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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, June 24, 2023
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Registration Open
  • Sunday, June 25, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    APIC Engage
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Microsoft Excel for the Infection Preventionist
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    AEROBIOLOGY 101: AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR HIGH-RISK AREAS
  • 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Leadership Essentials for Infection Preventionists
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Chapter Leader Day
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
    Social Media Meetup / Tweet Up
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Luggage Check
  • 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
    Welcome Experience
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Opening Reception - Lights! Camera! APIC!
  • Monday, June 26, 2023
  • 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    Exhibitor Satellite Symposia
  • 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    Membership Focus Group 1
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
    APIC Engage
  • 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM
    The Morning Buzz
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Luggage Check
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
    Opening General Session and Keynote Address Featuring Bertice Berry

    Host: Sarah T. Michel, CSP – Velvet Chainsaw Consulting

    1

  • 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Exhibitor Theater
  • 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Film Festival
  • 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Recharge Lounge
  • 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Wellness Activites
  • 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
    Personal Brand Bar
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Focus Groups
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Lunch & Learn: Learn How State/Local Health Depts Can Partner with APIC for IP Workforce Needs
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Luggage Check
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Ambulatory Care Infection Prevention Program: Where to Begin?
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Implementation Challenges to Prevent Infections in Colon Surgeries
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    IPs ‘In The Know’ on the Latest Practice Changes in Infection Prevention and Control
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    NHSN -An exploration of HAI incidence
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Sometimes 2nd Place is Best: Determining Secondary Bloodstream Infection Attribution
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Success: Effecting Sustainable Change
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    The Infection Preventionist’s Guide to Understanding OSHA Compliance
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Top Outbreaks of 2021-2022: CDC HAI Outbreak Responses
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Update on APIC’s Instructions for Use (IFU) Survey and Advocacy Efforts
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    1100 - Infection Prevention Process Improvements
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    1102 - Disinfection and Sterilization
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Strategic Partner Appreciation Reception
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    APIC Advocacy Efforts: What’s New and How You Can Help
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Outbreak on a Burn Unit
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    CBIC Overview Panel Discussion
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Chaos to Cohesion; Building an Infection Prevention Department
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Pediatric Healthcare
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Promoting Chapter Excellence with the APIC Research Toolkit
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Social Vulnerability as a Risk Factor for Surgical Site Infection
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Track That? Infection Prevention Audit and Chart Tools
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    USG efforts to combat AMR and How you can be Involved
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    What's Going on Back There? A Neurosurgery Investigation
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    1200 - Pediatric Healthcare
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    1202 - Public Health and Health Policy
  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Corporate IP Directors Council Meeting
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Enhanced Barrier Precautions
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    From Quality Improvement to Publication
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Health and Wellness
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Implementation Science and Research
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Keeping Healthcare Linens Clean
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Low-Level Disinfection - Standardizing Instructions for Use!
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Prioritizing Educational Needs in Long Term Care Facilities
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Reducing Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Treatment – a Collaborative Approach
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Splash and Droplet Generation When Cleaning Medical Equipment
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    The Insidious Dangers of Disposable Isolation Gowns
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    1300 - Health and Wellness
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    1302 - Implementation Science and Research
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    Happy Hour with DJ Graffiti
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    IP Networking - Manatee Spring, Hyatt Regency
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Exhibitor Satellite Symposia
  • Tuesday, June 27, 2023
  • First-Time Exhibitor Pavilion
  • 6:00 AM – 6:30 PM
    Registration Open
  • 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM
    Exhibitor Satellite Symposia
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    Focus Group
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    Membership Focus Group 2
  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
    APIC Engage
  • 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM
    The Morning Buzz
  • 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM
    Luggage Check
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
    General Session and Keynote Address featuring Peter Hotez

    Host: Sarah T. Michel, CSP – Velvet Chainsaw Consulting

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Applying a Quality Framework to Infection Prevention Programs
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program: Navigating Public Health Aboard Cruise Ships
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Developing Natural Language Processing for Infection-related Safety Events
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Environment of Care
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Gemba Walk to Sustainable High-Level Disinfection Compliance
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Investigation and Response to a Case of Paralytic Polio in New York
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Long Term Care Infection Prevention Capacity Building
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    NHSN -Improving the reporting of vaccination coverage
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    What You Need to Know About Hemodialysis Water
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    2100 - Environment of Care
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    2102 - Emergency Preparedness
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Focus Groups
  • 11:15 AM – 2:30 PM
    APIC Helping Hands
  • 11:15 AM – 2:30 PM
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 11:15 AM – 2:30 PM
    Film Festival
  • 11:15 AM – 2:30 PM
    Recharge Lounge
  • 11:15 AM – 2:30 PM
    Wellness Activites
  • 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
    Personal Brand Bar
  • 11:30 AM – 2:15 PM
    Exhibitor Theater
  • 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
    Member Services Committee (MSC) Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Lunch & Learn: CBIC Takes Your Questions
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    A Collaborative Approach to Reducing Non-Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Awards Reception: Presentation of 2023 Heroes and Scientific Abstract Awards
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Demystifying What’s Joint Commission and What’s Not
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Efficiency in Dental Instrument Reprocessing
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    ICRA 2.0
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    IPC in the Context of Health Emergencies: Lessons learned, Challenges and Priorities
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    NHSN Alphabet Soup /What is Your BSI Surveillance
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Prioritizing HAI Prevention in the Face of Relentless Challenges – Perspectives from APIC and SHEA Presidents
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Rising Tide: Candida Auris in Post-acute Care
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Surveillance / Information Technology

    Moderator: Lauren Le Goff, MS, MLS(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Moderator: Molly Hale, MPH, CIC, FAPIC (she/her/hers) – PeaceHealth

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    2200 - Surveillance / Information Technology

    Moderator: Lauren Le Goff, MS, MLS(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Moderator: Molly Hale, MPH, CIC, FAPIC (she/her/hers) – PeaceHealth

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    2202 - Environment of Care / Emergency Preparedness

    Moderator: Patti Grota, PhD, eCIC, FAPIC, CSHE (she/her/hers) – APIC Consultants

    Co-Moderator: Caldwell A. Lewin, MSN-IPC, RN, CIC, CPHQ (she/her/hers) – Sentara Healthcare

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    Refreshment Break
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Emerging Infectious Diseases Task Force Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    DEI Task Force Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    The Pitch @ AC2023 (Virtual)
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    APIC Presents - "The Invisible Extinction"
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Candida Auris Outbreak Response: Tabletop Exercise
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Don't Let Risks Drive You Batty: A Hands-On Risk Assessment Workshop
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Friday's @ 4

    Moderator: Maria Whitaker, BS, MT, CIC – Infection, Prevention and Control Consulting Services

    Co-Moderator: Molly Hale, MPH, CIC, FAPIC (she/her/hers) – PeaceHealth

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Process Improvement: Collaboration, Strategy, and Sticky Notes
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    To Be or Not to Be an SSI, That is The Question
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    2307 - Friday's @ 4

    Moderator: Maria Whitaker, BS, MT, CIC – Infection, Prevention and Control Consulting Services

    Co-Moderator: Molly Hale, MPH, CIC, FAPIC (she/her/hers) – PeaceHealth

    Education, Training and Competencies

  • 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
    CBIC Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    APIC Consulting Networking Event
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    IP Networking
  • Wednesday, June 28, 2023
  • 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM
    Registration Open
  • 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM
    Exhibitor Satellite Symposia
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    Membership Focus Group 3
  • 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM
    APIC Engage
  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
    Luggage Check
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
    Closing General Session and Keynote Featuring Lisa Bodell

    Host: Sarah T. Michel, CSP – Velvet Chainsaw Consulting

  • 9:45 AM – 1:00 PM
    APIC Helping Hands
  • 9:45 AM – 1:00 PM
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:45 AM – 1:00 PM
    Film Festival
  • 9:45 AM – 1:00 PM
    Recharge Lounge
  • 9:45 AM – 1:00 PM
    Wellness Activites
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Communications Committee Meeting
  • 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Personal Brand Bar
  • 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Exhibitor Theater
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    Lunch & Learn: APIC Consulting Services Takes Your Questions about IPC Consulting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Building the IPC Informatics Competency
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Exposures
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    HAI Surveillance Program in the Dental Setting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Health Equity in Infection Prevention and Control
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Infection Prevention: An Academic Partnership
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Optimizing Prevention of Outbreaks in Memory Care Units
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    The Future Is Here! NHSN on FHIR: Modernizing HAI Surveillance
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Ventilation Systems: Understanding the Language and Science
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    What’s in Your Endoscope? Ameliorations for Patient Safety
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    3100 - Exposures
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    3102 - Leadership Development and Program Management
  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
    Refreshment Break
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    CDC - Success stories of MDRO/C. auris containment and prevention
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Five Crucial Domains for Sterile Processing Quality Outcomes
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Hospital Clean up After Wildfire Smoke Contamination
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Hospital-associated Infections and Health Equity
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    IP Staffing / Certification Requirements

    Moderator: Marissa Broadley, MPH, MSEd, RN, CIC, CPHQ, CPPS, LSSGBH (she/her/hers) – Albany Med Health System - Saratoga Hospital

    Moderator: Elizabeth Monsees, PhD, MBA, RN, CIC, FAPIC – Children's Mercy Hospital

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Not the Creepy Crawlies!: A Scabies Investigation
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Outbreaks

    Moderator: Trent MacAllister, MPH, MS, CIC (he/him/his) – Washington State Department of Health

    Moderator: Christine Zirges, DNP, ACNS-BC, CIC, FAPIC – SSM Health

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) for Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI) in Nursing Homes
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    What's on the Horizon for NHSN?
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    3200 - Outbreaks

    Moderator: Trent MacAllister, MPH, MS, CIC (he/him/his) – Washington State Department of Health

    Moderator: Christine Zirges, DNP, ACNS-BC, CIC, FAPIC – SSM Health

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    3202 - Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement / Leadership Development and Program Management

    Moderator: Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC (she/her/hers) – Angela Vassallo, LLC www.angievassallo.com

    Co-Moderator: Jenay Beshears, MSN, RN, CIC – Piedmont Healthcare

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Antibiotic Stewardship Programs and Infection Preventionists: Two Peas in a Pod
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Building a Home Health Infection Prevention Program
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Core Components of Cleaning and Disinfection in Hospitals
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Developing an Ambulatory Infection Prevention Program
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Infection Prevention and Control in Post-Acute Care Settings
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Peer-Reviewed Publication: Why Not Me ?
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Practical Experience Implementing HAI Surveillance Systems in low- and Middle-income Countries
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Sterile Compounding: Findings and Lessons Learned
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    3300 - Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    3302 - Environment of Care

    Moderator: Scott Stienecker, MD FIDSA FSHEA CIC – Parkview Health System, Fort Wayne IN

    Co-Moderator: Marc Meyer, BPharm, RPh, CIC,FAPIC (he/him/his) – Southwest Health System