2018 Conference Agenda
Achieving Competency in Infection Prevention

Day 1 October 25, 2018
8:00      Registration/Breakfast/Vendors
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8:45      Welcome 
              Kimberly Link, ScM              

9:00      The Infection Preventionist: A Reliability Professional in a HRO
             Amy Karsten, MHA, BSN, RN

10:30   Break/Vendors

11:00    Safe Choices: A Lesson in Just Culture
              Kyle Stevenson, PHR, CP

12:00   Lunch/Vendors

1:15      Strategies for Rapidly Improving Performance with Systems 
             Thinking
             Bethany Rogers, MSML, BSN, RN, LSSMBB, CPHQ,              CPHRM

3:00      Break/Vendors

3:30      Why My Horse Doesn't Listen 
              Jodi Vanderpool, MBS, LNHA, CPPS, HACP

4:45       Wrap Up

5:00        Networking Hour @ Brickyard 
                Open to all conference attendees.  Sponsored by Steris.

6:00        Conference Dinner @ Brickyard
                Sponsored by Steris. Space is limited.
                Please RSVP  to Attend
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Day 2 October 26, 2018
8:00      Registration/Breakfast/Vendors
            
8:30      Water Management Programs, Legionella and Waterborne 
              Pathogens in Healthcare
              Steve Pergam, MD, MPH

9:45      Break/Vendors

10:15     Outbreak Investigations: Examples from Alaska State Public Health
               Kim Spink, RN, BSN, CIC

11:30     Lunch/Vendors
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12:30     Public Health Epidemiology in Idaho
              Christine Hahn, MD  and Kathryn Turner, PhD, MPH

1:30       Overcoming Buffaloes at Work and in Life
              Vincent Kituku, PhD, CSP
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3:30      Wrap Up/Board Member Announcements
               Kimberly Link, I-APIC President