VIPTA is a statewide infection prevention and control education collaborative, led by the Virginia Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Group. Through partnership, VIPTA curates IPC resources for Virginia’s healthcare, congregate care, and public health settings.
⏱️No Downtime Needed: Quick Training Hits for Safer Shifts
Looking for quick infection prevention education that sticks? This month’s resources focus on short but mighty trainings that fit into a busy clinical setting — perfect for reinforcing safety messages without pulling staff away from care.
What to expect: When time is tight, but safety still matters, these quick training hits deliver big impact without slowing staff down.
- VIPTC Assisted Blood Glucose Monitoring Video: A short video that bridges clinical care and infection prevention by reinforcing safe practices to reduce bloodborne infection risks during assisted blood glucose monitoring.
- Mini Trainings & Huddle Cards from North Dakota Health & Human Services: Ready-to-use videos, posters, quizzes, and huddle cards that make it easy to reinforce infection prevention topics through short, team-based learning moments.
- Pause for Prevention Program – Health Quality Innovation Network: This flexible, discussion-based program supports daily huddles with quick IPC conversation starters that promote critical thinking, team communication, and a strong safety culture.
Target Audience: Essential IPC Education Level
Want More? Keep an eye out for the VDH HAI/AR Infection Prevention Educator Roadshow. This one-day, no-cost hands-on training helps anyone who educates staff on infection prevention create quick, high-impact educational tools to use at their own facilities. Roadshow is coming to five locations across Virginia in July and August.
Target Audience: Intermediate IPC Education Level
APIC Virginia Conference
On October 5th and 6th, infection preventionists and public health partners from around the state came together in Richmond, VA for two days of education, networking, and learning about new products from industry partners.
The Virginia chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC Virginia) had their highest attendance ever, with over 100 attendees for the conference on Friday, and approximately 60 pre-conference attendees on Thursday!
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.
Conference attendees brushed up on water management, dialysis, construction, nasal decolonization as a means to prevent infection, and heard about interesting Group A Strep and scabies outbreaks. A social event on Thursday provided great food and drink, and opportunities to network and socialize.
APIC Virginia looks forward to seeing you at next year’s educational conference!
