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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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 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 

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 

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

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 

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, Patricia(Pat)Metcalf Jackson, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC, 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

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 

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

Consulting 301 for IPs: Best Practices for Working as a Consulting Team 

Presented by APIC Consulting Services 

Friday, November 1, 2024 | 1:05pm - 1:50pm ET

$39 APIC Member | $49 Non-Member

Learn how to navigate working on a team of independent consultants in Consulting 301: Best Practices for Working as a Consulting Team. This course will teach you how to align diverse work styles, establish trust, and communicate effectively within consulting teams. Working as a consulting team is a crucial aspect of independent consulting, yet it often presents challenges that require adept management and collaboration. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be equipped with essential skills for managing conflict, fostering collaboration, and driving success as an infection prevention consultant.

In this workshop, participants will learn about:

- Understanding Work Styles: Explore the four main work styles—logical, idea-oriented, detail-oriented, and supportive—and how they impact teamwork dynamics.

- Building Trust: Learn strategies to establish and maintain trust within a consulting team through shared goals and values.

- Embracing Diversity and Inclusion: Discuss the importance of patience, respect, and empathy in creating an inclusive team environment.

- Collaboration Techniques: Discover best practices for providing feedback, recognizing contributions, and respecting individual boundaries.

- Conflict Management: Develop skills to address conflicts constructively and maintain a positive, solution-oriented attitude.

This course is part of a comprehensive four-part series. To attend all four sessions of Consulting 301, register here.

Can’t attend the live presentation? Registrants will receive access to the post-workshop recordings on the course page for easy, on-demand viewing.

Workshop Presenter

DeAnn Richards, RN, BSN, CPHQ, CPPS, CIC, LTC-CIP, APIC Consultant  

Access to Workshop Recording 

- On-demand access to the session recording will be available on the course page beginning the day after each live session, and will be valid for 90 days.

Registration Deadline: November 1, 2024, 12pm ET 

Join us and advance your practice as an IPC consultant!  

Consulting 301 for IPs: Advanced IPC Consulting Workshops is not a requirement for becoming an APIC Consultant. If you’d like to be considered for our roster, complete our Consultant Roster Questionnaire to learn more.

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. 

IPUs: 

• APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s). 
• For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Rece... 

Consulting 301 for IPs: Impactful Writing as a Consultant 

Presented by APIC Consulting Services 

Friday, October 25, 2024 | 1:05pm - 1:50pm ET

$39 APIC Member | $49 Non-Member

Unlock the power of effective writing in Consulting 301: Impactful Writing as a Consultant, designed specifically for seasoned IP consultants. As a consultant, strong writing is essential when submitting reports, communicating findings, and delivering recommendations to clients. This course will help you organize your thoughts, craft clear and concise communications, and ensure your writing is easily understood, allowing clients to effectively act on your expert advice. By the end of the session, you'll be equipped to translate complex infection prevention concepts into clear, compelling messages that leave a lasting impact.

In this interactive session, participants will cover:

- Understanding writing’s impact: Learn how certain writing styles activate brain reward centers.

- Style Guidelines: Align writing with professional standards for IPs.

- Achieving writing clarity: Organize thoughts, remove unnecessary details, and proofread for accuracy.

- Using active voice: Strengthen your message by making the subject perform the action.

- Tailoring your intent: Write with clear objectives—whether instructional, informational, persuasive, or transactional.

- Developing tone: Establish a professional, authentic voice using direct, strong language.

This course is part of a comprehensive four-part series. To attend all four sessions of Consulting 301, register here.

Can’t attend the live presentation? Registrants will receive access to the post-workshop recordings on the course page for easy, on-demand viewing.

Workshop Presenter

DeAnn Richards, RN, BSN, CPHQ, CPPS, CIC, LTC-CIP, APIC Consultant  

Access to Workshop Recording 

- On-demand access to the session recording will be available on the course page beginning the day after each live session, and will be valid for 90 days.

Registration Deadline: October 25, 2024, 12pm ET 

Join us and advance your practice as an IPC consultant!  

Consulting 301 for IPs: Advanced IPC Consulting Workshops is not a requirement for becoming an APIC Consultant. If you’d like to be considered for our roster, complete our Consultant Roster Questionnaire to learn more.