Please Join us for the TRAPIC Annual Members  Holiday Lunch and Learn Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 11:30 AM Edgewood Country Club 100 Churchill Road Pittsburgh, Pa 15235   Lunch and Learn Series Barbara Quinn, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC Basic Care is Essential Care: Implementing Oral Hygiene to Prevent Hospital Acquired Pneumonia  TRAPIC Holiday Lunch Invitation12 4 13 […]

November 19, 2014  Three Rivers Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting  9:00-11:00 AM Agenda 11 19 2014 Cumberland Woods Village 700 Cumberland Woods Village Drive Allison Park, PA  15101   Educational Presentation: Recent Recommendations for Ebola Preparedness , Personal Protective Equipment & Enterovirus D68 ; Current Case Circulation in the Commonwealth   Presented by:   Kristen Mertz, MD, […]

September 17, 2014  Three Rivers Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting Agenda 9 17 2014 9:00 AM-  11:00 Cumberland Woods Village 700 Cumberland Woods Village Drive Allison Park,  PA 15101 Speakers: “A Guide to Sterile Processing” Presented by: Lorrie Calabrese, BSN, RN, CNOR, GTS Clinical Education Specialist STERIS Corporation   ACHD Updates Presented by: Jennifer Fiddner, MPH […]

2014_CRE_guidelines_ACHD[1] The Allegheny County Health Department recently released guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). These guidelines are a summary of the 2012 CRE Toolkit published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) entitled “Guidance of Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).” Much of this material is taken directly from the CDC Toolkit. […]