2025 AI Webinar Series
Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 04/09/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Recorded On: 03/05/2025
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal force across most industries, transforming the way we live, work, and solve complex problems. It is revolutionizing infection prevention and control (IPC) as well as healthcare, ushering in a new era of efficiency, accuracy, and proactive management. AI is quickly gaining traction as machine learning is being applied to more efficiently address tasks that have required significant human intervention in the past. With the increases in technology, we are now seeing technology approaching or exceeding in some cases a human’s ability to do the same tasks. Yet, what sets AI apart is its capacity to learn and evolve continuously. AI possesses the capability to sift through vast data sets, decipher complex data, anticipate needs, recognize patterns, and make insightful predictions. The integration of AI into IPC reflects a commitment to improving patient outcomes, optimizing healthcare processes, and addressing ethical considerations in the application of AI technologies.
This series will provide tools for how IPs can become critical coaches in the deployment of these technologies within their organizations as the technology continues to emerge.
See webinars in this series below. Please note, you will be registering for all webinars in this series.
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Aligned and Instrumental: The Future of Infection Prevention and Sterile Processing
CE: 1/IPU: 1
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Garrett Hollembeak and Hank Balch
This presentation will explore the transformative power of AI in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), highlighting how AI-driven tools enhance decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and improve regulatory compliance within sterile processing and high-level disinfection. Attendees will learn how AI tools can streamline tasks, identify workflow deviations, improve communication, and create engaging educational content.
Learning Objectives:
Identify Key AI Applications in IPC and SPD:
Understand the various AI tools such as ChatGPT and DALLE, and how they integrate into daily workflows to streamline tasks, identify root causes of workflow deviations, and ensure compliance with evidence-based practices.
Enhance Communication and Compliance:
Learn how AI applications can improve communication between Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Sterile Processing Departments (SPD) by bridging the lexicon gap and enhancing compliance through accessible AI-driven solutions.
Create Practical Tools and Engaging Education:
Discover how AI can build practical tools like SBAR and A3 builders to streamline problem-solving and communication processes, and how AI-generated educational materials can enhance the learning experience and retention of critical information for staff.
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AI Tools in Action
CE:1/IPU:1
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Presentation 1: Leveraging AI for faster data analysis
Speaker: Marko Predic
Demonstrating the power of AI to more efficiently process, sort, and condense large Excel data sets. Demonstrating how IPs with limited excel background can become more proficient and save large amounts of time during data processing.
Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate how AI can aid in data processing of excel data sets for novice/intermediate excel users.
Presentation 2: Using ChaGPT as An Assistant During an Outbreak Investigation
Speaker: Carole W. Kamangu
This session will demonstrate how IPs can use free AI tools such as ChatGPT to analyze a datatest during an outbreak. It will also include the importance of following HIPAA rules throughout the process. This simplifies the data analysis process during an outbreak investigation and can allow IPs to scan through data quickly and get a summary much more easily. This is helpful while the outbreak is ongoing and can allow the IP to obtain summary information daily for internal reporting purposes, especially while juggling additional day-to-day obligations from their work.
Learning Objectives:
-Know some quick ways to analyze a dataset during an outbreak investigation by using ChaGPT without filtering large amounts of data.
-Know how to create a quick summary of your outbreak status for reporting purposes within your team and facility stakeholders
Presentation 3: Using AI technology for NHSN Surgical Site Infection Surveillance at UCSF Health
Speaker: Christy Pak
Showcase tool developed using AI technology for detection and review of SSI cases
Learning Objective:
- Describe Surgical Site Infection Identification tool being developed at UCSF Health for streamlining of SSI surveillance
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How to make PPE and HH training fun and engaging?
IPU:1
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Bassel Molaeb and Caroline Bilen
This presentation will introduce the Blue Mirror artificial intelligence (AI) tutor, which is a virtual personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene (HH) trainer app. Blue Mirror is helping organizations improve their PPE and HH training programs in a cost-efficient, reliable, and repeatable way. We will discuss examples of how this tool increases reach and training equity, provides standard and repeatable training, enables fun and engaging training, improves memory retention, and enables fun and engaging training for personal protective equipment and hand hygiene in healthcare facilities.
Learning Objectives:
• Introduce the Blue Mirror artificial intelligence (AI) tutor concept.
• Explain how the Blue Mirror Trainer app increases reach and training equity and provides standard and repeatable training.
• Illustrate how this tool has demonstrated transformative power and provides sustainable, fun, and engaging training for personal protective equipment and hand hygiene in healthcare facilities.
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What Story Does Your NHSN Data Tell You, and How Can You Use AI (Microsoft CoPilot) to Enhance Your Analytics and Help Improve Patient Quality and Safety?
CE:1/IPU:1
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 @ 1 pm ET
Dr. Mickey Bansal and Kyle Willey
AI through tools such as CoPilot can be utilized on retrospective NHSN data to help make connections between patients that get surgical site infections compared to the overall surgical procedure population in a single hospital or healthcare system. We will demonstrate manual comparison methods, automated reporting methods, and AI tool methods of data aggregation and utilization in data storytelling.
Learning Objectives:
-Identify what data storytelling is
-Getting the story out of NHSN data
-Manual and automated storytelling
-Using CoPilot AI to make connections and improve storytelling
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Continuing Education (CE) Credit:
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 3 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 3 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs:
- APIC designates this activity for 4 infection prevention unit(s).
- For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
Patricia (Pat) Metcalf Jackson, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC (Moderator)
Pat Jackson is the 2023 President of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. She is the Director of Infection Prevention at White Rock Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She has been an infection preventionist for the past 29 years. She has worked in both adult and pediatric healthcare facilities but considers pediatrics to be her area of expertise.
She most recently served APIC in elected roles as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors. Pat’s passion is mentoring new IPs. She served as an original author on APICs Roadmap for the Novice Infection Preventionist and spent many years as a faculty member to APICs epidemiology training courses. Pat believes we need to attract and retain the next generations of IPs in order to APIC to reach its potential.
Pat spent the majority of her career in large academic teaching hospitals. In 2022 she transitioned to a small community hospital where she became a “one-er”. She has enjoyed the small town feel of knowing everyone and has a new appreciation for the lone IP. The lone IP by their very nature becomes a master of everything and often with less than IPs at larger facilities. Pat earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University and has been certified in infection control since 1996. In 2016 she was a member of the inaugural class of APIC Fellows.
Garrett Hollembeak CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CIC
Editor-in-Chief
Transmission Control
Garrett Hollembeak: As an Infection Preventionist with over five years of sterile processing experience and a background in epidemiology, my work is founded in data driven decisions and innovative solutions. I believe that education through creative mediums is a key catalyst to best practices in Infection Prevention.
Hank Balch
co-Founder and President
Healthcare HQ
Hank Balch, Founder and President of Beyond Clean has served in various roles from technician to system director. Recognized for his leadership, Hank and his team of experts create strategic partnerships and impactful content about infection prevention and sterile processing, reaching nearly 2 million podcast downloads, and driving industry-changing solutions.
Deborah Ellis, PhD, MS, MPH, CIC, LTC-CIP, CPHQ (Moderator)
System Director, Infection Prevention & Control
Alameda Health System
Marko Predic, MS, CIC, FAPIC
Senior Director Infection Prevention and Control
Orlando Health
Marko Predic, MS CIC is the director of infection prevention at Orange Park Medical Center (OPMC) in Orange Park, FL. As a director, Marko leads a dynamic team of infection preventionists that strive to advance infection prevention practices at OPMC. Marko has published in the American Journal of Infection Prevention as well has having spoken and presented at the nation convention for infection preventionists (APIC Conference) for 2017-2019.
Carole W. Kamangu, RN, MPH, CIC
FOUNDER/CEO and PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Dumontel Healthcare Consulting
Carole is a bilingual (French/English) nurse epidemiologist and infection prevention consultant. She is passionate about infectious diseases and a proponent of healthcare quality. Carole is analytical and enjoys tackling challenging situations. She excels when collaborating with clients who appreciate creativity, innovation, flexibility, and a problem-solving mindset. Carole is also a transformational leader who loves empowering others to acknowledge their talents and help them achieve their goals.
Christy Pak
Infection Prevention Coordinator
UCSF Medical Center
Christy is an Infection Preventionist with over seven years of experience in the field currently working with the Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention at UCSF Health. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health with a dual concentration in Infectious Disease and Epidemiology from UC Berkeley and received her Master’s Degree in Public Health at Johns Hopkins. Prior to changing her focus to hospital-acquired infections, Christy held positions in the government sector at the state, county and city performing surveillance and analytics for infectious and vector-borne diseases. Originally from Southern California, Christy relocated to Northern California while attending college and decided to stay. She currently lives in the SF Bay Area and loves to cook, eat French fries with her husband, and hike the natural beauty that is the Bay Area.
Kelly Holmes, MS, CIC (Moderator)
Infection Preventionist
IP&MA
Kelly Holmes began working for IP&MA, Inc in 2004, and has been certified in the field since 2006. Ms. Holmes has experience in mentoring novice Infection Preventionists and program management in a wide range of healthcare settings including acute care, long-term acute care, and rehabilitation facilities. Kelly developed a comprehensive internal training process for the company that includes focused support for Infection Preventionists who are studying for certification. Kelly currently performs remote surveillance for several clients and manages a team of infection preventionists providing services to acute care facilities. Ms. Holmes obtained her FAPIC designation in 2024 and is a contributing author to the APIC text, has published abstracts and papers on training infection preventionists, inter-rater reliability for surveillance, and is currently the co-host for APIC’s 5 Second Rule podcast.
Bassel Molaeb, MPH, CIC, FAPIC
Healthcare Advisor, Trainer & Infection Prevention and Control Consultant
The Compass Health Consultancy, Dubai, UAE
Bassel is an internationally recognized infection prevention and control (IPC) expert with 14 years of experience. He is a fellow and a hero of APIC and a member of several task forces. He is an International Ambassador for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and currently serves as a member of the SHEA Awards committee. He holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the American Board Certification in IPC (CIC®) from CBIC.
Caroline Bilen BSN, NYIC, CHQO
Founder- CEO
The Compass Health Consultancy
Caroline is recognized as a leader, consultant, and trainer in the healthcare and accreditation industry. She has a BSN degree in nursing with a solid medical background with more than 25 years of extensive experience in outpatient and in-patient care as well as in dental care management. She is a certified trainer for Infection Control and Patient Safety programs. Moreover, she is certified to deliver the JCI program for “Safety in Surgical Services.
With her 15 years of international experience in training healthcare professionals to elevate the clinical standard of care. In addition, she is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified.
Caroline worked closely with healthcare authorities, senior and executive management teams, using a design thinking approach to develop strategies frameworks, clinical guidelines, innovative programs to improve patient safety and outcomes in the healthcare organization in Central East Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
Caroline held the position of operating room nursing manager for surgical and dental settings. She demonstrated a proven record of success in leading and managing perioperative efficiency and turn over in the operating room, education, physician relations, and patient safety.
From the establishment of “Home Care Lebanon”, she was leading the Health Care Team and responsible for Patient Safety as Director of Nursing Services, driving care excellence.
Her latest assignment was as Scientific Affairs and Education Manager for a 3M medical solution in CEE & MEA regions. Through her unique ability, she innovated and developed an Infection Prevention University, a branded unified educational platform, to build competencies of the regional clinical teams, assisting them in elevating their knowledge and practical skills.
Caroline is passionate about patient safety and is regularly engaged as a keynote speaker and moderator at international and national symposia. She is a published author and her work has been broadly published and quoted in the media. She is a member of many local and international scientific organizations as well as a member of the Worldwide Association of Female Professionals and Dubai Women Business Council.
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