title: APIC professional and practice standards.
abstract: Professional and practice standards for IPs have existed since 2008. The expanding, evolving, and increasingly critical role of the profession demanded they be updated. The standards emphasize flexibility and applicability across a multitude of domains and settings and provide the profession with a rigorous, well-defined set of expectations, competencies, and practices. The result is a succinct set of precepts that encapsulates the field of IPC in the present and foreseeable future.
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY. Electronic address: tania.bubb@wmchealth.org.
authors.forename: Tania N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Bubb
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control, Mission Health System, Asheville, NC.
authors.forename: Corrianne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Billings
authors.affiliation: Infection Control and Prevention, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI.
authors.forename: Dorine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berriel-Cass
authors.affiliation: Education and Instructional Design, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bridges
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control, Genesis Health System, Davenport, IA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caffery
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control, Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, Downey, CA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.affiliation: Infection Control, Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Miami, FL.
authors.forename: Moraima
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.affiliation: Quality Division, Infection Prevention, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Titus-Hinson
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: Infection preventionist; Performance; Scope of practice