Keith H. St. John, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

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Keith H. St. John, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC Keith St. John, President/CEO, of North Star IPC Consulting Services, LLC is currently working as an independent infection prevention & control consultant for Emergency Services Research Institute (ECRI) located in Plymouth Meeting, PA.  He is working on the expansion of their IPC Consulting Services business in various market segments.  Keith received his Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from the University of Delaware and his Master of Science degree in Clinical Microbiology from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. He received additional training in Infection Prevention and Control at the CDC in Atlanta and Medical College of Virginia. Keith has been an Infection Preventionist for the past 30+ years, including 17 years of directing IPC programs at major tertiary teaching institutions (i.e., Temple University Hospital; The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.) Keith is certified in Infection Control (CIC) and is a past President of the Certification Board of Infection Control & Epidemiology (CBIC.) Keith is also a Fellow of APIC (FAPIC.) In 2005-2010, as well as continuing to serve during the next term from 2012-2015, he was a member of the United States Pharmacopeia Convention Expert Compounding Committee and was co-author of the current chapters of the USP <797> on Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations as well as the USP Chapter <800> on Hazardous Drugs – Handling in Healthcare Settings. Keith is the co-author of a chapter in the ASHP Compounding Sterile Preparations book entitled Microbiological Issues in Compounding Sterile Preparations, published in 2017. Keith has served as a Philadelphia-Delaware Valley APIC Chapter President, First State (Delaware) APIC Chapter President, a member of the National APIC Governmental Affairs Committee, APIC Text Revision Task Force, APIC Education Committee, and is a past member of the Editorial Board for the American Journal of Infection Control. In addition to his long-standing affiliation with APIC, Keith is also a current member of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), The Healthcare Infection Society (HIS-UK), and a recently inducted member of the Surgical Infection Society (SIS). In 2021, he was awarded the SIS President’s medal for Exemplary Service to the Society. Keith has co-authored several journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and has a special interest in IT software, predictive analytics, MDRO’s, environmental microbiology, disinfection and sterilization practices, antimicrobial stewardship, as well as skin antisepsis. He currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the DASH-UTI study, Dr. Meher Rizvi, PI in Muscat, Oman and as an International Advisory Board member of the Human Health and Education Research Foundation.