APIC Three Rivers Chapter

CIC Study - July 30
2013-07-30 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
WHEN: Every other Tuesday night | 5:30- 7:00pm starting June 4th
WHERE: UPMC Mercy Hospital (free parking, room and directions will be provided upon signing up)
WHAT: We’ll be guided by APICs Online Infection Prevention Competency Review Course
WHO: Anyone interested in becoming certified, re-certifying or just wants to brush up on their knowledge!

DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED BY
Christina Ellis Rasmussen

TO SIGN UP OR IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION
EMAIL Juliet Ferrelli: ferrellijg@upmc.edu

CIC Study - August 13
2013-08-13 17:30 - 19:00

Members Meeting
2013-09-18 09:00 - 10:00
APIC Three Rivers Chapter holds a bi-monthly members meeting on the third Wednesday of the month.
“2013 Allegheny County Health Department Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Survey.”
Speaker: Lauren Torso, MPH,CIC
Epidemiology Research Associate
Allegheny County Health Department

APIC Three Rivers 2013 Fall Conference
2013-10-11 07:00 - 15:30
The theme of the 2013 Fall Conference is “Solving the Puzzle of Infection Prevention.” The annual conference will be held on October 11, 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Canonsburg, PA. To register or to learn more information, click here.

Members Meeting
2013-11-20 09:00 - 10:00
APIC Three Rivers Chapter holds bi-monthly members meetings on the third Wednesday of the month.
Speaker: TBA

Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) Chapter Membership Meeting
2014-05-21 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers /Pittsburgh (TRAPIC) APIC Chapter Membership Meeting
Speaker: Joseph T. Newsome, DVM DACLAM
Topic: Pet Visitation and Infection Prevention
Agenda 5 21 2014

2014 National APIC Conference
2014-06-07 00:00 - 2014-06-09 00:00
APIC invites you to be a difference maker and help create a safer world through infection prevention by joining your colleagues at APIC 2014 in sunny Anaheim, California, June 7 -9, 2014. At this meeting, you’ll join almost 5,000 attendees, including 2,500 clinical professionals to learn the latest science, technology, and best practices in infection prevention and control.

Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) Chapter Membership Meeting
2014-07-16 09:00 - 11:00
Agenda 7 16 2014
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) Members Meeting
Speaker :
Mary Jo Bellush MSN,CIC
Infection Preventionist
Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital

Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) Chapter Membersip Meeting
2014-09-17 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) Chapter Members Meeting
“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
Epidemiology Research Associate
&
Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist
Agenda 9 17 2014

Pennsylvania TB Clinician's Meeting
2014-10-02 00:00
Pennsylvania TB Clinician’s Meeting
Rachel Carson State Office Building
Harrisburg, PA
2014 PA Clinicians Meeting_Final

Allegheny County Immunization Coalition Annual Conference
2014-10-02 07:30 - 12:00
Allegheny County Immunization Coalition Annual Conference
Oct 2, 2014
Monroeville, PA
ACIC 2014 confbrochure

Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) 2014 Annual Fall Education Conference
2014-10-03 07:00 - 15:30
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) 2014 Annual Fall Education Conference

International Infection Prevention Week 2014
2014-10-19 00:00 - 2014-10-25 00:00
Join your friends, family members, and healthcare colleagues in celebrating International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), October 19-25, 2014. IIPW, which takes place the third week of October each year, raises awareness of the role infection prevention plays to improve patient safety.

Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) Membership Meeting
2014-11-19 09:00 - 11:30
Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC (TRAPIC) Membership Meeting
Educational Presentation :
Recent Recommendations for Ebola Preparedness — Personal Protective Equipment
&
Enterovirus D68- Current Case Circulation in the Commonwealth
Speaker: Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist for ACHD
Agenda 11 19 2014

TRAPIC Annual Holiday Party
2014-12-10 11:30 - 14:30
Please Join us for the
TRAPIC Annual Holiday Party
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

Please RSVP by December 1st.
Bonnie Mihalchik
Fee is $25, checks can be made out to TRAPIC

Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC Members Meeting
2015-01-21 09:00 - 11:00
Membership Meeting
Wednesday January 21, 2015
Cumberland Woods Village
700 Cumberland Woods Village
Allison Park, PA 15101
Educational Presentation:
“APIC 2014 Highlights”
Presented by:
Stephanie Faidley
Sheila McCool
Jenny Bender
Bonnie Coaianne

Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Membership Meeting
2015-03-18 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Membership Meeting
Wednesday March 18, 2015
Cumberland Woods Village
700 Cumberland Woods Drive
Allison Park, PA 15101
Speaker : Dr. Marcia Ryder
Presentation: CAUTI & CLABSI Prevention
Marcia Ryder PhD MS RN
Marcia Ryder’s extensive experience in nursing includes positions as Clinical Director of a Special Care Unit and a Cardiovascular/Thoracic Unit, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Nutrition Support, and Director of Nursing in Home Infusion. Dr. Ryder received her nursing diploma from the Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, Pa. and her Bachelor’s, Master’s (critical care nurse specialist), and Doctoral degrees from the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Ryder is currently an independent collaborative researcher and consultant in medical biofilm/healthcare related infections. She is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the use and management of vascular access devices. She has served as past-president of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA), past chair of APIC’s Scientific Research Council and a former member of the FDA’s Central Venous Catheter Working Group. Dr. Ryder was honored as the recipient of the “2007 Educator of the Year” awarded by Infection Control Today and represented AVA on the Technical Advisory Panel of the international “Joint Commission CLABSI project”. She currently chairs the AVA sponsored multi-organization Vascular Access Patient Safety Initiative (VAPSI).
Agenda 3 18 2015

Breathe PA Tuberculosis Education
2015-04-24 08:00 - 12:45
Breathe Pennsylvania’s Tuberculosis Education Conference
April 24, 2015
8:00 AM- 12:45 PM
Pittsburgh Athletic Association
4215 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
TB Confernece Tri-fold 2015

Three Rivers /Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting
2015-05-20 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Membership Meeting
Wednesday May 20, 2015
Cumberland Woods Village
700 Cumberland Woods Drive
Allison Park, PA 15101

“NHSN 2015 Definition Changes Review with Case Studies”
Presented by:
Bonnie Colaianne, RN, MSN, CNL, CIC
Corporate Infection Prevention Coordinator
UPMC
Agenda 5 20 2015

APIC 2015 Annual Conference
2015-06-27 00:00 - 2015-06-29 00:00
“Infection Prevention Live on Stage”
APIC 2015
Nashville, TN

Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting
2015-07-15 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Membership Meeting
Wednesday July 15, 2015
Cumberland Woods Village
700 Cumberland Woods Drive
Allison Park, PA 15101
Please join us as we welcome Dr. Salah S. Qutaishat, Senior Clinical Advisor Infection Prevention at Diversey.

TRAPIC is now an approved provider of continuing nursgin education by PA State Nurses Association. Two contact hours will be awarded for those who attend the meeting!!!

Agenda 7 15 2015

Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting
2015-09-16 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Membership Meeting
Wednesday September 16, 2015
Cumberland Woods Village
700 Cumberland Woods Drive
Allison Park, PA 15101
Speaker :
“ACHD Updates”
Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist for ACHD
“Legionella and the new ASHRAE Guidelines (Standard 188P)”
Presented by:
Janet Stout, PhD
Director
Special Pathogens Laboratory
Agenda 9 16 2015

Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Annual Education Conference
2015-10-02 00:00
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Annual Education Conference
Friday October 2, 2015
7:30 AM- 3:30 PM
Hilton Garden Inn
Canonsburg, PA 15701

Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting
2015-11-18 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers/Pittsburgh APIC Membership Meeting
Wednesday November 18, 2015
Cumberland Woods Village
700 Cumberland Woods Drive
Allison Park, PA 15101
Agenda 11 18 2015
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM – 9:00AM – 10:00AM
“ACHD Updates”
Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist for ACHD
“APIC 2015 Updates”
Presented by:
Sheila McCool, TRAPIC President
Jenny Bender, TRAPIC Treasurer
Bonnie Colaianne, TRAPIC Secretary
Diane Lang, TRAPIC Chapter Leadership Award 2015

Three Rivers Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting
2016-01-20 09:00 - 11:00
Three Rivers APIC Chapter Members Meeting
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 @ 9:00am.
Our new meeting location is UPMC Mercy Hospital
Directions to TRAPIC meeting at Mercy
Dr. Carlene Muto will be presenting “Zygomycete Cluster In Hospitalized Transplant Patients”.
We will also have updates from the Allegheny County Health Department and our general meeting topics.
Agenda 1 20 2015

March 16, 2016 Three Rivers Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Meeting
2016-03-16 09:00 - 11:00
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
UPMC Mercy Hospital
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Conference Room 2191/2190

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM – 9:00AM – 10:00AM

“ACHD Updates”
Provided by colleagues from the ACHD

“NHSN Required Reporting for Outpatient Dialysis Centers”
Presented by:
Jeannette Shrift
Quality Insights
Agenda 3 16 2016

Three Rivers Pittsburgh APIC Chapter Members Meeting
2016-05-18 09:00 - 11:00
MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
UPMC Mercy Hospital
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Conference Room 2191/2190

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM – 9:00AM – 10:00AM

“ACHD Updates”
Provided by colleagues from the ACHD

“IV Care – Moving to Clinical Indications for Peripheral IV’s”
Presented by:
Frank Myers, III, MA, CIC
Infection Preventionist III, Infection Prevention Clinical EPI, UC San Diego Health System

Three Rivers APIC Chapter Members Meeting
2016-07-20 09:00 - 11:00
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
UPMC Mercy Hospital
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Conference Room 2191/2190
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM – 9:00AM – 10:00AM

“ACHD Updates”
Provided by colleagues from the ACHD

“High Reliability Organizations: Improving the Culture of Safety”
Presented by:
Roberta C. Jones, MSN, CNOR, RN
Perioperative Safety Nurse, Surgical Services, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Agenda 7 20 2016

September 21, 2016
2016-09-21 09:00 - 11:00
MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA
agenda-9-21-2016
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
UPMC Mercy Hospital
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Conference Room 2191/2190

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM – 9:00AM – 10:00AM

“ACHD Updates”
Provided by colleagues from the ACHD

“Balancing Patient and Worker Safety:
An introduction to occupational illness related to cleaning & disinfection”
Presented by:
Megan Casey, RN, BSN, MPH, CIC
Nurse Epidemiologist, NIOSH

2016 Fall Conference "Expanding Your Infection Prevention Toolbox"
2016-10-07 07:30 - 16:00
Register NOW! Online registration is open – CLICK HERE for details and to register.
Vendor space is still available – see the Vendor page for more information.
