2024 Meetings and Programs
Page last updated 7/12/24
Page last updated 7/12/24
APIC Greater NY Chapter 13 normally meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month (except July and August) now online only via Zoom.
Our chapter will have its next meeting ONLINE ONLY on September 18th, 2024 From 2pm-4pm
Zoom link: TBA Educational Presentation: TBA Journal Club: TBA Agenda: TBA |
Upcoming Meeting Dates in 2024
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Chapter Meeting Journal Club Information and Resources:
At many of our chapter meetings, we have a Journal Club presentation by one of our chapter members or IPs from an area facility. The person doing the journal club is encouraged to select a relevant, current article from an IP-related peer-reviewed journal and discuss the article. The presenter is encouraged to prepare a PowerPoint slide set to help convey information about the article. Commentary on how and why the article provides (or doesn't provide) useful information is encouraged. Presentations should be between 5 - 7 minutes with 3 more minutes left for interactive discussion/Q & A.
The presenter should also use the Evaluation Tool (download from the link below) as a final slide to grade and summarize the study. Please feel free to look at Journal Club presentations from past meetings to see examples. Presenters should also listen to several such presentations at meetings before doing a Journal Club talk. To volunteer to do a Journal Club presentation, please reach out to Alex Grizas at grizasa@hss.edu, the chapter president-elect, president, or any other board member. We very much welcome all IPs to participate in doing a journal club talk.
For a blank copy of our chapter's Journal Club Evaluation Tool, click here.
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June 19th, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY
2:00 - 4:00 PM.
*Educational Presentation: “Eye Device Reprocessing” by Lisa Waldowski DNP, RN, CIC
*Journal Club: Curbing the Incidence of Candida auris in the Burn Intensive Care Unit – How Not to Get Burned Twice -- Presented by Trevisia Anderson, BSc., CIC
*Agenda
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May 15th, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY
2:00 - 4:00 PM.
This month's meeting was Research Day Presentations.
The Use of Midline Catheters in Place of Central Venous Catheters for Vasopressor Administration to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection -- Presented by Jennifer A. Holohan, MSPH, BSN, RN, CIC; Christine Hatola, BSN, RN, CIC; Geraldine Epping, BSN, RN; Allison Sladek, MSN, RN; Elizabeth Hooker, BSN, SCRN; Jiin Kwon, BSN, RN PCCN, CCRN, AGACNP-BC; Lauren Mordente, RN, MSN, CNRN; Christine Mitchell, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC
Utilizing a Data-Driven Approach to Develop Nurse-Driven Indwelling Urinary Catheter Removal and Urinary Retention Management Protocols -- Presented by Uthy Rajapakse, BSN, RN, CIC | Hospital For Special Surgery
Implementation of Standardized Infection Prevention Procedural Observation Checklist -- Presented by
Julia Mclarney, RN, BSN, CIC, Mary Elizabeth Guyton, MEd RN CIC | NYU Langone Health, Infection Prevention & Control
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April 17th, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY
2:00 - 4:00 PM.
*Educational Presentation: “A3 Problem Solving” by Matthew Pinkus
*Journal Club: "Implementation of a quality improvement project using the patient as the observer to improve hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory care practices (J. Siju et al.)" Presented by Ella Berroya, MBA, MSN, RN, AMB-BC, CGRN, CIC
*Agenda
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March 20, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY 2:00 - 4:00 PM.
* Educational Presentation: Developing an Ambulatory Infection Prevention Program by Tiffany Kesinger BSN, RN, CIC
* Journal Club: “Supporting patients and their carers to participate in infection prevention and control activities: The views of patients, family members, and hospital staff from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and South Korea” by Ji Yeon Park, et.al. Presented by Kalani Thaler, MPH, CIC
* Agenda
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February 7, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY from 2:00 - 3:30 PM.
* Educational Presentation: Waleed Javaid, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA
* Journal Club: “Identifying management practices for promoting infection prevention: Perspectives on Strategic Communication” by A. Scheck McAlearney, et.al. -- Presented by Uthy Rajapakse
* Agenda
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January 10, 2024 - WILL BE HELD IN PERSON at Lenox Hill Hospital, Bruno Conference Room, and ONLINE from 2:00 - 3:30 PM. See the Directions to Meetings page on our website for location details.
* Topic: Celebrating Success: Reflecting on 2023 & Charting Our Course for 2024 - Your Chapter, Your Goals! Talia Lefkowitz BSN RN CIC & Diana Yacoub MPA BSN RN CIC CPHQ.
* Journal Club will be presented by Victoria Adams RN MSN FNP-BC CIC on this great article: “Does clinician-initiated Clostridioides difficile testing improve outcomes of patients with Clostridioides Difficile Infection?” by A. Bartlett, et.al. Presented by Victoria Adams RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CIC
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At many of our chapter meetings, we have a Journal Club presentation by one of our chapter members or IPs from an area facility. The person doing the journal club is encouraged to select a relevant, current article from an IP-related peer-reviewed journal and discuss the article. The presenter is encouraged to prepare a PowerPoint slide set to help convey information about the article. Commentary on how and why the article provides (or doesn't provide) useful information is encouraged. Presentations should be between 5 - 7 minutes with 3 more minutes left for interactive discussion/Q & A.
The presenter should also use the Evaluation Tool (download from the link below) as a final slide to grade and summarize the study. Please feel free to look at Journal Club presentations from past meetings to see examples. Presenters should also listen to several such presentations at meetings before doing a Journal Club talk. To volunteer to do a Journal Club presentation, please reach out to Alex Grizas at grizasa@hss.edu, the chapter president-elect, president, or any other board member. We very much welcome all IPs to participate in doing a journal club talk.
For a blank copy of our chapter's Journal Club Evaluation Tool, click here.
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June 19th, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY
2:00 - 4:00 PM.
*Educational Presentation: “Eye Device Reprocessing” by Lisa Waldowski DNP, RN, CIC
*Journal Club: Curbing the Incidence of Candida auris in the Burn Intensive Care Unit – How Not to Get Burned Twice -- Presented by Trevisia Anderson, BSc., CIC
*Agenda
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May 15th, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY
2:00 - 4:00 PM.
This month's meeting was Research Day Presentations.
The Use of Midline Catheters in Place of Central Venous Catheters for Vasopressor Administration to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection -- Presented by Jennifer A. Holohan, MSPH, BSN, RN, CIC; Christine Hatola, BSN, RN, CIC; Geraldine Epping, BSN, RN; Allison Sladek, MSN, RN; Elizabeth Hooker, BSN, SCRN; Jiin Kwon, BSN, RN PCCN, CCRN, AGACNP-BC; Lauren Mordente, RN, MSN, CNRN; Christine Mitchell, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC
Utilizing a Data-Driven Approach to Develop Nurse-Driven Indwelling Urinary Catheter Removal and Urinary Retention Management Protocols -- Presented by Uthy Rajapakse, BSN, RN, CIC | Hospital For Special Surgery
Implementation of Standardized Infection Prevention Procedural Observation Checklist -- Presented by
Julia Mclarney, RN, BSN, CIC, Mary Elizabeth Guyton, MEd RN CIC | NYU Langone Health, Infection Prevention & Control
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April 17th, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY
2:00 - 4:00 PM.
*Educational Presentation: “A3 Problem Solving” by Matthew Pinkus
*Journal Club: "Implementation of a quality improvement project using the patient as the observer to improve hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory care practices (J. Siju et al.)" Presented by Ella Berroya, MBA, MSN, RN, AMB-BC, CGRN, CIC
*Agenda
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March 20, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY 2:00 - 4:00 PM.
* Educational Presentation: Developing an Ambulatory Infection Prevention Program by Tiffany Kesinger BSN, RN, CIC
* Journal Club: “Supporting patients and their carers to participate in infection prevention and control activities: The views of patients, family members, and hospital staff from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and South Korea” by Ji Yeon Park, et.al. Presented by Kalani Thaler, MPH, CIC
* Agenda
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February 7, 2024 - ONLINE ONLY from 2:00 - 3:30 PM.
* Educational Presentation: Waleed Javaid, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA
* Journal Club: “Identifying management practices for promoting infection prevention: Perspectives on Strategic Communication” by A. Scheck McAlearney, et.al. -- Presented by Uthy Rajapakse
* Agenda
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January 10, 2024 - WILL BE HELD IN PERSON at Lenox Hill Hospital, Bruno Conference Room, and ONLINE from 2:00 - 3:30 PM. See the Directions to Meetings page on our website for location details.
* Topic: Celebrating Success: Reflecting on 2023 & Charting Our Course for 2024 - Your Chapter, Your Goals! Talia Lefkowitz BSN RN CIC & Diana Yacoub MPA BSN RN CIC CPHQ.
* Journal Club will be presented by Victoria Adams RN MSN FNP-BC CIC on this great article: “Does clinician-initiated Clostridioides difficile testing improve outcomes of patients with Clostridioides Difficile Infection?” by A. Bartlett, et.al. Presented by Victoria Adams RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CIC
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