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Infection Preventionist - Infection Control
EDUCATION:
Required: Bachelor's
degree in a health related field.
Preferred: Master's degree in Public Health, Biostatistics, Nursing or Epidemiology.
EXPERIENCE:
Required: Three years patient care experience. With preferred degree, one year of required experience.
Preferred: Three years clinical experience as a registered nurse; or three years clinical microbiology laboratory experience. Additional experience should include Infection Control surveillance; and experience in using various computer-based software.
Certification:
One of the following:
Current State of Texas Professional Nursing license (RN).
Medical Technologist (MT) or Microbiologist (M) by the American Society of Clinical Pathologist Board of Certification (BOC).
Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) by the American Society of Clinical Pathologist Board of Certification (BOC).
Certified in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection Control.
Preferred Certification:
One of the following:
Current State of Texas Professional Nursing license (RN)
Medical Technologist (MT) by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists
(ASCP)
Microbiologist (M) by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP)
Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) with National Certifying Agency (NCA)
Certified in Infection Control (CIC) by the Certification Board of Infection
Control
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