Below are various online resources to help infection preventionists.

Building Bridges projects

Building Bridges is a project designed to establish collaborative relationships between APIC’s infection preventionists and members of other stakeholder societies, associations, and research institutions. These collaborative efforts provide joint research, events, and education for healthcare providers and patients. Current initiatives include:

Clean Spaces, Healthy Patients: Leaders in Infection Prevention and Environmental Services working together for better patient outcomes - NEW! 
A collaboration with the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE).

Infection Preventionists and the Lab - NEW!
A collaboration with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

APIC Text Online

The APIC Text Online is the complete, web-based version of the APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology, 3rd Edition. Its 120 chapters cover the latest infection prevention guidelines, research, technology, and clinical standards. The APIC Text Online provides the foundation for infection prevention practices in virtually every healthcare setting. 

Content/features:

• Subscription-based (1-year) 
• Fully searchable 
• Regularly updated content
• Section-at-a-time printing 
• Accessible from any computer or mobile device (for example: iPad, Android, iPhone, Blackberry) with an Internet connection. 

(Note: The APIC Text is an online resource/reference and is not an educational course.)

Cost (for a one-year annual subscription):

$149 member/$199 non-member

Institutional pricing is also available.

Access: http://text.apic.org

Support/technical requirements:

Internet connection with web browser: 

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Firefox
• Safari
• Google Chrome

Technical support:

202-789-1890

text@apic.org