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Director

Linda K. Goss, MSN, APRN, CIC, COHN-S
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky

Linda is director of the Infection Prevention Department and the Vascular Access Specialist Team at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, a level one trauma center and academic teaching facility for the University of Louisville. Linda is faculty at the University of Louisville School of Nursing where she is also serves as a consultant on an HRSA grant for Informatics.

Linda incorporates her nursing background with her love of technology and passion for infection prevention into every professional venue and has served in many capacities for APIC as well as at the chapter level. She was chair of the information technology advisory committee, faculty for EPI 202 and recently delivered a webinar on Meaningful Use. Linda has served on the APIC Nominating and Awards Committee and as president of the APIC Kentuckiana chapter.

Linda has several publications to her name on topics ranging from pneumonia, operating room turnover, oral care in ventilated patients and she joined colleagues in writing the APIC Guide to the Elimination of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanni Transmission in Healthcare Settings. Linda has consistently worked to elevate the status of the infection preventionist and highlight the many areas in which their knowledge and skills can be used to prevent infection, provide safe patient care and educate families and the community.