Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

November 14, 2022

Hebah Ibrahim Al Zamel, MSN, CIC, CPHQ, currently living in Dubai discusses becoming a member of the APIC CDS Education Committee and what infection prevention is like in Dubai.

November 10, 2022

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology’s (APIC’s) CDS Conference is virtual this year, and the topics are environmental hygiene and sterile processing.

August 09, 2022

A carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) cluster was identified and stopped because of due diligence of the infection preventionists at an acute care facility in Louisiana.

July 08, 2022

The strength of The Association for Professionals and Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is the volunteer members and the critical work they perform to assist both novice and veteran IPs.

July 04, 2022

The 50-year-old Association for Professionals and Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) gives many tools to aid infection preventionists at any stage of their career with education, networking, and an annual conference.

June 30, 2022

In all areas, infection preventionists took on more responsibilities and expanded the ones they already had, including staff education and employee health.

June 29, 2022

Despite the initial reluctance for a urology team to work with infection preventionists, the collaboration is beneficial for both specialties.

June 29, 2022

They should be partners making each other and their patients safe through communication, education, and action plans.

June 28, 2022

If the policies are not consistently updated, they are “just a piece of paper shoved in a logbook that is not going to effectively improve reprocessing…of ultrasound probes,” said Lisa Waldowski, DNP, RN, CIC.

June 27, 2022

Eye devices often are not cleaned nor sterilized as they should be according to manufacturer’s instructions for use, which leads to poorer patient outcomes.