APIC conference to focus on patient safety and 'Targeting Zero' initiatives to reduce HAIs

• “Treatment of MRSA Infections and Role for Decolonization,” Chip Chambers, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA
  
  
• “MDR/XDR Tuberculosis,” Robert Belknap, Denver Public Health Department, Denver, CO
  
  
• “Surgical Center Hepatitis C Outbreak: Use of Unsafe Injection Practices,” Brian Labus, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist, Southern Nevada Health District, Las Vegas, NV
  
  
• “CMS’s Value-Based Purchasing Activities,” Mark A. Levine, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Denver Region, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  
  
• “The Changing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile,” L. Clifford McDonald, MD, Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  
  
• “Collaboration with Public Health Partners – The Fight Against MRSA,” Bonnie M. Barnard, MPH, CIC, Surveillance Epidemiologist, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, MT
  
  

“We are pleased to host such an esteemed group of experts at this year’s Annual Conference,” said APIC’s 2008 President Janet E. Frain, RN, CIC, CPHQ, CPHRM, Director, Integrated Services, Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. “Our members will benefit from this learning experience and be better positioned to lead performance improvement initiatives that will reduce the risk of HAIs and save lives.”

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APIC’s mission is to improve health and patient safety by reducing risks of infection and other adverse outcomes. The Association’s nearly 12,000 members have primary responsibility for infection prevention, control and hospital epidemiology in healthcare settings around the globe. APIC advances its mission through education, research, collaboration, practice guidance, public policy, and credentialing. Visit APIC online at www.apic.org.