adopted in their facility. Examples of value propositions IPs have used to successfully garner support for larger programs will be shared.
Objectives:
Explain the role of the nasal vestibule in healthcare-associated infections.
Discuss the evolution of nasal decolonization and its impact on product requirements
Review the results of 3 new meta-analyses on the efficacy of several nasal decolonization agents
Describe how to capture the impact of avoided infections and readmissions on your hospital’s operations and finances.
By registering for this webinar, you agreed to be contacted by program sponsor and APIC Industry Partner: Nozin
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Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 0 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 0 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs:
- APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
Karen Hoffman, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC
clinical instructor
University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine
Karen Hoffmann is a clinical instructor at University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine. She has specialized in infection prevention and control for over 4 decades, including serving for 24 years as the Associate Director of the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE). Karen also served as the Infection Preventionist Consultant for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from 2011 to 2020. She is a Fellow in both the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Karen has served on numerous chapter and national committees and elected positions and was the 2019 APIC National President. She has received several awards for her service and contributions to the field of Infection prevention, to include Infection Today’s “Educator of the Year”, SHEA’s Advanced Practice Award, APIC’s Carol B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award and North Carolina’s Old North State Award for exemplary service to the citizens of the state. Karen has published primary research articles, outbreaks and chapters in the medical literature and is a frequent speaker and for national, and international conferences. Karen earned her BS in Nursing from Indiana University and her master’s in healthcare epidemiology from the University of Virginia.
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 11/04/2024 at 10:00 AM (EST)
Antimicrobial stewardship in ambulatory UTI is the need of the hour as a large quantum of unregulated prescription of antibiotics takes place in this large patient group. In LMICs, academic detailing is usually carried out by medical representatives of pharmaceutical companies- driving the needless consumption of newer and more broad spectrum antimicrobials.
Monday, November 4, 2024 @ 10 am ET
Antimicrobial Stewardship in UTI: Lessons learnt from a multicentric multidisciplinary study: DASH to Protect Antibiotics
Dr Meher Rizvi
Antimicrobial stewardship in ambulatory UTI is the need of the hour as a large quantum of unregulated prescription of antibiotics takes place in this large patient group. In LMICs, academic detailing is usually carried out by medical representatives of pharmaceutical companies- driving the needless consumption of newer and more broad spectrum antimicrobials.
Through DASH to protect antibiotics, a large multicentric, multidisciplinary and multiregional study attempts to promote evidence based prescribing by guiding the centres in preparation of local antibiograms, assessing the current prescribing pattern through vignette based questionnaires and then imparting targeted education after analysing the questionnaires. Microbiologists, Medical education team in SQUH and co-PIs of the representative departments are powering this study effectively. Online interaction has become mainstream post COVID and this study is an example of how one can reach out to experts across
The antibiograms showed great variation in susceptibility in different regions. Variables like gross domestic product, humidity, temperature and population density also played a role in antimicrobial susceptibility in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
The clinical colleagues faced difficulty in filling the questionnaire but the eureka moment experienced during the interactive educational sessions brought home the fact that the educational sessions with entire department were fruitful and a consensus was developed. A point prevalence study is planned to study the current prescribing habits.
Pilot study of practices in pre-analytic diagnostic stewardship and IPC of nurses and patients in Oman shared an interesting insight.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Rizvi is an Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman and Professor, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Oman. She have over a hundred research papers and four book chapters to her credit. Dr. Rizvi did MBBS from Lady Hardinge Medical College, MD from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University. She has been awarded the position of Ambassador of American Society (ASM) for Microbiology to Oman, 2022-24. Was awarded the position of Ambassador, Society of Healthcare and Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 2021 and the Young Scientist award by Aligarh Muslim University in 2008. Dr. Rizvi has been awarded several grants, starting with a DST grant for an interesting project on immunopathogenesis of acute, chronic and occult HBV. She is leading an interesting multicentric, multidisciplinary study entitled: DASH to protect Antibiotics short for A multicentric study to promote antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship in UTI (DASH to protect Antibiotics) an experiment in mentorship and expand the one health concept. https://dashuti.com/. Over 62 centres are currently participating in the DASH study. She organizes one or two annual symposia where she invites leaders in their field to deliver cutting edge talks. These are well attended events.
Strategies to Improve Urinary Catheter Stewardship, to Reduce Infections and Injury from Catheter Use
Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Meddings
This presentation will describe interventions and implementation strategies for reducing unnecessary or prolonged use of urinary catheters, as well as for reducing injury from traumatic insertions.
About the Speaker:
Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc, is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Her research includes projects focused on developing and assessing the impact of patient safety initiatives upon the care of patients with chronic illness, with a focus on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection and injury. Her recent work has focused on developing and evaluating the impact of clinical interventions to improve patient care delivered at the bedside by nurses and physicians. She has published several systematic reviews of interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection, in multiple clinical settings. Much of her recent work to prevent urinary catheter-associated infectious and non-infectious complications has focused on reducing inappropriate urinary catheter use for medical and surgical patients, based on her experience applying the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to refine appropriate catheter indications, as published in the Annals of Internal Medicine for hospitalized medical patients, and in BMJ Quality and Safety for the Michigan Appropriate Perioperative (MAP) Criteria for common General Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery procedures.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 0 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 0 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs
- APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 10/31/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Join APIC for a conversational webinar involving all things social media.
CE: 0 / IPU
Thursday, October 31, 2024 @ 1 pm ET
Chaz Rhone, MPH, CIC, FAPIC, Saskia Popescu, and Claire Kilpatrick DSc, MSc, PGDipInfControl, RN, MFTM RCPS (Glas)
Join APIC for a conversational webinar involving all things social media. Learn how to elevate your leadership potential, grow your network, navigate feedback, and much more! Hear from your fellow Infection Preventionists on how they built their professional social media platforms and where their virtual journeys began. Whether you're starting out or looking to refine your strategy, this webinar offers actionable insights to propel your virtual presence forward. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn, connect, and empower your social media journey.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 0 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 0 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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- APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s).
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Chaz Rhone MPH, CIC, FAPIC
Assistant Vice President of Infection Prevention
HCA Healthcare North Florida Division
Chaz earned a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Florida and began his career as an Infection Preventionist in 2007. He is currently the Assistant Vice President of Infection Prevention at HCA Healthcare North Florida Division and serves as co-chair of the APIC Academic Pathway Steering Committee. His professional passions include advancing the field of IP through leadership development of IPs and advocating for MPH-ers as equally qualified candidates for IP positions.
Claire Kilpatrick
Consultant
Claire is a graduate of the University of Glasgow (with a PGDiploma in IPC and MSc in medical sciences), founding director of a small global health consultancy company and has been a consultant with WHO since 2008 (at global, regional and country level). She currently works across a number of sectors on infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene with a focus on guidance, implementation and improvement tools and reporting on global progress. She also has with a wealth of experience in campaigning and is currently involved in two critical projects that aim to outline priority research questions for both hand hygiene and environmental cleaning. One of her most recent publications is ‘the effectiveness of hand hygiene interventions for preventing community transmission or acquisition of novel coronavirus or influenza infections: a systematic review’.
Saskia Popescu PhD, MPH, MA
Policy Researcher, RAND & Assistant Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Saskia Popescu is an internationally recognized infectious disease epidemiologist and global health security leader with expertise in outbreak response and bioresilience. Her work focuses on biopreparedness and strategic readiness, biosecurity and biothreat analysis, infection prevention, AMR, and community interventions to One Health vulnerabilities and spillover risks. She is a skilled communicator directing progress through policy development, project management/team leadership, and providing pragmatic and real-world insight from experiences in leading international/domestic outbreak field response, biosurveillance initiatives, and healthcare biopreparedness programs. In addition to work in strengthening the prevention/response/recovery from biological risks, she concentrates on the intersection of science and policy to build capacity and support implementation of policies and collaboration across key stakeholders.
Frankie Catalfumo, MPH, CIC, CRCST
Director, Practice Guidance and Health Equity
APIC
Frankie helps to connect the dots. Learning how to connect the dots to help identify causes and risk factors is the core function of an epidemiologist. From the global HIV epidemic to the threat of multi-drug resistant bacteria, all agents prompt the need for effective prevention and control measures to promote public health. His goal as an infectious disease epidemiologist is to reduce and prevent the spread of disease by explaining the complex relationships between a host and a pathogen.
Specialties: epidemiologic investigations, sterile processing, high-level disinfection, hospital epidemiology, outbreak management, mock surveys, patient safety, quality improvement, emergency management, incident command operations, teaching/educating healthcare workers, and public speaking.Devin Jopp, EdD, MS (Moderator)
CEO
APIC
Dr. Devin Jopp joined APIC as CEO on December 7, 2020. He brings to APIC more than two decades of association leadership with a wide array of experience and accomplishments from across the healthcare and nonprofit sectors. He has been recognized as one of the top 100 most influential healthcare leaders by Healthcare Management International Magazine and one of the top 50 healthcare IT experts by Health Data Management Magazine. Prior to APIC, he served as CEO for the American College Health Association, the principal leadership organization for advancing the health and well-being of the nation’s 20 million college students and their campus communities through advocacy, education, and research. He has also previously served as president and CEO for the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a national nonprofit advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services focused on enhancing the exchange of healthcare information. Before joining WEDI, he served as chief operating officer for the Service Corp of Retired Executives, a national nonprofit organization that provides business mentoring and training to American entrepreneurs.
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Contains 9 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 10/16/2024
Join APIC and NHSN for International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW)! We will have 3 presentations focusing on Global perspectives taking place live from 9-11:30 am ET with time for a Q&A session at the end. There will also be 2 pre-recorded on-demand sessions available for attendees to view on their own time.
4.5 CE/ 4 IPU
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Live session: 9-11 am ET
3 pre-recorded session available on demand!
Join APIC and NHSN for International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW)! We will have 3 presentations focusing on Global perspectives taking place live from 9-11:00 am ET with time for a Q&A session at the end. There will also be 3 pre-recorded on-demand sessions available for attendees to view on their own time. See you there!
Please note: you are registering for all sessions for this event and agree to be contacted by NHSN.
9:00 am - 9:30 am ET
Healthcare-Associated Infections: Global Burden and the Challenges and Promise of HAI Surveillance
Presenter: Dr. Emily Petersen, CDC
Description: This presentation will explore the global burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the key challenges in their surveillance, particularly in resource-limited settings. It will highlight effective prevention strategies and propose future pathways to enhance global HAI monitoring and control efforts. Attendees will gain insights into the critical role of surveillance in shaping prevention strategies and the need for global collaboration.
Global Perspectives: Addressing HAI Surveillance and Prevention Challenges Through Collaboration and Innovation
9:35-10:05 am ET
Presenters: Dr. Joud Jarrah and Dr. Mohammed Liswi
Description: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) leaders from various countries will discuss how collaboration and innovative approaches are helping their facilities overcome the challenges of HAI surveillance and prevention. This session will highlight diverse strategies and the importance of adapting to local contexts, offering valuable insights into global efforts to enhance HAI control.
10:10 am - 10:45 am ET
Global Perspective: WHO's Role in Shaping HAI Surveillance and Prevention
Presenter: Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi
Description: (TBD) This presentation will provide a global overview of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance from the World Health Organization's perspective. It will highlight WHO's role in guiding and supporting international efforts to improve HAI monitoring and prevention, emphasizing the importance of global standards, collaboration, and the integration of surveillance data into public health strategies.
Pre-Recorded sessions Available on demand
Global Perspectives: Addressing HAI Surveillance and Prevention Challenges Through Collaboration and Innovation
Presenters: Dr. Aileen Lacsamana, and Dr. Tarcela Gler
Description: In this interview-style presentation, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) leaders from various countries will discuss how collaboration and innovative approaches are helping their facilities overcome the challenges of HAI surveillance and prevention. This session will highlight diverse strategies and the importance of adapting to local contexts, offering valuable insights into global efforts to enhance HAI control.
Surgical Site Infection Surveillance and Reporting
Presenter: Melissa Otis
Description: A review of NHSN Surgical Site Infection Surveillance and Reporting will be provided. Attendees will apply this knowledge through the use of case studies.
Current and Future Reporting for the NHSN AUR Module
Presenters: Michelle Fedrick & Hayley Koslik
Description: Michelle and Hayley will provide a high-level overview of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module reporting including the CMS Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program requirement for calendar years 2024 and 2025. They will also highlight changes planned for the AUR reporting for 2025.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 4.5 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 4.5 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
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Thank you for registering for this online program. Please note that live attendance is limited to the first 1,000 participants, so we encourage you to log in early to secure your spot. The webinar will be recorded and made available on-demand within 24 hours. You will receive an email notification once the recording is accessible in your APIC Education Dashboard.
Tania Bubb, PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC (Moderator)
Senior Director, Infection Control
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
Dr. Tania Bubb is the Senior Director of Infection Prevention & Control at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. She has worked as an Infection Preventionist since 2006 at major academic medical centers with responsibilities spanning the continuum of care. She’s served her local and national APIC board of directors. Prior to serving at the national level, Dr. Bubb chaired the APIC Professional Development Committee, was a member of the American Journal of Infection Control Editorial Review Board, and a member of APIC’s Practice Resources Editorial Panel. Most recently, Dr. Bubb co-chaired APIC’s Health Inequities and Disparities Taskforce and is the 2024 APIC President. She is an experienced speaker and author, having presented at local and national APIC events as well as other conferences, and authored publications related to the field of infection prevention and control.
Dr. Bubb received Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Nursing from City University of New York Herbert H. Lehman College and earned her Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Nursing from New York University.
Emily Petersen, MD
Medical Officer
CDC
Dr. Emily Petersen is a physician and epidemiologist with over a decade of experience in global and US public health surveillance, safe patient care promotion, and emerging infectious diseases response. Dr. Petersen completed her Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship in 2015, and now works in the International Infection Control Program in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She is clinically active as an adjust Assistant Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Petersen’s research interests include international public health, maternal and child health, and healthcare-associated infection surveillance.
Joud Jarrah, MD
Transplant Infectious Diseases Physician
King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center
Dr. Jarrah is a transplant infectious disease physician Staff Physician at KHCC, joining in 2022. Dr. Jarrah completed infectious disease fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital with transplant infectious diseases and global health experience. He completed his infectious disease fellowship at Wayne State University along with a certificate in Global and Urban Health & Equity. Dr. Jarrah. having completed his fellowship in June 2022 at Henry Ford Health, joined King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center as a staff physician, and as part of his role at KHCC, is establishing the first structured infectious disease and transplant infectious disease fellowship in Jordan to advance infectious disease training in the Middle East and North Africa Region, to start in summer 2024. His work on improving immunizations rates in transplant recipients in Metro Detroit region has been recognized on a state and national level.
Mohammed Liswi
Technical Advisor
Global Health
Experienced humanitarian manager with a demonstrated history of working with the international non-profit organizations. Skilled in Monitoring and Evaluation, Epidemiology and Health Information Management. I hold a Master of science (M.Sc.) in public health from Jordan University of Science & Technology.
Professor Benedetta Allegranzi
Infectious Diseases Specialist
World Health Organization
Benedetta Allegranzi is an infectious diseases specialist, with Diplomas in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (University of Liverpool, UK) and Clinical Research (University of Geneva, Switzerland). From 1994 to 2006, she worked as infectious diseases and infection prevention and control (IPC) specialist and assistant professor at the University of Verona, Italy, as well as in Burundi, Malaysia and some other countries.
She now works at the World Health Organization (WHO) HQ since 2006, as the technical lead of the IPC Hub and the IPC Taskforce and co-lead of the IPC pillar of the WHO response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benedetta Allegranzi is also Adjoint Professor at the Global Health Institute and at the Infection Control Programme, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva.
With her team, she has provided technical support to many countries in all continents and has led research in the field of health care associated infections, antimicrobial resistance, and IPC; she has been responsible for the development of many new global IPC guidelines and implementation strategies and tools, and two global campaigns on injection safety and hand hygiene (in 182 countries).
She is leading or senior author of 65 WHO official publications, and author or co-author of over 200 scientific publications, and more than 20 book chapters.
Devin Jopp, EdD, MS (Moderator)
CEO
APIC
Dr. Devin Jopp joined APIC as CEO on December 7, 2020. He brings to APIC more than two decades of association leadership with a wide array of experience and accomplishments from across the healthcare and nonprofit sectors. He has been recognized as one of the top 100 most influential healthcare leaders by Healthcare Management International Magazine and one of the top 50 healthcare IT experts by Health Data Management Magazine. Prior to APIC, he served as CEO for the American College Health Association, the principal leadership organization for advancing the health and well-being of the nation’s 20 million college students and their campus communities through advocacy, education, and research. He has also previously served as president and CEO for the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a national nonprofit advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services focused on enhancing the exchange of healthcare information. Before joining WEDI, he served as chief operating officer for the Service Corp of Retired Executives, a national nonprofit organization that provides business mentoring and training to American entrepreneurs.
Melissa Otis
Nurse Infection Prevention Consultant
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Surveillance Branch where she is a member of the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Protocol and Training Team
Melissa Otis is a Nurse Infection Prevention Consultant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), Surveillance Branch where she is a member of the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Protocol and Training Team. In this role, Melissa provides consultation and technical assistance regarding surveillance for healthcare associated infections using NHSN. She serves as the subject matter expert for the Surgical Site Infection [SSI] surveillance. Melissa has over 20 years of combined healthcare experience in a variety of leadership roles, many of which focused on Infection Prevention. She has been a Registered Nurse for over 15 years and earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Michelle Fedrick
Public Health Analyst
Lantana Consulting Group
Michelle Fredrick is a Public Health Analyst at Lantana Consulting Group, bringing a wealth of experience from her previous role as a hepatitis epidemiologist. With a robust background in public health, she is experiences with supporting strategic health initiatives to address public health challenges effectively. Her expertise in disease surveillance and outbreak investigation significantly contributes to her current role, where she continues to impact public health through insightful analysis and strategic recommendations.
Hayley Koslik
Epidemiologist
Lantana Consulting Group
Hayley Koslik is an Epidemiologist – Public Health Analyst at Lantana Consulting Group. She supports the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module, and provides technical assistance to healthcare facilities submitting data to NHSN.
Tarcela Gler
medical director
Otsuka Manila Research Center
Presently, a medical director of Otsuka Manila Research Center.
Holds numerous positions: the chairperson of the HIV/AIDS Core Team (HACT). she is a training officer of the Infectious Disease Section of Makati Medical Center, she is a fellow member of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, a fellow of the Philippine College of Physicians, and a board member of Lingap Para sa Kalusugan ng Sambayanan, a non-governmental health care organization. Additionally, through her affiliation with multiple professional associations over the course of her career, she has served her community with infectious disease resources as a community organizer, consultant, clinician and training officer.Dr. Aileen A. Lacsamana
Hospital Director
Manila Hospital
Dr. Aileen A. Lacsamana serves as the Hospital Director of Manila Hospital, a public, municipal, tertiary care facility in Manila. She has spearheaded numerous initiatives aimed at optimizing health care delivery in a public setting. Her advocacy for the hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship is noteworthy. Beyond her role as Hospital Director, Dr. Lacsamana actively contributes her expertise in public health as a member of the Local Health Board.
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