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Children’s Diagnostic Steve Streed Earns Highest Honor for
& Treatment Center Infection Prevention and Epidemiology
Earns National Steve Streed, MS, CIC,
Recognition for FAPIC, System Director
of Epidemiology and
Patient-Centered Infection Control for Lee
Health, received the
Care Carole DeMille Achieve -
ment Award from the
Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Association for Profess -
Center (CDTC) was awarded Level 3 ionals in Infection
Patient-Centered Medical Home Control and Epidem -
(PCMH) Recognition by the National iology (APIC).
Committee for Quality Assurance Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center’s This award—which is
(NCQA). The Center received this Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist, the highest honor
distinction for following a model of Dr. Ana Puga cares for a young patient bestowed by APIC—rec-
primary care that combines team- ognizes Streed’s contri-
work and information technology to butions and commit-
improve care and patients’ experience of care as well as reduce costs. ment to education in
CDTC has been offering hope and support to women, infants, children and youth with spe- infection control.
cial healthcare needs in Broward County for more than three decades. The Center has several Streed’s career in Steve Streed receives award from
programs that provide comprehensive medical care, care coordination, dental services, health infection prevention Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC,
education, nutrition, and early intervention services to more than 11,000 patients each year. and epidemiology 2017 APIC President.
The establishment of a comprehensive, “one stop” resource for care to the entire family has spans 40 years, and he
allowed CDTC to help transform the lives of special needs patients so they may live healthy has served as Lee
and productive lives. The care and support of their CDTC team impacts not just the children’s Health’s system director for more than 10 years. He has been an active
health but the lives of every member of their families. member of the APIC since the late-1970s. In 1983, he was among the
“CDTC is thrilled that our doctors and staff have achieved NCQA’s highest level of recogni- first group of infection preventionists to be certified in infection con-
tion as a Patient Centered Medical Home,” shares CDTC Executive Director Ana Calderon trol and epidemiology (IPC). Committed to education in the growing
Randazzo, Ph.D. “The PCMH endeavor at CDTC has resulted in our patients experiencing field of IPC, Streed co-founded and taught some of the earliest hospi-
greater health outcomes and overall increased patient satisfaction. Our staff is better trained tal epidemiology and certification preparation courses. Through his
and more engaged and greater efficiencies have been created due to the high level of team- association in the APIC, Streed has served in numerous leadership
based care. Putting the best practices in place ensures the best care for our families and reflects capacities, including on the APIC Board of Directors and on the edi-
the Center’s vision of going ‘Beyond Medicine, Into the Heart of Care.’” torial board for the American Journal of Infection Prevention.
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