Heroes of Infection Prevention Award

Each Heroes of Infection Prevention Award recipient receives a commemorative plaque and a write-up in APIC’s Prevention Strategist magazine. The recipient also receives complimentary registration, up to two hotel nights, and a travel stipend (up to $1,000) for airfare and ground transportation to APIC’s Annual Conference (in their award year).*

The recipient is recognized during APIC’s Annual Conference. (Recognition details are subject to change.)

*In the case of a team nomination, registration, hotel, and travel stipend are provided for one individual. One commemorative plaque is provided.

• • All qualified candidates must be active APIC members in good standing the year of the nomination of the award.
  • Applicants must demonstrate a significant impact in any one of the following domains:
    • Leadership
    • Professional Stewardship
    • Quality Improvement
    • IPC Operations
    • IPC Informatics
    • Research
  • Members can self-nominate for this award.
  • Qualified candidates can receive this award more than once, however, submissions must be for different work.
• • Members of APIC’s Award Committee are not eligible for nomination during their term of service.
  • Members of APIC’s Board of Directors are not eligible for nomination during their term of service.
  • Members of APIC’s Board of Directors can provide a reference letter for a nominee.

• Online application.
• Nomination letter explaining why candidate should be considered a Hero. Describe why candidate is being nominated for this award in conjunction with the selected domain. This statement should be no more than 500 words focusing on one area of impact.
• Reference letter from nominee’s manager or department leadership. The reference letter should be no more than 500 words describing how the nominee met the awards criteria. The letter should include:
  • Sustainability of program, process or activity over a three-year period.
  • Quantitative proof of success of program, process or activity. (You are encouraged to supply proof via graphical representation.)

Note: The nomination letter and reference letter must be submitted by different people.

Scoring is based on evidence of sustainability through data provided for up to three years.

Additional Criteria for Selection:
Once the completed application is received, the candidate is scored based on the following criteria:

• • Level of innovation found in the program,
  • Sustainability of the program or initiative, and
  • Overall impact the candidate and/or program has made.

Since 2006, more than 100 infection preventionists or teams have received this award. Read about their award winning programs.

• 2022 Heroes
• 2021 Heroes
• 2020 Heroes
• 2019 Heroes
• 2018 Heroes
• 2017 Heroes
• 2016 Heroes
• 2015 Heroes
• 2014 Heroes
• 2013 Heroes
• 2012 Heroes
• 2011 Heroes