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Event Location: The Wyndham Springfield City Centre
Address: 700 E Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701

Event Description: This novice level course, designed for infection preventionist with 1-3 years of experience, provides intensive fundamental infection prevention training for healthcare professionals working in a critical access setting. 

Over the course of three days, attendees will learn to develop/improve an infection prevention program that complies with accrediting and regulatory requirements, and employs evidenced-based best practices to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the critical access setting.

The course also reviews the various roles and responsibilities of the infection preventionist (IP). Areas of emphasis include: how to prepare surveillance and risk assessment plans, regulatory compliance, and preventing transmission of infectious diseases in the critical access role.   

Experienced faculty will facilitate learning through group activities, case studies and lectures.

IMPORTANT: This event is only for Illinois-based healthcare professionals. If you found this page in error, please disregard.

Disclaimer:
APIC recognizes these activities as continuing education for registered nurses. This recognition does not imply endorsement by APIC or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any products displayed or discussed in conjunction with an educational activity. 

No speaker or planning committee member disclosed any financial or commercial interest that affected this educational activity.

Please note: this event is funded by Illinois Department of Public Health, so you should not be asked for payment information during the registration process. If you experience any issues when registering, please contact us at education@apic.org. 

IMPORTANT: This event is only for Illinois-based healthcare professionals. If you found this page in error, please disregard.

Accreditation, Contact Hours and Evaluation

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

Contact Hours: Attendees will be able to earn between 25.25 contact hours for this activity, and can only be obtained through completion of the online evaluation.

Course evaluations will be available via an online link provided in course materials. All evaluations must be completed within 30 days. After satisfying all evaluation requirements, a certificate of completion will be available to print and/or for your records indicating contact hours.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by APIC or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any commercial products displayed or discussed in conjunction with an educational activity. While APIC is approved to provide contact hours, APIC’s educational programs may be eligible for continuing education units from other accrediting bodies. Please contact the accrediting body for more information on eligibility requirements and submission instructions.

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