Better Air, Better Outcomes: Integrating Industrial Hygiene and Infection Prevention

1 IPU

Thursday, September 24, 2026 @ 1 pm ET

Speakers: 

Wilson Bull, MPH, CIH & Monica Lopez, RN, BSN, CIC

This session highlights the collaborative approach between Wilson Bull, Industrial Hygienist, and Monica Lopez, Manager of Infection Prevention, in managing indoor air quality concerns within healthcare settings. Through integrated assessment, communication, and mitigation efforts, their partnership achieved measurable outcome improvements, including improved timeliness of environmental risk resolution and increased consistency in mitigation decisions. Attendees will learn how aligning industrial hygiene and infection prevention expertise strengthens regulatory alignment, improves documentation quality, and increases organizational confidence in responding to indoor air quality events.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Describe the role of Industrial Hygiene in healthcare, including how industrial hygienists assess indoor air quality concerns, identify environmental exposures, and support risk‑based mitigation decisions in collaboration with Infection Prevention and Facilities teams.

Identify key indicators of effective indoor air quality management, including improved timeliness of issue resolution and reduced variability in mitigation decisions through multidisciplinary collaboration.

 
Explain how integrated Infection Prevention and Industrial Hygiene workflows support regulatory compliance, consistent documentation, and survey readiness when managing indoor air quality events.

 
Apply a collaborative framework to evaluate and respond to indoor air quality concerns within participants’ own organizations, using outcome‑focused measures to assess success.

IPUs: 

• APIC designates this activity for 1 infection prevention unit(s). 
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