member spotlight

Award recipients are nominated for outstanding contribution to infection prevention and control.

Winners are selected based on criteria that is congruent with the APIC Competency Model (PowerPoint Presentation - APICSTARcriteria_2022.pdf).

Learn more about the Star Award Eligibility Criteria here: STAR2024instructions.pdf

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Doramarie Arocha
joins CBIC Board

SHANNON SIMMONS
EARNS NEW CBIC CERTIFICATION AL-CIP

2024

CBIC CERTIFICATION BLOG
2024 APIC CHAPTER LEADER AWARD

THE I-P-Cs OF PHYSICAL THERAPY OFF-SITE LOCATIONS
Patti Grant
Published in PREVENTION STRATEGIST, Spring 2024; vol.17|issue1

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Investigation of the first reported outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Texas
Madhuri M.SopiralaMD, MPH, Kathleen Hartless MN, RN, FAPIC, CIC, CRMST, Sherry Reid MSN, RN, CIC, CRMST, Angela Christie-Smith BSN, RN, CIC, PHN, CRMST, Jeanette Fiveash RN, CIC, Aderonke Badejogbin MSN, RN, CIC, CRMST and Andrew Otto Psenicka BSN, RN, CIC, CRMST

2023

STAR AWARDS

UNSUNG HERO
Kristina Egleston MSN, RN, CIC, LSSYB

Cinnamon Uptmor, MLS (ASCP)
NOVICE

Kimberly Sutton, MPH, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SM, CIC, LSSGB
BECOMING PROFICIENT

Sherry Reid, MSN, RN, CIC, CRMST
EXPERT

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Katharine Hoffmann

Chief Infection Prevention Officer: Leading the Way Into the FuturE
Katharine Hoffman, MHP, CIC
Published: Infection Control Today, November/December 2023 (Vol. 27 No. 8)

Optical Illusions: The vital importance of instructions for use and intentionally approaching eye device processing
Authors include: Katharine J. Hoffman, MPH, CIC, LSSGB
Published: September 20, 2023 in AJIC DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.09.009

IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL CONTENTS AND A STANDARD FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL MANUAL FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES: AS SCOPING REVIEW
Authors include
Diana Cervantes, MS, DrPH, MB(ASCP)CM, CPH, CIC, LTC-CIP, FAPIC
Published:September 07, 2023 in AJIC DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.09.001

DIANA CERVANTES

Katharine Hoffman

Infection Prevention: Making Sense of Complex IFUs
By: Katharine Hoffman, MPH, CIC, NCMA, LSSGB
Chrystia Johnson, MSHS, MLS(AMT), CIC, LSSYB
Published: 3/13/2023 in OUTPATIENT SURGERY | A Division of AORN

Chrystia (Tia) Johnson

Effectiveness versus Uptake: The Challenges of Implementing Evidence-Based Strateg8ies to Reduce Surgical Site Infection In Patients with Colon Surgeries
Lena Camperlengo, Maureen Spencer, Peter Graves, Walter Danker, and Charles E. Edmiston, Jr
published in Surgical Infections, Volume 24, Issue 4, May 2023

Peter Graves