November 14, 2012 * * MEETING IS CANCELLED * * Topic: Preventing Surgical Site Infections: "Role of the Central Sterile Department," presented by Jacqueline Daley, HBSc, MLT, CIC, CSPDS, Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
September 19, 2012 - Topic: Chapter member Larry Colbert from Bellevue Hospital Center presented highlights from the National APIC Conference held in June in Dallas TX. His presentation was followed by a talk by Dr. Diane Nilsen from the NYCDOHMH on Hospital Discharge of TB Patients: Collaborating with the Health Department. Thank you to both for your fine presentations.
June 20, 2012 - CAUTI: Reform, Reimbursement, Refocus-- was given by Kimberlee J. Souhrada MM BSN, Clinical Specialist, Rochester Medical Corp.
April 18, 2012 - How to Lower The Risk of an Infection in Total Joint Replacement was presented by Calin Stefan Moucha MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
March 21, 2012 - No More White Gloves - Monitoring Cleaning was presented by Mario Perella of 3M. He shared great info about the latest technologies in validating environmental cleaning and disinfection in a healthcare setting.
February 15, 2012 - At our February meeting, chapter members Elsa Santon-Cruz BS CIC and Adebisi Adeyeye RN MPH CIC shared important updates from recent NHSN training they received in Atlanta.
January 18, 2012 - We had three poster and oral presentations from the 2011 National APIC & SHEA conferences featuring our chapter members: Larry Colbert BA MA CIC - Norovirus Outbreak Angela Gabasan RN MSN CIC - SSIs after Colon Surgery and Kate Gase MPH CIC - The State of C.difficile in NYS - where she reviewed three separate posters (one, two, three).
