Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (2018), 39, 1398–1399 doi:10.1017/ice.2018.253
Joint Statement of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Training infection prevention leaders for the present and future: United in patient safety
Keith S. Kaye MD, MPH1 and Janet Haas PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA2 1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan and 2Lenox Hill Hospital, New York,
New York
“It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have pre- vailed.”—Charles Darwin
APIC and SHEA continued to join forces in 2018 to advance
the missions of infection prevention and hospital epidemiology. Over the last 3 years, the organizations have worked together to advance our collective missions. This year we have seen the fruits of our collaborative efforts and initiatives. In 2018, we are particularly proud of several accomplishments. The 2 organizations continue to host an annual shared SHEA-
APIC Presidents’ Webinar, which serves to include membership in the shared resources and ideas of our collaborative effort. In March, the Webinar, and the partnership, was featured in the online publication Relias Media in an article titled “APIC-SHEA Forming a Formidable Partnership” (available from: https://www.
reliasmedia.com/articles/142255-apic-shea-forming-formidable- partnership). The strong SHEA-APIC partnership was featured as a model for other organizations and quoted then Presidents Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS, FIDSA, FSHEA, and Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC, as they outlined the critical importance of both organizations working together for common goals. APIC and SHEA teamed up with the Society of Infectious
Diseases Pharmacists to update the position paper: “Anti- microbial stewardship and infection prevention—leveraging the synergy: A position paper update,” authored by Manning et al. This paper, published in April in both Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (available from:
https://www.cambridge. org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/ antimicrobial-stewardship-and-infection-preventionleveraging-the- synergy-a-position-paper-update/B7BBF7049FFFF4C9F4EF278569 2825A2) and American Journal of Infection Control (available from:
https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(18)30001-4/ fulltext?code=ymic-site) was an update from the 2008 paper jointly published by SHEA and APIC. In May, APIC’s Chief Executive Officer Katrina Crist and
SHEA’s Executive Director Eve Humphreys authored an article published in Becker’s Clinical Leadership in Infection Control
Author for correspondence: Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, University of Michigan
Medical School, 5510A MSRB I, SPC 5680 1150 W, Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5680. E-mail:
keithka@med.umich.edu
Cite this article: Kaye KS, Haas J. (2018). Training infection prevention leaders for
the present and future: United in patient safety. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2018, 39, 1398–1399. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.253
titled “Is your hospital ready for the next outbreak, epidemic, or even another bad flu season?” (available from: https://www.
beckershospitalreview.com/quality/is-your-hospital-ready-for-the-
next-outbreak-epidemic-or-even-another-bad-flu-season.html). The article communicates the value of infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists in designing and implementing strategies that eliminate preventable infections, while also maintaining fiscal responsibility. Also authored by Crist and Humphreys was a Modern Healthcare commentary: “C-suites should see antibiotic stew- ardship and infection control as one issue,” published in June of 2018 (available from:
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/ 20180615/NEWS/180619925). This article encouraged health system leaders to take the lead in maximizing the effectiveness of these programs by aligning stewardship and infection prevention and funding them adequately. Building on the momentum of the joint position statement
regarding the alignment of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship, SHEA and APIC hosted a joint education session at SHEA’s Spring Meeting in Portland, Oregon, in April, and then again at APIC’s Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in June, titled: “Leveraging the synergy of antimicrobial stew- ardship and infection prevention and control programs.” The session featured speakers Ed Stenehjem MD, Marion Kainer MD, and Janet Haas PhD, RN, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC. In addition to joint educational sessions, governance links between key com- mittees of the 2 organizations were established, with SHEA and APIC representation on respective public policy and practice guidance committees. Finally, we are very excited to announce December 2018 is the
launch of the Joint APIC-SHEA Leadership Development Pro- gram, hosted in Arlington, Virginia. This innovative program brings together infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiol- ogists to participate in joint leadership training to enhance their work advocating for effective infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship practices across their facilities. Much like the part- nership between APIC and SHEA, this program will synergize leadership efforts between preventionists and epidemiologists, so that infection prevention challenges and opportunities can be met with even greater energy and increasingly innovative approaches. We continue to monitor our partnership goals and assess our
progress and opportunities. We are targeting several goals to achieve over the next year, many of which serve as continuations
© 2018 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., and The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
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