Authors

Janett A. Pike, RN, BS, CIC

Ms. Pike has been a Nurse Epidemiologist, now Infection Preventionist, for over 15 years. She is certified in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. She is responsible for the surveillance for healthcare associated infections and implements the infection control program for New York Presbyterian Weill-Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Ms. Pike has extensive experience in educating healthcare professionals, from multiple professional disciplines, on various infection control topics.

Ms. Pike received a BS in Nursing from the Hunter College-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York, NY.

Jean Marie Cannon, RN, BSN, CIC

Ms. Cannon has been a practicing Infection Control Nurse for 8 years and has been CIC certified since 2004. She is currently employed as an Infection Control Practitioner at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell Medical Center in New York City.

Ms. Cannon received her BS in Nursing from Pace University, New York, NY.

No conflicts of interest are reported by the author or by educational planning committee members.