Association For Professionals In Infection Control And Epidemiology (APIC)

New York Infection Prevention Expert Named Recipient of Carole DeMille Award

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) today announced that Rachel L. Stricof, MT, MPH, of Albany, N.Y., has been named the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Carole DeMille Achievement Award. APIC presents the annual award to an ...More
April 8, 2008
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APIC Launches First National Clostridium difficile Prevalence Study

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announces a detailed strategy to combat Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD). The initiative begins with the first national prevalence study to gain a better understanding of the ...More
April 8, 2008
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Providing Safe Surgical Instruments: Factors to Consider

There are many steps involved with the preparation of sterile surgical instruments. All of these steps must be performed correctly to ensure a safe product for the patient. When shortcuts are taken, a failure in the process can result. Moreover, this failure may not be ...More
April 1, 2008
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Can Medicine Be Made Mistake-Proof ?

It has been more than eight years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its groundbreaking report, "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System," which triggered renewed attention to the problem of medical errors.1 In that time, numerous patient safety ...More
April 1, 2008
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
More States Move to Require Hospitals to Screen Patients for MRSA

AUSTIN, Texas -- Concerns about the rising incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have prompted lawmakers in a number of states around the country to push hospitals to take more aggressive steps to prevent its spread. Three states have ...More
March 18, 2008
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
APIC Selected as Faculty in Blue Shield of California Foundation Initiative to Fight HAIs

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announces that it has been selected by Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) to participate in a statewide effort to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). APIC ...More
February 28, 2008
Posted in News
APIC Issues Statement on Need for Increased Prevention Measures for Healthcare-Associated Infections

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Kathy Warye, CEO of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), issued the following statement: "APIC is concerned with the increased rate of antibiotic resistant infections -- as high as 70 percent according to recent ...More
February 13, 2008
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Zero Tolerance for Infections: A Winning Strategy

“Zero tolerance” is quickly becoming the new watchword in infection prevention, as the concept of striving for zero infiltrates U.S. hospital staffs as they strive to meet new pay-for-performance mandates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), this fall ...More
January 24, 2008
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Send your event information for publication to Kelly Pyrek at kpyrek@vpico.com. MARCH 2008 3-7 EPI 101 and 201 courses New Orleans www.apic.org 30-April 3 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) annual congress Anaheim, Calif.www.aorn.org JUNE 2008 9-12 2008 ...More
January 24, 2008
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Infection Prevention Experts Share Information, Strategies at Conference on Infectious Diseases

The 12th Conference on Infectious Diseases, sponsored by SHEA, APIC and AORN, and underwritten and hosted by Kimberly-Clark Health Care, brought together infection control practitioners, nurses and physicians to promote dialogue about contemporary challenges in the ...More
January 24, 2008
Posted in Articles