2018 Meetings and Programs
APIC Greater NY Chapter 13 convenes on the 3rd Wednesday of each month (except July and August) at Lenox Hill Hospital, in the Theater Room - 2nd Floor, 130 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10075.
1:30 pm Board of Directors Meeting (for board members)
2:00 pm Education Program (open to all, members & guests)
3:30 pm Membership Meeting (open to all, members & guests)
1:30 pm Board of Directors Meeting (for board members)
2:00 pm Education Program (open to all, members & guests)
3:30 pm Membership Meeting (open to all, members & guests)
Chapter Meeting Journal Club Resource:
For a blank copy of our chapter's Journal Club Evaluation Tool, click here.
2018 Meeting Dates
December 19, 2018 Thank you to our chapter's Infection Control Champion, Kyle Willey BS CIC, Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan for your Infection Control Champion presentation. Thank you, too to our chapter, for hosting our really nice and festive holiday party!
We will also have our CIC review class - open to all (free) - right after the meeting. We will offer webex access to the meeting as usual. The holiday party and lunch will be sponsored by our chapter.
We look forward to seeing many of you at our meeting. Please join us at Lenox Hill Hospital from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm in the Theater Room on the 2nd floor -- NOTE -- this is a new location for 2018.
To join the meeting by WebEx - click this link to join the meeting. This does not have audio.
To hear the audio by phone, dial 855-698-2663, then use meeting number TBA, meeting password: 12345.
Call rules: DO NOT put your phone on hold * * * MUTE YOUR PHONE (unless you are asking a question/making a comment for the group)
November 20, 2018 Thank you t Michelle Vignari RN BSN CIC, Infection Preventionist, Highland Hospital, Interim Dir., Infection Prevention and Disaster Preparedness, Thompson Health, Rochester, NY, for presenting our topic "Dry Hydrogen Peroxide (DHP), a Novel Solution for an Environmental Strategy." Thank you, too, to Angela Gabasan and Dami Ogunbayo for giving your excellent Professional Development Awardee presentations. A special thanks to representative Denise Graham and DDG Associates, LLC. for sponsoring our lunch.
October 26, 2018 - our day-long Long Term Conference "Navigating Infection Prevention Challenges in Long Term Care" was held at the National Arts Club and proved to be a huge success. Thank you to all who attended, networked, learned, and enjoyed learning key information about how to be a successful IP in LTC. Our thanks to all of our speakers for sharing your expertise and humor as you gave your excellent presentations.
If want a copy of the program flyer, just click here. For a copy of chapter president Christine Blackmore's welcome letter, click here. Thank you, too, to the National Arts Club for your gracious services in a beautiful setting in the heart of Manhattan. Your staff is fantastic and provided superlative service to make our conference run so smoothly.
Each of the links below give you the conference speakers' slide sets. Please contact the webmaster with any questions.
1) Eleanor Adams MD MPH - Super Bugs in NYS: Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms of Concern
2) Gloria Airall Simon RN PhD MPHA and Mary Foote MD MPH - Review of National Infection Control & Prevention Initiative (NIPCI) Program They also share a huge, comprehensive resource list for LTC IPs - full of great information.
3) George Rodriguez PharmD - Antibiotic Stewardship in the Long Term Care Setting
4) Marianne Pavia MS BS MT(ASCP) CIC FAPIC - Infection Prevention Plan, Risk Assessment, and Isolation Guidelines for Long Term Care
5) D. Kyle Willey BS CIC - Preparing for Certification in Infection Control and his reference list
October 17, 2018 - Thank you to Drs. Joel Ackersberg and Mary Foote, from the NYCDOHMH for your engaging presentation "Managing Highly Communicable Patients." Thank you also to Elsa Santos-Cruz for your presentation as one of our chapter's Professional Development award winners and Leonel Destin for your Q & A session presentation. A special thanks to PDI and representative Tom Kubler for sponsoring our lunch.
September 19, 2018 - Thank you to Diana Nilsen, MD, Director of Medical Affairs, TB Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for your excellent and thorough presentation "Tuberculosis Testing and Treatment." Thank you, too, to Hannah Newman, Lenox Hill Hospital, for your great journal club presentation on this valuable article (and rating sheet) and to Faith Skeete, NYU Langone Health, for presenting our Q&A session. Special thanks, too, to Nancy Hogle, New York Presbyterian Hospital, for your Professional Development Award presentation on CIC Exam Preparation. Finally, thanks to Kyle Willey for leading our CIC review class right after the meeting. And thanks to our own chapter for sponsoring the lunch at the meeting.
July & August 2018 - no meetings (summer vacation)
June 20, 2018 Thank you to David Lee, MPH, MBA, Research Scientist/Director, Informatics and Licia Wang, Project Coordinator, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for your valuable presentation "Reporting and Reporting Central Enhancements.” Special thanks to Ranekka Dean, NYU Winthrop, for your Journal Club presentation on this important article and to Jason Thomas, Mount Sinai Hospital, for giving our Q&A session and to Kyle Willey, Mount Sinai Hospital, for again leading our CIC review session that immediately followed the main meeting. Thanks to Kurin Inc. for sponsoring our lunch.
May 16, 2018 - Thank you to Sean McCauley for your presentation: "Water Systems as a Potential Source of Healthcare Associated Infections." Thank you to Steve Bock (NYU) for presenting our Journal Club on this article and Sue Stone (Memorial Sloan Kettering) for presenting our Q&A session. Thanks, too, to Kyle Willey (Mount Sinai) for leading our CIC review session after the meeting. Special thanks to the Pall Medical-Hospital Group for sponsoring our lunch.
April 18, 2018 - Thank you to Terry Grimmond for your great presentation "Sharps Injury Incidence in the US and Successful Reduction Strategies." Than you, too, to Lisa Tomlinson and Rich Capparell for your special presentation on national APIC legislation issues and the value of Certification in Infection Control (CIC).
March 21, 2018 - Meeting was cancelled due to a snowstorm.
February 21, 2018 - Thank you to Maureen Spencer M.Ed RN BSN CIC FAPIC for your excellent presentation Prevention of Surgical Site Infection Using Evidence Based Bundled Approach. Thank you as well to Nathan Bravo for giving our Q&A presentation, and special thanks to Ethicon US for sponsoring our lunch.
January 17, 2018 - Thank you to Emily Weisenbach, Associate Executive Director, Human Resources, Northwest Region, Northwell Health for your fun and entertaining presentation Naming Your Brand. Thank you, too, to Talia Lefkowitz for your Journal Club presentation on this good article and to Sandra Hamilton for our Q&A presentation. Finally, thank you to Steve Bock for your presentation as our second 2017 Infection Control Champion and to Daniels Corporation for sponsoring our lunch.