APIC Hero of Infection Prevention Kelley Knapek talks about what it takes to successfully recruit, train, and retain talent in the IPC industry. Learn how she developed a tool to help others break into IPC, and how she became a 2022 Hero of Infection Prevention in Leadership.

Hosted by:

Marie Wilson, MSN, RN, CIC and Jay Liggins, MS, CIC

Make sure your IP is feeling supported, making relationships, and then see it in action…are they making their presence known beyond the “hey, wash your hands” presence.

Kelley Knapek, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, CWON, Good Samaritan Medical Center

Kelley Knapek is the Manager of Infection Prevention at Good Samaritan Medical Center (SCL Health now Intermountain) in Lafayette, Colorado. She has been an infection preventionist since 2014 and has a background in nursing–working in mental health, med/surg, ortho, and wound care. Outside of work Kelley enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and spending time with her husband and two young boys.