2002

• APIC celebrates 30th anniversary.

• The first APIC/CDC/SHEA Patient Safety Symposium was held.

• APIC/CBIC were represented on The Joint Commission Infection Control Advisory Panel.

• APIC produced new e-learning modules, toolkits/handbooks and a revised APIC Text.

2004

• APIC membership: 10,000+

2005

• APIC-sponsored Consensus Conference on Realizing the Benefits of Public Reporting.

• APIC releases position paper on mandatory public reporting of HAIs.

• “Publication of Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Committee” published in AJIC.
• Concept of “Targeting Zero HAIs” introduced

2006

• APIC Vision 2012 strategic plan was introduced.

2007

• APIC’s first major research study was published: the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevalence study. Infection preventionists at more than 1,200 U.S. hospitals provided prevalence data, demonstrating that healthcare-associated rates of MRSA were much higher than previously reported.
• The Joint Public Policy Committee (APIC, SHEA, CDC, CSTE) create “Essentials of Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Tool Kit.”

2008

• APIC published its second major research study: the National U.S. Inpatient Healthcare Facility Clostridium difficile Survey. This was the largest, most comprehensive prevalence survey of C. difficile, which revealed that colonization and infection rates among hospitalized adults were much higher than previously estimated.

• APIC rebranded its position in the field with the new tagline, “Spreading Knowledge. Preventing Infection.”
• The term “infection preventionist” is introduced to describe the work of infection control professionals and better articulate the expanding roles of APIC members.
• APIC Consulting Services established.

2009

• APIC membership: 13,000+