Certification Board of Infection Control & Epidemiology (CBIC) Exam or CIC Exam

CBIC’s certification in infection prevention and control (CIC®) examination is administered via computer, five days a week at over 140 assessment centers in North America. There are no pre-scheduled testing dates. Once a candidate is confirmed eligible s/he will receive notice from the testing agency including instructions on how to schedule an examination appointment. Once certified, certification is valid for a five year period.

The CBIC examination is administered via computer at Prometric test centers geographically distributed throughout the United States and Canada. Additional centers can be found internationally as well. The CBIC exam has 8 core competencies.

1) Identification of Infectious Disease Processes (22 items)
2) Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation (24 items)
3) Preventing/Controlling the Transmission of Infectious Agents (25 items)
4) Employee/Occupational Health (11 items)
5) Management and Communication (13 items)
6) Education and Research (11 items)
7) Environment of Care (14 items)
8) Cleaning, Sterilization, Disinfection, Asepsis (15 items)

Each item (question) on the examination will target different cognitive levels. These levels are:

Recall
Application
Analysis

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