Sara Townsend, MS-HQS, CIC

Infection Prevention Supervisor
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sara Townsend, CIC, MS-HQS, FAPIC is an Infection Prevention Supervisor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Sara has a master’s degree in Quality and Safety in Healthcare and a background in both secondary education and respiratory therapy. An active member of the Delaware Valley and Philadelphia APIC chapter, Sara has served on multiple committees and is currently an acting Director. She also is a member of the APIC Education Committee. Her special interests include education, infection prevention in ambulatory and procedural areas as well as cleaning of the patient environment. Sara is passionate about engaging teams to work together to share infection prevention strategies to improve healthcare outcomes.

Presentation(s):

• 2402 - Making a Case for an Ambulatory IPC Program

  Thursday, June 13
  3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

• 2403 - Impact of Repeat Infection Timeframe on CLABSI Surveillance (ST-32)

  Thursday, June 13
  4:05 PM – 4:25 PM

• 3102 - Quality Management Programs for Endoscope Reprocessing: Essential Tools and Skills for IPs

  Friday, June 14
  8:00 AM – 10:30 AM