We continue to monitor the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and are doing everything we can to assure that our programs and services are minimally affected. The safety and well-being of our employees, certified individuals and candidates, accredited businesses and other constituents is very important to us. We know this is a time of anxiety for you, your coworkers, families and patients. As more information becomes available, we will continue to update this page. ​

The Accreditation program has fully resumed onsite surveys and our surveyors are currently conducting surveys while following CDC safety protocols.  

​​​​​​For additional guidance, please refer to the CDC's specific  resources for healthcare facilities​.
Questions? Please email our accreditation team​ or call (703) 836-7114.  

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While many tradeshows and conferences have been canceled with future events subject to change, there are now more eLearning opportunities than ever from which to choose. 

You can find these opportunities through the ABC Pre-approved Course Search Tool​. We encourage you to continue to earn continuing education credits during this time and we are happy to help in any way we can.

We will continue to update our online course listings and event calendar​​ as we learn of any changes. ​

Exam candidates are still encouraged to  apply for ABC certification​.​ For the most current dates and deadlines, view the entire schedule here​.​​

Testing Center Safety
Our third party testing vendor, Prometric, has reviewed all test center operations and continues to reinforce maximum safety protocols at all test centers in order to mitigate the risk of spread of the virus at these locations. Procedures include cleaning high-touch surfaces (e.g. test stations, keyboard keys, mouse, etc.) before opening, in-between each candidate and at the end of the day. In addition, Prometric provides the necessary PPE, cleaning supplies and training to their staff on all new cleaning protocols. For more information about Prometric's test center ​policies and testing site updates, please visit the Prometric website​.

As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) continues, our Board of Directors is studying the impacts on all our stakeholders. In order to get a clear picture of the impact the emergency has had, a preliminary survey was sent in April 2020 to a small group of ABC certifees to set an early benchmark on how the pandemic was affecting the profession. 

We followed up with a survey in July 2020 to a much larger, diverse and representative subset of all ABC certified individuals. The survey goals were to ascertain the effects felt both at the height of the pandemic and identify the steps being made towards recovery. The July survey focused on identifying impacts on employment, patient volume and practice revenue.