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Accreditation & Contact Hours

Accreditation

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). This is the highest level of recognition awarded by ANCC’s Accreditation Program and has been granted to APIC through March 31, 2024.

One contact hour is defined as one hour of time spent in an educational experience.


Course evaluations will be available via an online link provided in course materials. All evaluations must be completed within 30 days. After satisfying all evaluation requirements, a certificate of completion will be available to print and/or for your records indicating contact hours.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by APIC or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any commercial products displayed or discussed in conjunction with an educational activity. While APIC is approved to provide contact hours, APIC’s educational programs may be eligible for contact hours from other accrediting bodies. Please contact the accrediting body for more information on eligibility requirements and submission instructions.

How to Obtain Contact Hours and Certificate for an Educational Program

Face-to-Face Courses
Module and overall course evaluations will be available through a link provided in your course materials. After satisfying all evaluation requirements, a certificate of completion will be available to print and/or for your records indicating contact hours.

Click here to access course evaluations.

  • Username: APIC Member ID #
  • Password: apic (all lowercase)

Online courses (e.g. Microbiology 101, Basics of Infection Prevention)
Your evaluation will be included as the final component of the course. Visit the “My Transcript” tab, followed by “Grades”. Under each course that is considered complete, a Certificate link is available to download/print a PDF certificate.

Webinars
Once you have finished viewing the webinar, you will be provided a link and unique code to the evaluation. Upon completion, a certificate will be available for download. Per APIC’s evaluation policy, all course-related evaluations must be completed within 30 days of course completion.