Fractional Infection Prevention and Control Support

Interim infection preventionist placement fills an onsite, full-time temporary vacancy or planned leave coverage for a defined period, typically 3 – 12 months. Fractional support is designed to supplement your existing infection prevention and control team and resources with focused, remote expertise for specific priorities, projects, or program needs. It is a strong fit when your organization has important infection prevention work to move forward but a full-time placement is not an option.

APIC Consulting’s fractional infection preventionists support both domestic and international organizations remotely with specialized infection prevention and control subject matter expertise, regardless of your team’s location. If onsite support is needed, APIC Consulting is available to discuss additional options.

Fractional support, performed remotely by a CIC-certified infection preventionist (IP), can be used for a wide range of infection prevention and control (IPC) priorities, including policy and procedure compliance updates, accreditation and state survey readiness, remote programmatic assessments, focused assessments, customized training and education, novice IP coaching and mentoring, emergency preparedness, PPE donning and doffing support, sterile processing projects, IPC staffing and resource assessments, and water management program review, to name a few.

Fractional support is available in flexible hour bundles that can be scoped around your organization’s needs, priorities, and budget. Package options may include 10, 20, 40, or 80 hours of annual remote support. If you find you need additional assistance, you can easily add an additional bundle of hours. Unsure of the services or amount of fractional support you may need? APIC Consulting is available to help determine which level of support best aligns with your project scope, timeline, and internal capacity.

Fractional support may be a good fit if important infection prevention and control (IPC) work keeps getting delayed, your team needs specialized expertise, survey readiness is becoming a concern, policies or procedures have not been updated, training gaps are emerging, or your IPC team needs additional bandwidth due to an unexpected leave. It can also be helpful when leadership demands prioritizing infection prevention work to keep high-impact projects moving forward.

The process begins with a complimentary and confidential consultation to understand your organization’s needs, priorities, and timeline. From there, APIC Consulting helps define the right scope of support and identifies an experienced infection preventionist consultant with the appropriate infection prevention experience and expertise. Once the engagement begins, your consultant works directly with you in a remote capacity to move agreed-upon priorities forward.

APIC Consulting provides access to a nationwide network of experienced infection prevention and control professionals, including CIC-certified consultants with deep knowledge across healthcare settings. Consultants may bring expertise in acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care, skilled nursing, survey readiness, sterile processing, water management, staff education, program assessment, and infection prevention leadership.