APIC Offers Webinar on Infection Preventionists' Interaction with Health Departments
The Research Program of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) will host a webinar to help improve future collaboration between facility-based infection preventionists and local/state health departments. Rachel L. Stricof, MPH, CIC, will describe the results of a national survey designed to examine the relationship between infection prevention and control programs in acute care hospitals and their state and local health departments with regard to healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance, prevention and control.
The webinar, Hospital Infection Preventionists: Interaction with State/Local Health Departments, will be held on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 1 p.m. EDT. The event is free for APIC members and $149Â for non-members.
To register for this webinar,CLICK HERE.
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