Our Events

Monthly Meetings

2024 Meetings

Feb. 13- Memphis Fire Department Conference Room

Speaker- Lori Moore: "Hand Hygiene Update: A Walk Through the 7 Essential Practices

Mar. 12, 2024- Memphis Fire Department Conference Room

Speaker: Cintas

2023 Meetings

Mar. 7, 2023- Zoom

Speaker- Adam Thornton: "Water Management in Sterile Processing- What you need to know"

Apr. 11, 2023- Zoom

Speaker- GOJO: “Better is Possible” 

May 2, 2023- Seasons 52

Speaker- Karen Ward: CHG

Jul. 11, 2023- Memphis Fire Department Conference Room

Speaker- Ecolab: "Environmental Hygiene in the Operating Room"

Sep. 12, 2023- Memphis Fire Department Conference Room

Speakers- Don Guimera, Stephanie Bosgraaf, Lauren Reeves, Lynne Lancaster: "Learnings from APIC National Conference and Emory Special Pathogens Training"


2022 Meetings

Feb. 14, 2022- Zoom
Speaker- Dr. Stephen Threlkeld: “COVID-Where do we go from here?”

Mar. 14, 2022-Zoom
Speaker- Don Guimera: "IP Proud- Share Your Best Practice”

Jul. 11, 2022- Zoom
Speaker- Don Guimera: APIC 2022 Conference Recap

Nov. 8, 2022- Zoom

Speaker- Dana McReynolds & Marc Molitor:  Bloodstream Infections: Complications with Catheter Maintenance 


2021 Meetings

Feb. 23, 2021- Zoom
Speakers- Marianne Ivie and Lynne Lancaster: "Lessons learned from recertification process utilizing IPUs in its first year."

Apr. 13, 2021- Zoom
Speaker- Dr. Carissa Lucero: “The Toilet & Infection Control”

May 10, 2021- Zoom
Speaker- Marc J. Molitor: "The Clinincal Audit Data Cycle: The Good, The Truth, The Unknown..."

July 12, 2021- Zoom
Speaker- Linda Homan: "In Pursuit of Clean Hands: How The Leapfrog Group, WHO, CDC and Other Regulatory Agencies Are Shaping the Future of Hand Hygiene"

Aug. 16, 2021- Zoom
Speaker- JoAnn Brooks, PHD, RN, FAAN, FCCP: "Prevention of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia"

Sep. 13, 2021- Zoom
Speaker- Dr. Nick Hysmith and Don Guimera: "Mitigating the Infection Risk From Environmental Contamination :Then and Now"

Oct. 11, 2021- Zoom
Speaker- Dr Linda D Lee DrPH, MBA, CIC: "Latest Research on Surface and Air: and What We Know About Their Relationship"

Nov. 8, 2021- Zoom
Speaker- Cherry Wolf: "Prepping Best Practices"

Dec. 6, 2021- Zoom
Business Meeting

2020 Meetings

Dec. 1, 2020- Zoom
Speaker Shannon Harmon RN: “Evidence Compendium for Hemostatic Solutions: Specialized Products to Address Intraoperative Bleeding”

Nov. 10, 2020- Zoom
Speaker- Allison Warner: "Reducing the Risk of SSI, What are We Missing?"

Oct. 13, 2020- Zoom
Speaker- Angela Miranda: “The Role of the Nose in Infections”

Sep. 22, 2020- Zoom
Speaker- Carol Calabrese: “New Healthcare construction and the IP”

Mar. 10, 2020- Regional One
Speaker- Jim Gauthier: "New Organisms in Healthcare When to Panic, When to Carry On."
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Feb. 11, 2020- Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis
Speaker sponsored by Eloquest: “The Infection Preventionist’s Role in Preventing Surgical Site Infections: How to Develop Effective Partnerships with the Surgical Care Team” 
https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/APIC/02ebac0c-1bf3-49bb-8d47-86267d4312f4/UploadedImages/APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes-February_2020.pdf

Jan. 14, 2020- Regional One Health
Speaker- Sharon Oakley: Copper Impregnated Medical Textiles- A Novel Intervention to Address Soft Surface Environmental Contamination
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes_-_January_2020.pdf


2019 Meetings
Dec. 10, 2019- Venice Kitchen
Business Meeting
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes12102019_Draft__1_.pdf

Nov. 12, 2019- Baptist Memphis Women's Hospital
Speaker- GOJO

Oct. 8, 2019- Regional One Health
Speaker- Andrew Dickinson: So You Know What You Are Looking For? An IP Guide

Sep. 10, 2019- Season's 52
Speaker- Dr. Rosie Lyles: MRSA-SSI and Decolonization
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes091019__1_.docx

Aug. 13, 2019- Memphis Jewish Home
Speaker- Angela Miranda: Update MRSA Risk Mitigation Programs and Help Reduce Transmission and MRSA/MSSA Infection Risks
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes081319__1_.docx

Jul. 9, 2019- St. Jude
Topic- Screening and Control for Gram Negative MDROs- Our Experience
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes_07102019.docx

June- National APIC Conference, no meeting

May 14, 2019- Regional One Health
Speaker- Diversy: Solving the HAI Question
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes_051419.docx

Mar. 12, 2019- Venice Kitchen
Speaker- Jim Henderson: Compliance With ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188 and the CMS S&C 17-30 Prevention of Legionellosis and Other Diseases From Waterborne Pathogens
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes_031219.docx

Feb. 12, 2019- Season's 52
Speaker- Ethicon Biopatch

Jan. 8, 2019- Venice Kitchen
Business Meeting
APIC_Chapter_Meeting_Minutes_010819.docx

2018 Fall Conference

Friday, November 16, 2018
Agenda Items
7:30 – 8:00 Registration
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome Laura Silver
8:15 – 9:00 HAI from Family Perspective Don Hutson
9:00 – 10:00 Prevention of SSI ‐A Surgeon’s Perspective Dr. Khalid J. Saleh, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCS©, MHCM
10:00 – 10:30 Break and Visit Vendors
10:30 –11:30 Influenza in 2018 – 2019 Dr. Richard Webby, PhD St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
11:30 –12:45 Lunch and vendor display
12:45 – 1:45 The Role of the Environment on HAI Carol Calabrese, RN, BS, CIC
1:45 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 3:00 Reduction of Device Utilization Dr Florence Jones
3:00 – 3:45 ESBL and CRE in West Tennessee Pamela Talley, MD, MPH Tn Dept of Health
3:45 – 4:00 Adjourn & Evaluation Craig Gilliam

Location:
Baptist Memorial Hospital – Memphis
Certificate: A certificate of attendance will be provided.