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Infection Control: A Hole in One
Registration Form
October 6, 2006
Name________________________________________
Address______________________________________
City_________________________________________
State___________________Zip___________________
Daytime Phone________________________________
Employer_____________________________________
APIC Member: $50.00
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Non-Member: $75.00
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Chapter 68 Member: $25.00______________________
APIC Member Number:
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This activity offers 6.6 CEU’s provided by Methodist
Rehabilitation Center. Methodist Rehabilitation
Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing
education by the Mississippi Nurses Foundation, an
accredited approver by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Make check payable to:
APIC Greater Jackson Chapter 68
Mail registration form and check to:
Debra Pace, APIC Chapter 68 Treasurer
Central Mississippi Medical Center
Attn: Infection Control
1850 Chadwick Dr.
Jackson, MS 39204
Cancellations must be made in writing at least 7 days
before the conference. A refund will be given minus a
$25.00 administrative fee.
Meeting and exhibits will be at the Country Club of
Jackson. If you need directions or parking information,
call Vickie Taylor at (601) 984-2699 or email her at
[email protected].
PROGRAM…
Tee Off Times
Friday, October 6, 2006
7:30 am
Registration
Continental Breakfast
8:15 am
Welcome & Overview
Vickie Taylor,
Chapter 68 President
8:30 am
Sue Crow
Infection Control in the Modern
Hospital: Farce, Fable or Fact?
9:30 am
Theresa Horan
National Healthcare Safety Network
10:30 am
Break / Exhibits
11:00 am
Sharon Krystofiak
Certification in Infection ControlWhy Bother?
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (Provided)
Exhibits
1:30 p.m.
Dr. Ed Thompson
Public Health in the 21st Century
2:30 p.m.
Break Exhibits
3:00 p.m.
Dr. Mary Currier
Avian Influenza and Pandemic
Planning
4:00 p.m.
Evaluation /Adjournment
OBJECTIVES
 To recognize infection control strategies that does and
does not work.
 To review the foundation of infection control.
 To discuss specific problems of implementing
infection control via Q & A.
 List the components and modules of the NHSN.
 Contrast the NNIS surveillance components with the
NHSN Patient Safety modules, including changes to
site and field definitions.
 Define the impact of the transition from NNIS to
NHSN on the comparative data.
 Define the requirements for participation in NHSN.
 Identify the education and practice requirements set
by the Certification Board of Infection Control
(CBIC) in order to qualify to take the CIC exam.
 Describe how exam questions are developed
according to the structure of the Practice Analysis.
 Explain reasons why obtaining CIC certification is
considered valuable.
 Appreciate the re-emergence of infectious disease as a
public health threat.
 Understand the U.S. system of disease surveillance.
 Understand the epidemiology of avian influenza.
 Understand the need for hospital planning for
influenza pandemic.
 Be able to find and utilize guidelines for hospital
plans.
Sue Crow
MSN from Northwestern State University, Louisiana in
1980; Instructor Clinical Nursing at Northwestern State
University School of Nursing 1987-1989; Associate
Professor, Department of Medicine-LSU School of
Medicine 2002-2005
Theresa Horan
BS in Microbiology from California Polytechnic State
University 1979; MPH in Epidemiology from Johns
Hopkins; Surveillance Coordinator for CDC 1984present
APIC Chapter 68
Presents:
INFECTION CONTROL
“A HOLE IN ONE”
Sharon Krystofiak
BS in Medical Technology from University of Kentucky
1973; MS in Medical Technology/Education at St. John’s
University 1981; MS in Environmental and Occupational
Health at University of Pittsburgh in 1994; Manager of
Infection Control at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Ed Thompson
MD from University of MS School of Medicine 1979;
State Epidemiologist for 10 years; State Health Officer of
MS 9 ½ years; Deputy Director/Chief of Public Health
Practice, CDC 3 years
Mary Currier
MPH from Johns Hopkins 1987; MD from UMC School
of Medicine 1983; State Epidemiologist 1993-2004;
Director, Office of Epidemiology 2002-2004, Visiting
Research Professor at MSU 2004-2005; Clinical
Associate Professor at UMC 2005; Associate Professor
2005 - Present
DATE: October 6, 2006
LOCATION:
Country Club of Jackson
345 St. Andrews Drive
Jackson, MS 39211
Take 1-55 North to the County Line Rd. Exit.
Go East on County Line Road to the end of the
road where it intersects with Old Canton Rd.
Take a right on Old Canton Road. You will be
headed south on Old Canton. The entrance with
a sign to the Jackson Country Club will be on
the left almost immediately.
Debra Pace RN
APIC Chapter 68, Treasurer
1850 Chadwick
Jackson, MS. 39204
PROGRAM FACULTY