This posting is being thrown out on Wednesday 10th September as I sit at Brisbane airport waiting to board a plane for Los Angeles, on to Atlanta and then ending up in Savannah for 3 days where I am attending the AVA Conference. It will be my first AVA meeting but I notice that the meeting has some great presentations relating to infection including reports from Dr Ruth Carrico, PhD who serves on the APIC Board and Dr Marcia Ryder and eminent researcher into biofilms and a keen contributor to APIC. It will be great to catch up with both of my colleagues. After Savvanah it”s a quick hop on the plane up (I think up) to Orlando where the APIC Board is spending Sunday through Tuesday with invited key opinion leaders at the Fourth APIC Futures Summit. The Annual Futures Summit provides a great opportunity to think-tank and brainstorm ideas that will hopefully build upon APICs 2012 Strategic Plan and also guarantee the best alignment with members and the rapid growth and diversity of Infection Prevention. As Chair of the APIC 2008 Strategic Planning Committee I am excited and enthusiastic about the Summit. The Summit ends on Tuesday and I will spend 30 hours re-tracing my journey this time flying through Dallas to LA and onto Brisbane. Funnily enough I will miss the day of Wednesday next week all together due to date line and time zone effects. If I counted all the days I’ve missed traveling the Pacific since my early 20’s I think I’d still only be about 25 years old rather than my chronological age, which should never be published on the WWW. So it’s a busy few days for APIC, the Board and the staff from Washington. Their commitment to the organization is outstanding and they make every part of the journey worthwhile. The other great part is catching up with friends old and new, nothing brings APIC members together better than working towards a common goal. I’m hopeful that after this Summit we will have new vigour and vitality for APIC members including some further clarity through very contemporary and smart strategies similar to those we’ve worked with so successfully these past few years. Gotta fly, literally….stay well and keep the comments rolling. I like knowing that at least some of you are enjoying this blog. Cath “the flying kangaroo” www.qantas.com.au
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