System Director of Infection Prevention
SSM Health
St Louis, Missouri
Christine Zirges, DNP, ACNS-BC, CIC, FAPIC is system Director of Infection Prevention for SSM Health. She is a past board member for the Certification Board of Infection Control (CBIC), Chair of the APIC Professional Development Committee, Member of the Board of Directors for the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC), and HAI Advisory Council member through the University of Missouri (Sinclair School of Nursing). Her team received the SSM Health – Achievement in Exceptional Care award for the development of initiatives in HAI prevention and the SSM Health 2017 SSM Innovator Award for bringing evidence-based practices to the bedside.
She is certified in infection prevention (CIC), board certified as an advanced practice nurse (ACNS-BC) and a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (FAPIC). She completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice with a focused project on Reducing Indwelling Urinary Catheter Days.
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