About Me
Jessica Alicdan is a practicing board certified Infection Preventionist at UC San Diego Health with two decades of healthcare experience and a decade devoted to public health and infection prevention and control. She holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and undergraduate degrees in Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology. She remains active in quality improvement research and continues to publish work aimed at advancing the field. Her professional interests include medical device management, endoscope reprocessing and quality oversight, high-level disinfection and sterilization practices, and preventing hospital-onset bacteremia associated with vascular access devices.
Jessica currently serves as President of the California Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Coordinating Council and as President-Elect for the San Diego and Imperial County APIC Chapter. Over the past ten years, she has consulted with long-term care facilities, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, dialysis, dental clinics, food and nutrition departments, public health agencies, and other infection prevention partners both nationally and internationally. Jessica is an active member of many professional society organizations and working groups within the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Simethicone Coalition, and GI Advisory Council. She engages in professional development through APIC and serves as a mentor to emerging IP leaders in the field through mentorship programs she has developed for her local San Diego chapter and state.
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