To submit upcoming chapter events, please contact Crystal Moohn at cmoohn@apic.org.

Course title: Basic Course for Principles of Infection Control and Prevention

Description: Designed to prepare the new Infection Preventionist or person responsible for Infection Control and Prevention to perform the duties required in various healthcare settings.

Sponsoring Organization: Northeastern Infection Control Educators (NICE). Providing Infection Control Education since 1990. Recipients of APIC 2010 Heroes of Infection Prevention.

Location: New Jersey Hospital Association, Alexander Rd. Princeton, NJ

Dates: Monday-Friday April 8-12, 2013    8-4:30.

Cost: $475.00 if registered by March 8, 2013; $530.00 for late registration by March 15, 2013.

CEU's: This continuing nursing education activity was approved by New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA. This course was approved for 30.5 contact hours through 4/13.

Contact person for information: Kathy Horn RN CIC

Hunterdon Medical Center

Telephone:(908) 788-6169

email: roye-horn.kathleen@hunterdonhealthcare.org

Saudi Arabia APIC Chapter

Course title: The Second Patient Safety Forum 

Description: The Patient Safety Forum designed to Connect Policy Makers, Leaders, Healthcare Professionals and Academic Staff to create and sustain a culture for Patient Safety, and to Share and disseminate best practices in patient care from both international and regional experts.

Sponsoring Organization: 

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

National Guard Health Affairs

WHO Collaborating Centre 

GCC center for infection control

Location: King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Dates: April 9-11, 2013

Cost: free of charges for the Forum and HAI Symposium. For the workshops (see website)

CEU's: TBA

Contact person for information: 

Elias Tannous RN CIC

King Abdulaziz Medical City 

WHO CC

GCC center for infection control

Treasurer, Saudi Arabia APIC Chapter-202

Email: tannouse@ngha.med.sa

Web: http://www.patientsafetyforum2013.org/

Chicago Metro Area APIC Chapter

Course title: Continuing the Care: Infection Prevention in the Long Term Care Setting

Location: Northern Illinois University Campus/Naperville

  1120 East Diehl Road Naperville, Illinois

Dates: April 29-30, 2013

Cost: $66 for non-APIC members

          $56 for APIC members

CEU's: This activity awards 12.0 contact hours. Inquisit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 12.25 clock hours and 12.25 participant hours.

Contact person for information: Darlene Gallagher, BSN, RN, CIC

E-mail: darlene.gallagher@ahss.org

Click here for the flyer and registration 

Washington DC Metro APIC Chapter

Course title: CIC Review Course

Description: A course designed to cover topics for the CBIC Exam 

Location: Springfield, VA    Waterford Event Center

Dates: May 17th, 8-430

Cost: $175 if before April 1, $195 if after April 1.

CEU's: N/A

Contact person for information: Jill Holdsworth, MS, CIC

Tel: 703.664.7199

email: jill.holdsworth@inova.org 

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