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    • Home
    • About Us
    • Services
      • IPC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
      • ACCREDITATION READINESS
      • HIGH LEVEL DISINFECTION
      • IPC EDUCATION & TRAINING
      • PI & QI
      • INTERIM IPC
      • What is New??
    • FACILITIES
      • ACUTE CARE FACILITY
      • AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER
      • AMBULATORY&MEDICAL CLINIC
      • LTCF & NURSING HOME
      • DENTISTRY & ORAL SURGERY
      • OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS
    • APPLICATIONS
      • KAMISHIBAI K-CARDS
      • ACA
      • COMPETENCIES
    • Contact Us

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Services
    • IPC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
    • ACCREDITATION READINESS
    • HIGH LEVEL DISINFECTION
    • IPC EDUCATION & TRAINING
    • PI & QI
    • INTERIM IPC
    • What is New??
  • FACILITIES
    • ACUTE CARE FACILITY
    • AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER
    • AMBULATORY&MEDICAL CLINIC
    • LTCF & NURSING HOME
    • DENTISTRY & ORAL SURGERY
    • OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS
  • APPLICATIONS
    • KAMISHIBAI K-CARDS
    • ACA
    • COMPETENCIES
  • Contact Us

About us

Mission

Mission

Mission

To offer exceptional infection prevention and control services for our clients.

Vision

Mission

Mission

Maintain the goals and objectives of our quality improvement program in line with our clients' mission and goals.

More about IPCxpert

 

IPCxpert provides expert infection prevention and control services to a wide range of clients, including:

  • Healthcare Facilities: Hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, medical clinics, dialysis centers, oral surgery and dental clinics, endoscopy and bronchoscopy units, urology practices, home health agencies, hospice programs, skilled nursing facilities, behavioral health centers, and more
     
  • Non-Healthcare Organizations: Restaurants, health colleges, and dental schools
     

Regulatory & Accreditation Support

IPCxpert delivers proven strategies to ensure successful accreditation surveys from regulatory bodies such as The Joint Commission, CMS, DNV, and CARF. We ensure our clients remain in full compliance with federal and state infection control regulations and accrediting body standards.

Our team has successfully guided multiple facilities across various states through Joint Commission and CMS validation surveys, as well as complaint investigations, helping them achieve full compliance outcomes.

Survey Readiness & Infection Control Audits

We develop and lead customized infection control rounding tools and provide:

  • On-site readiness audits
     
  • Written reports of non-compliant findings
     
  • Tailored action plans
     
  • Defined measures of success
     
  • Ongoing training and monitoring—both in-person and remote
     
  • Close collaboration with facility leadership and QA teams to support sustained compliance
     

“Zero Harm Event” – Driving Infection-Free Performance

IPCxpert proudly sponsors and delivers the "Zero Harm Event", a proactive program that helps facilities achieve and maintain zero healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)—saving organizations millions in costs and improving patient outcomes.

We help eliminate HAIs such as:

  • Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs)
     
  • Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)
     
  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
     
  • Ventilator-Associated Events (VAEs)
     
  • Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
     
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
     
  • Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)
     

Our consultants partner with healthcare leaders to integrate patient safety and quality initiatives using tools such as apparent cause analysis (ACA), root cause analysis (RCA), and Lean Six Sigma methodologies to ensure lasting improvement.

Elham Ghonim, Ph.D., MLS (ASCP), CIC, FAPIC.

 

IPCxpert is led by founder Elham Ghonim, Ph.D., MLS (ASCP), CIC, CPHQ, CPPS, FAPIC, a nationally recognized executive leader in infection prevention, patient safety, healthcare quality, and accreditation.

Dr. Ghonim brings over 15 years of experience across a wide range of U.S. healthcare settings. Her expertise includes Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) program development, staff training, competency assessments, prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), policy development, construction and renovation risk mitigation, accreditation survey readiness, CMS data validation, sterilization and high-level disinfection, quality improvement, and patient safety.

Her industry specialties span:

  • Acute care hospitals
     
  • Ambulatory clinics and surgery centers
     
  • Dental clinics
     
  • Home health and hospice
     
  • Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
     
  • Rehabilitation facilities
     
  • Cancer transfusion units
     
  • Psychiatric settings
     
  • Inpatient and outpatient dialysis centers
     

Consulting Experience Includes:

  • Infection control consultant for ICC to resolve surgical site infections (SSIs) related to colon surgery
     
  • Consultant for Southside Medical Center (SMC): A nonprofit health system serving pediatrics, adults, dental, OB/GYN, and podiatry patients
     
  • Consultant for AlphaSights Advisory Group and Guidepoint Consulting
     
  • Consultant for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in Atlanta, GA, Al, and Maryville, TN
     

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