Introducing the IP&C Field Guide
Keystone Media Inc. (publisher of Healthcare Hygiene magazine) and Keystone Continuing Education, LLC offer the IP&C Field Guide™ as a unique way to educate healthcare professionals and other key stakeholders on the principles and practices of infection prevention and control (IP&C). By using a theme of the outdoors and positioning IP&C as an adventurous journey, it adds a touch of whimsy to make it fun and engaging; all parallels to the outdoors are not to be construed as a clinical construct, but to help users have fun with IP&C while they learn important concepts related to driving patient and healthcare personnel safety.
This spiral-bound booklet is sized to fit the pocket of a white coat, easily accessible for reference throughout the day
The booklet is part of a larger universe of continuing education and gamification opportunities
Why was the IP&C Field Guide™ created?
Controlling and preventing infections might just be one of the most adventurous aspects of healthcare delivery.
There is adventure, discovery, mystery, and perhaps even a little danger involved, but nothing that is insurmountable if an infection preventionist (IP) is prepared for the rigors of this responsibility.
The IP&C Field Guide™ is your roadmap to mastering infection prevention and control principles and practices, in a fun and interesting concept that is unique to the healthcare sector.
The IP&C Field Guide™ is designed for three levels of comprehension
The first edition in the series of Field Guides™ to be released in October 2025 is the Scout Edition, created for the new IP or the IP who does not have a clinical background. Two more editions, the Explorers and the Adventurers editions, will be aimed at the intermediate and advanced IPs, respectively.
The IP&C Field Guide™ is designed to explain key clinical concepts
Using the analogy of nature expeditions, the IP&C Field Guide™ offers science-driven information and best practices related to improving IP&C performance.
The IP&C Field Guide™ is part of an unfolding continuing education universe
Reading the IP&C Field Guide™ is just the first step in the journey! Learners will also earn contact hours of nursing continuing education when they participate in online-based, self-paced learning modules that reinforce the concepts presented in the Field Guides™.
Meet Our Clinical Reviewers
The content of the IP&C Field Guide™ has been thoroughly reviewed by clinical experts to ensure it reflects the most accurate, current principles and practices in infection prevention and control.
Meet our clinical reviewers below:
Barb DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC
independent consultant
The content was written by Kelly M. Pyrek, who has served as a publishing executive in the IPC sector for almost 30 years. She has 25+ years' of experience in structuring continuing education coursework for clinicians.
Linda Goss, DNP, BS, APRN, ANP-CNP, COHN-S,CIC, FAPIC
independent consultant
The IP&C Field Guide™ Scout Edition is available for pre-order!
The IP&C Field Guide™ will be available in October 2025, timed with International Infection Prevention Week, Oct. 19-25, 2025.
Pre-order your copy today!
