December 14, 2011: Our chapter's Infection Prevention Champion, Cynthia Spry, gave an inspiring talk about Collaboration as she encouraged us to continue toward excellence in Infection Prevention & Control. To see her powerpoint presentation, click here. Thank you again Cynthia!
November 9, 2011: Biannual Education Conference at LaGuardia Marriott - featuring 5 excellent speakers - Mary Therriault, RN MSN "CMS & HAIs," Linda Greene, RN MPS CIC "VAP Prevention," Carole Van Antwerpen, RN BSN CIC "NHSN & NYS Report," Denise Murphy, RN MPH CIC "Business Case for IP," and Craig Umscheid, MD MSCE "HAI Morbidity & Mortality."
APIC Greater NY extends our greatest thanks to our speakers for making available their PowerPoint presentations for our chapter here!
For photos from the conference, please go to the Chapter Photos page.
October 19, 2011: Presentation of "Prevention" by Laurie Downs, CCRN (sponsored by Medline Industries, Inc.). This informative talk demonstrated how to be a leader for quality improvement in our institutions. We hope to have a copy shortly to share.
September 21, 2011: Presentation by Robin Haag, chapter member and winner of the Sherry Chisholm award - who went to APIC national conference in June 2011. Her topic was Mission Accomplished: Sterilization & Disinfection.
May 18, 2011: "Surgical Site Infections" by Luis Portugal MD, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Medical Center and "The 2010-11 Influenza Season" by Beth Nivin, NYC DOHMH.
April 20, 2011: "Infection Control Management of the Acute & Chronic Wound" by Dave Brett MS.
Mar 16, 2011: "Catheter-Associated UTIs and the CMS Measures" by Deborah A. Lichtenberg RN BSN CIC, Infection Preventionist, CR Bard Corporation (click title to download PPT file - thank you Deb!)
Feb 16, 2011: "The Burden of Bedbugs" by Adebisi Adeyeye RN MPH CIC, Infection Preventionist, Montefiore Medical Center (click title to download PPT file - thank you Bisi!)
Jan 19, 2011: "Models of Quality" by Ms. Finkelstein-Blond RN MA CIC from Mt. Sinai Medical Center
