CIC Preparation 2014 by Brenda Denneny ICP APIC Professional Award recipient 2014

Plan for the “Plan” Make the time: review family calendar- weddings, vacations, Boston visits, college responsibilities “Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing” hire a house cleaner twice a month to allow for library visits Manage the work calendar- conferences, hospital projects (ICRAs), change in surveillance responsibilities, IP software plan

ICRAs Identifying new construction projects with vendor outsourcing, obtaining complete and proper ICRAs, weekly monitoring, attending weekly activation meetings Telemetry-new area created for teletrack monitoring included cabling, IT Psychiatry-entire seventh floor renovation-a systems challenge 4E Rehab unit created with PT (first floor) renovation, new associates and leadership, Speech pathology: D&S

EBOLA… Began inservicing ED in August…travel, isolation, PPE Designated as a Bronx center in October with DOH visit for “fact-finding” and follow-up visits Coordinated with ID team for updates, website collaborations, clarification with Network Learning and PPE updates, signage and inservices Cross campus collaboration on Ebola isolation room, drills followed..repeat process for L&D

LIFE HAPPENS… Co-worker’s life challenges (Mar…May) College interviews (Fall) Family demands: FTT..DIF (2014) …..Flu outbreaks (December) New PLAN….. – Cannot procrastinate...set the date!!!

RESOURCES SHEA ---CBIC Website—handbook, text resources referenced is similar to APIC’s recommendations APIC Website-- Guide, online text Webber Training: (Paul Webber, Inc) “CBIC IS MAKING THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS WORK FOR ALL” (November,6,2014) Worth noting: During my discovery, NHSN now has made major strides in Dialysis mandated reporting, educating staff, reporting protocols, CDC patient education…tracking

“Meat of the Matter” Candidate Handbook (CBIC website) Online APIC text of Infection Control and Epidemiology 4 th edition ( ( Certification Study Guide, Fifth edition Ready Reference for Microbes, 3 rd edition Control of Communicable Diseases Manual The Infection Preventionist Guide to the Lab

Additional Resources Infection Prevention Competency Review course (interactive online format; offers CEUs) ( CBIC Practice Examination ( (a 70 question computer-based test) Education for the Prevention of Infection 101 and 201 (face to face courses offered by APIC twice a year ( APIC local chapters and IP TALK (

“NUTS and BOLTS” 1.Identification of Infectious Disease Processes (38 notable chapters) (composes 18 ques) 2.Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation (16 notable chapters) (composes 38 ques) 3.Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents (54 chapters) (composes 39 ques) 95 4.Employee/Occupational Health (14 ch) (10 ques) 5.Management and Communication (11 ch) (16 ques) 6.Education and Research (4 ch) (14 ques) 40 Total Questions : 135

My Timeline Mid-January through the end of February………………………………. Chapters 1,2,3 March…………………………………… Chapters 4,5,6 April, first week is vacation……………… April—next 3 weeks: 1 Practice exam per week 100 pp each) Sons bdays 4/22, 4/24 Review day Friday, May 1 CIC exam to be scheduled for Saturday, May 2

“TBD” www. Prometric.com Prometrics offers a product called Test Drive that provides a practice run before the date of the scheduled test. It takes 30 minutes to participate in a complete run-through which includes: – The scheduling and registration process – The complete check-in process – Introduction to the test center staff and surroundings – A live 15 minute sample test

“Thank You for my Award!” New Recipient: Congratulations! New Candidates: I hope this has been helpful Recertification Candidates: Please continue to network and offer your expertise, and thanks for your patience and support here today!