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Kelly M. Pyrek has served as editor in chief of Infection Control Today magazine for the past seven years, and manages a number of ICT-affiliated print and online offerings, including the Infection Control Education Institute, the ICT Conference on Professional Development, the ICT Series of Webinars, and GermStop. Recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists as an award-winning practitioner, she has served as an editorial manager, editor, and writer for newspapers, magazines, wire services, and public information bureaus for 25 years. She is a graduate of the Universityof Southern California.

Workload Poll Results

July 18, 2011 Comments

Posted in Blog, Policies and Practice, Professional Development, Business/Program Ops

The burgeoning workload of infection preventionists was a topic of discussion at the recent APIC annual meeting, so I was interested to see what you thought about your own responsibilities. In answer to the question, "How would you describe your current workload related to your infection control program?" here's how the voting turned out:

Very challenging 58.51%

Out of control 22.34%

Manageable 19.15%

Visit the ICT homepage to vote in the latest ICT Poll; our current poll question is: Do you use an electronic surveillance system at your healthcare facility?