2010 Chapter Meetings:

January 15, 2010 - by Timothy Royer

• Implementing A Better Bundle

 2009 Chapter Meetings:

November 20, 2009 - by Robert Berg

• Micro for ICPs Powerpoint
  
• Meningitis Evaluation
  
• HBV Interpretation
  
• Hep Markers for Significance
  

• Risk Assessment for Infection Control and Prevention Programs
  
• IC Risk Assessment Tool
• Instructions for Risk Assessment
  

July 21, 2009 - by Robert Berg

• Multiple-Drug Resistant Organisms
  

 2008 Chapter Meetings:

March 21, 2008 - by Harriett Carr, RN, MSN, CIC

• Building a Better Outcome with Bundling?
  

 January 18 - SB 739.  Presented by Sue Chen.

• Getting Started in NHSN
• SB 739 General Introduction
• SB 739 for Dummies

2007 Chapter Meetings:

• November 16 - Prevention of Surgical Site Infections:  Embracing and Innovative Risk Reduction Strategies.  Presented by Charles E. Edmiston Jr., Ph.D., CIC.

• Edmiston Slide Set 1
• Edmiston Slide Set 2
• Edmiston Slide Set 3
• Edmiston Slide Set 4

• September 21 - TB Isolation Rooms.  Presented by Robert Berg, CIC, CLS, MBA and Mauro Garcia, CIC, RN, BSN, PHN.
• July 20 - Guidelines for Prevention Transmission of TB in Hospitals.  Presented by Pam Costamagna, RN, Supervising PHN, TB Control Program, San Joaquin County Public Health Services.
• May 18 - Environmental Sampling for Infection Control.  Presented by Jennifer Block, PhD, Block Environmental Services, Inc.
• March 16 - Norovirus 2007.  Presented by Vivian Belmusto, MD, FAAP, DTM&H, Communicable Disease Controller, Sacramento County Public Health
• January 19 - CBIC Informational PowerPoint and CIC Exam Practice Questions.  Presented by Erick Berry, MSHS, CIC, CPHQ - Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Sacramento

Conferences: 

• 2010 National APIC Conference July11-15, 2010
  
• 2010 SHEA Conference March 18-22, 2010
  
• Infectious Disease Association of California May1-2 2010
  
• Infectious Disease Conferences Worldwide 2010
  

UC Berkeley courses: cidp@berkeley.edu

• Modeling the Dynamics of Infectious Disease Processes
• Disaster Epidemiology: Methods and Applications
• Introduction to Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Face-to-Face Classes: 

• EPI Classes

Webcasts/Distance Learning/ E Learning/Self Study:

• APIC e-learning program
• Prevention of Nosocomial Infections – APIC/BJC: 703-373-1531
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Interactive Training CD-ROM; free via S. Skivington at: 510-987-2022
• CDC Web based self study Tuberculosis
• Ecolab Hand Hygiene free CEU contact hour
• Online Graduate Certificate Course in Sharps Injury Prevention
• Smallpox Vaccine Storage and Handling internet based training course: CDC; free of charge
• Self Learning for Novice ICPs/AICPS: contact: B. Pfaff 608-775-4405 or blpfaff@gundluth.org 
• Smallpox Vaccination Techniques: available from Cal Distance Learning Health Network; $20 from cklhn@projects.sdsu.edu or 619-584-5933

Videos:

• Video 20 minutes: Hand Hygiene HICPAC Guidelines: APIC 866– 321-5066
• Video 10 minutes: Smallpox – APIC 866-321-5066