Courses

The next offering is October 13-15, 2025

Register will open in late July 2025

Last Day to Register October 6, 2025

To receive the course registration announcement, join the Long-Term Care IP listserv at https://spice.unc.edu/listserv

Sample Agenda

This three-day program held every spring and fall is designed to provide participants with current and practical information for the recognition and management of common infection prevention issues in non-acute care facilities, with an emphasis on long-term care. Basic statistics for surveillance and antibiotic stewardship are new additions to the course.

This course has been approved to meet the NC Infection Control law 10A NCAC 41A.0206 requirements for healthcare workers in the Long-Term Care setting.

The cost is $465 for NC residents and $495 for out-of-state residents. Payment is by Credit Card Only. No Exceptions.

This course has a virtual option

Please Read – Cancellation Policy

Continuing Education Statement
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved for 19.5 contact hours by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The North Carolina Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators approved this nursing home administrator continuing education activity for 19.5 contact hours.

July 13,14, 20, and 21: 8:00 am to 12:30 pm each day

AGENDA

THIS COURSE IS FULL.

Provided in 4-hour sessions over four days, this course is designed to help prepare infection prevention and control professionals to successfully pass the CIC exam and obtain the Certification in Infection Control (CIC) designation. The CIC exam and this exam review course are geared toward the professional who has had at least two years of full-time experience in infection prevention and control. The course will be a systematic review of the basic foundations of infection control as outlined on the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. website (https://www.cbic.org/OffNav/Content-Outline1.htm):

• Identification of Infectious Disease Process
• Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation
• Data analysis and Presentation 
• Preventing and Controlling Transmission
• Occupational Health
• Management and Communication
• Education and Research
• Environment of Care
• Cleaning, Sterilization, Disinfection, Asepsis

In addition, sessions on Overview of the CBIC exam, Test Taking Tips and Strategies, and Practice Questions will be included.

Location: Virtual only. This course will be live-streamed to virtual attendees via Zoom.

Cost: No registration fee

Continuing Education Credit: TBA

Course Completion: To receive the Course Completion Certificate you must attend all four sessions, 8:00 to 12:30 on all four days, in their entirety. No partial credit given.

You are welcome to register and sit in on as many sessions as you like, but if you have not attended all sessions, you will not receive a course completion certificate or CE.

https://spice.unc.edu/courses/0206-infection-control-courses-for-outpatient-dental-and-home-health-hospice-settings/

Next Offering

November 3 – November 6, 2025

Registration Opens August 2025

LAST DAY TO REGISTER OCTOBER 27, 2025

To receive the course registration announcement, join the acute care IP listserv at https://spice.unc.edu/listserv

Sample Agenda

Location: The Friday Conference Center at UNC Chapel Hill

Intended for infection preventionists in acute care settings, this 4-day course will allow participants to broaden their knowledge of sterilization, disinfection, antibiotic utilization, infections in high-risk groups, and epidemics, as well as their understanding of the interface between hospital, ambulatory care, and community health settings and infection control. Infection Control Part I is not a prerequisite for this course.

Cost: $665 in-state, $720 out-of-state. Payment by Credit Card Only. No Exceptions.

NOTE: Successful completion of BOTH “Infection Control Part I: Clinical Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections” and “Infection Control Part II: The Infection Preventionist as an Environmentalist” meet the training requirements of the NC Infection Control rule 10A NCAC 41A.0206.

Cancellation Policy

Continuing Education: 23.5 Contact Hours

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

For continuing education information contact jennifer_hubbard@med.unc.edu

To receive the course registration announcement, join the Acute Care IP listserv at https://spice.unc.edu/listserv

For information on Infection Control Part 1 click here