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Secretary

Linda R. Greene, RN, MPS, CIC
Rochester General Health System
Rochester, New York

Linda is the director of infection prevention for Rochester General Health System in Rochester, N.Y. Linda is currently a member of the APIC Board of Directors and has served in various APIC leadership positions at the local, state and national level. She is currently a member of the AJIC Editorial Board. Linda was co-chair of the APIC Nominating and Awards Committee and a member of the APIC Public Policy Committee where she also served as the APIC Board liaison.

Linda is former president of the New York State APIC Coordinating Council as well as her local APIC chapter. She was lead author for the APIC 2011 position paper on Influenza Immunization of Health Care Workers, and the 2009 position paper on Surveillance Technologies. She was also lead author for the 2010 APIC Guide to Elimination of Infections in Orthopedic Surgery, an author for the APIC Guide to Elimination of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections and lead author for the APIC Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Elimination Guide.

Linda serves on several advisory panels and task forces including the New York State Technical Advisory Panel for Public Reporting of Hospital-acquired Infections and the HICPAC Surveillance Work Group. In 2006 she received a Heroes of Infection Prevention Award from APIC for her role in significantly reducing healthcare-acquired infections. She has presented extensively at the local, state and national levels.