{"id":21044,"date":"2023-11-01T13:08:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/?post_type=cheerspeers&#038;p=21044"},"modified":"2023-11-01T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:49:16","slug":"apic-virginia-conference","status":"publish","type":"cheerspeers","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/cheerspeers\/apic-virginia-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"APIC Virginia Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">On October 5<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW212697354 BCX8\" data-fontsize=\"12\">th<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">\u00a0and 6<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW212697354 BCX8\" data-fontsize=\"12\">th<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">, infection preventionists\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">and public health partners\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">from around the state came together in Richmond, VA for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">two<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">\u00a0days of education, networking, and learning about new products from industry partners.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">The Virginia chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW212697354 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/community.apic.org\/virginia\/home?utm_campaign=20231101_&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"FieldRange SCXW212697354 BCX8\"><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW212697354 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #3366ff\">APIC Virginia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW212697354 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW212697354 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">\u00a0had their\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW212697354 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">highest attendance ever<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">, with over 100 attendees for the conference on Friday, and approximately 60 pre-conference attendees on Thursday!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">Preconference attendees learned the ins and outs of basic microbiology, how specimen collection can impact culture results, how to read susceptibility results and antibiograms, and how they can contribute to antimicrobial stewardship programs by focusing on enhancing their partnership with the laboratory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">Conference attendees brushed up on water management, dialysis, construction, nasal decolonization as a means to prevent infection, and heard about interesting Group\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW212697354 BCX8\">A<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">\u00a0Strep and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW212697354 BCX8\">cabies outbreaks. 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