2025 Spring Conference

 

Spring 2025 Conference
When: May 8-9, 2025
Where: IKORCC, Greenwood, IN

 

Thank you to our sponsors!
 
      



Location
IKORCC Greenwood
771 Greenwood Springs Drive
Greenwood, IN 46143


 
Registration

Member: $150

Non-member: $200 (plus fees)

Vendor:  $600 (plus fees)

Click Here to Register!
Hotel Options
With low use of hotel blocks in the past, APIC-IN will not be contracting a block of rooms at a single hotel. Members are asked to reserve a room at the location of their choice and at their own convenience. Below is a list of hotels that are closest to IKORCC:  

Holiday Inn Express and Suites Greenwood
Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis South
Home2Suites

Special Considerations

Masks are not currently required to be worn. Please consult this webpage for changes. 

Don't forget to bring cash, check, or credit/debit card to purchase tickets for our educational support fundraiser and earn a chance to win gifts. 

Please wear your facility ID badge while attending the conference.

APIC Indiana Members

Bring new and/or new handmade items to donate as gifts for the educational support fundraiser.

Donate to your region's basket. Contact your regional director(s) for more information. 

Speaker Information

Speaker bios can be found here. 

**Times and topics are subject to change. Website will be updated as information becomes available.** 

 

Thursday, May 8, 2025
Time Topic Speaker
7:30am - 8:30am Registration - Breakfast
8:30am - 8:45am President's Welcome Shanna Smith, BSN, MBA, RN, CIC
8:45am - 10:45am Body Language for Healthcare Workers: How to Read, Interpret, and Use Nonverbal Communication

Keynote Speaker

Zach Matthews
10:45am - 11:00am Break - Ticket Sales
11:00am - 12:00pm

The Implications of Bacteremia

DJ Shannon, MPH, CIC, VA-BC, FAPIC

Sponsored by BD
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch - Ticket Sales
1:00pm-2:00pm Basic Microbiology: A Refresher Melphine Harriott, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP)SM
2:00pm-3:15pm

Break - Vendor Time - Poster Presentations - Ticket Sales

Vendors/Posters will be located in the IKORCC Training Center
3:15pm - 4:00pm

All Members Meeting

Shanna Smith, BSN, MBA, RN, CIC
4:00pm-5:00pm Forming a Patient Safety Partnership with CMRCC (FKA IKORCC) Mike Bohan, CMRCC ICRA Coordinator


 

Friday, May 9, 2025
Time Topic Speaker
7:30am - 8:00am Breakfast - Ticket Sales - Kick Off
8:00am - 9:00am Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection in Rehabilitation and Dialysis Settings

Vydia Nankoosingh, MLT, CIC

Sponsored by Diversey
9:00am - 9:15am
 Break - Ticket Sales
9:15am - 10:15am Clean, Sanitize, or Disinfect

Vydia Nankoosingh, MLT, CIC

Sponsored by Diversey
10:15am - 11:30am

Break - Vendor Time - Poster Presentations

Vendors/Posters will be located in the IKORCC Training Center
11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch - Final Ticket Sales
12:30pm - 1:30pm Clinical Microbiology: A Refresher Melphine Harriott, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP)SM
1:30pm - 1:35pm Break
1:35pm - 2:35pm Safeguarding Patient Health: Control and Mitigate Waterborne Pathogens in Healthcare Facilities

Pascal Bru

Sponsored by Aquatools
2:35pm - 3:05pm Educational Support Raffle
Conclusion of 2025 APIC Indiana Spring Conference - Safe travels home!

 

IDOH Poster Presentations
Topic Presenter
Changing Prevalence of Candida auris in Indiana, 2022-2024

Marcie Bryant, BSN, MSN, MPH

Cayman Doran, MPH, CPH
Legionella in Acute Care Hospitals: An Overview Alicia Dolan, MPH
Connecting the Dots: How Proper Disease Reporting Supports Public Health Action

Jennifer Brinegar, RN, BSN

Mary Reams, MPH, CPH
How Can Infection Preventionists Use Wastewater Data?

Lindsay Joy-Wenning

Jason Wenning
Utilizing Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Survey Data to Target Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Facilities for Project Firstline (PFL) Trainings

Aubrey West
Strategies for Reducing Volume of Measles Rule-out Testing in Non-Outbreak Scenarios

Makayla Culbertson, CHES

Madison Jordan, MPH