It is recommended you be responsible for and/or have duties that relate to infection prevention and control.  

You must have an Associate’s degree or higher from an accredited academic institution. After December 31, 2020 Diploma RN’s will not be eligible to sit for the CIC® examination**.

Please note: Candidates with a diploma RN degree who have obtained CIC® certification prior to the December 31, 2020 cut off date will still be able to sit for the recertification examination during forthcoming recertification years. If a certificant lapses and only holds a diploma RN degree, they will not be eligible to take the initial exam.

 ** After considering appeals and requests from potential CIC® candidates, The Board of Directors of the Certification Board of Infection Control & Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC) has approved changing the eligibility criteria for individuals who hold a three-year Diploma RN degree. Previously, graduates with Registered Nursing Diploma degrees (“Diploma RNs”) were an exclusion and unable to certify. This change will deem Diploma Nurses from accredited institutions eligible to apply for the CIC® certification, effective immediately and will expire on December 31, 2020.  After 2020, “Diploma RNs” will not be eligible to sit for the CIC® exam.

1. Identification of Infectious disease processes:
   1. Determining the contributing factor(s) of an outbreak within a facility
   2. Identifying an outbreak within a facility
   3. Coordinating processes, procedures and/or policies to combat identified infectious diseases
2. Surveillance and epidemiologic investigation
   1. Collect, analyze, monitors and communicates infection control data
   2. Monitors and measures the extent of infectious diseases
   3. Detect infectious organisms and their patterns
   4. Partnering with appropriate healthcare team to analyze and perform job
3. Preventing and controlling the transmission of infectious agents
   1. Communicating infection data to staff and patients
   2. Coordinating and/or facilitating educational programming for infection control and prevention
   3.  Implementation of evidence-based processes specific to preventing and controlling infections

1. Employee/occupational health
   1. Collaboration or consultation with employee/occupation health
   2. Counseling employees after exposure to communicable diseases
   3. Education of employees to reduce exposure to communicable diseases
   4. Supervision, oversight, or management of the employee/occupational health department
2. Management and communication
   1. Manage the infection control and prevention program/processes
   2. Supervise the infection control and prevention program/processes
3. Education and research
   1. Educate patients and/or staff about infection control and prevention circumstances
   2. Develop educational programming in infection control and prevention
4. Environment Of Care
   1. Infection Control serves as consultant in construction and renovation, environmental services, emergency management; and more
5. Cleaning, sterilization, disinfection and asepsis
   1. Evaluation of disinfection and sterilization processes
   2. Collaboration or consultation with central sterile reprocessing department