Operation IPC in Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Ambulatory surgery centers have inherent challenges with IPC – they are typically physically separate from an acute care hospital, they have limited contact with infection preventionists and they often have independent owners separate from a local health system. Join us for an in-depth case discussion and discover how an infection preventionist can evaluate and investigate a possible outbreak at an ambulatory surgery center. Different facility types have different infection prevention and control (IPC) challenges and needs, and IPC experts are not always readily available. Yet IPC is everyone’s responsibility and is expected as standard of care.

Rebecca Battjes, MPH

Rebecca Battjes, MPH, is an Infection Prevention & Control Expert for Diversey. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English & Spanish literature from Wayne State University and a Master of Public Health from Benedictine University. Rebecca achieved board certification in infection control in 2019 and became a fellow in APIC in 2022.

Priya Nori, MD

Priya Nori, MD, is the medical director of antimicrobial stewardship at the Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, NY, the chair of the SHEA stewardship committee and deputy editor of the SHEA journal Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.

Erica Kaufman West, MD

Erica Kaufman West, MD, completed her undergraduate degrees at Valparaiso University in Indiana. She received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She finished her Internal Medicine residency and her chief resident year at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She stayed to complete her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the West LA VA/Cedars-Sinai/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center program. She has been working in the Midwest since then, focusing on acute inpatient as well as outpatient care in HIV, Hepatitis C and wound care. She now works as the AMA’s Director of Infectious Diseases while maintaining her clinical practice.

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