Ms. Patricia Ching RN, CPHQ is presently the Principal Nurse of the WHO Collaborating Center, School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong. She has extensively pursued a wide range of post graduate qualifications including Critical Care, Coronary care, Infection Control, epidemiology and Nursing Administration. She published widely in infection control and nursing. The Hong Kong Academy of Nursing conferred her the Honorary Fellow Member in Infection Prevention and Control in May 2018.
Patricia obtained the Certified Practitioner of Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) since 1997 and has adopted quality improvement initiatives to reduce healthcare associated infection. She is the Vice President of APSIC from 2024 – 2026.