Arva Rackley, MPH, CIC
Summary
Healthcare professional with comprehensive background in infection prevention and control within medical facilities. Adept at devising and executing infection control plans, improving patient safety, and minimizing healthcare-associated infections. Valued team collaborator and results-driven, adapting seamlessly to dynamic healthcare environments while leveraging expertise in epidemiology and disease prevention.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Infection Control Preventionist
Stanford Healthcare Center
10.2022 - Current
- Assists with implementation, evaluation and revision of Infection Prevention and Control Program goals, standards, policies and procedures
- Evaluates patient care environments and facility services for infection prevention and control practices and hazards as needed
- Monitors microbiology reports for clustering of organisms, unusual pathogens or infections that require special precautions or notification to public health authorities
- Conducts ongoing surveillance of healthcare associated infections as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by reviewing microbiology laboratory results, medical records, and consultation with staff
- Conduct intravenous line rounds on assigned units
- Review and implement COVID policies and procedures
Interim Infection Control Practitioner
HCA Good Samaritan Hospital
04.2021 - 07.2021
- NHSN Reporting
- Blood borne pathogen education/ training
- Assures compliance with CMS, TJC, CDC, OSHA, NHSN, APIC, and other federal and state standards and guidelines as appropriate
- Implement new policies and procedures to all nurses and doctors
- Monitor all HAI/MDRO's for all patients
- Assures compliance with CMS, TJC, CDC, OSHA, NHSN, APIC, and other federal and state standards and guidelines as appropriate
- PICC line dressing change education and inservice
- Review new admission labs/micros prior to arriving
- Blood borne pathogen education/ training
- Applies epidemiologic principles and statistical methods, including risk stratification and benchmarking, to identify target populations, determine risk factors, design prevention and control strategies, analyze trends, and evaluate processes
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
Infection Control Practitioner
California Pacific Medical Center CPMC
06.2019 - 04.2021
- Company Overview: San Francisco, CA
- Nurse and staff education
- Conduct epidemiologic studies on outbreaks and clusters
- Implement proper hand hygiene compliance throughout the facility
- Water management
- Lab training on proper specimen collection and transport
- New employee orientation
- Construction management
- Data entry
- Assures compliance with CMS, TJC, CDC, OSHA, NHSN, APIC, and other federal and state standards and guidelines as appropriate
- PICC line dressing change education and inservice
- Review new admission labs/micros prior to arriving
- NHSN Reporting
- Blood borne pathogen education/ training
- Applies epidemiologic principles and statistical methods, including risk stratification and benchmarking, to identify target populations, determine risk factors, design prevention and control strategies, analyze trends, and evaluate processes
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- San Francisco, CA
Director Infection Disease Practitioner/Employee Health
Kentfield Acute Hospital
02.2018 - 06.2019
- Company Overview: San Francisco, CA
- NHSN Reporting
- Blood borne pathogen education/ training
- Assures compliance with CMS, TJC, CDC, OSHA, NHSN, APIC, and other federal and state standards and guidelines as appropriate
- Implement new policies and procedures to all nurses and doctors
- Monitor all HAI/MDRO's for all patients
- Review new admission labs/micros prior to arriving
- Quarterly Infection Control meetings
- Report all critical and positive labs to nurse and ID doctor
- Implement hand hygiene practices/PPE education and training
- Performance Improvement
- Applies the most current CDC/NHSN/APIC guidelines, criteria, lab data, microbiology reports, medical record documentation, direct/indirect observation of staff practice, and investigation of HAI's
- Implement patient isolation and education to the patient's family
- Protect the confidentiality of all patients and results
- Outbreak investigation/surveillance
- Specimen handling/lab training
- EHR medical records abstraction
- PICC line education/training
- Implement annual Flu/PPD clinics throughout hospital
- Insure all new hire paper work, vaccines, drug screens are completed prior to first day
- Assist with all Occ Med and Workers Comp policies and procedures
- Staff education
- San Francisco, CA
Remote Interim Infection Control Practitioner
Medical City Dallas
11.2017 - 01.2018
- Company Overview: Dallas, TX
- Infection surveillance for HAI using remote access
- Surgical procedure denominator validation for State of Texas reportable procedures
- Telephone consultations as needed to review progress
- NHSN reporting
- Report communicable diseases to the state health department
- Infection Control Surveillance
- EHR medical records abstraction
- Dallas, TX
Interim Infection Disease Practitioner
B.E Smith/ Prince George Hospital Center
07.2017 - 10.2017
- Company Overview: Cheverly, MD
- Nurse and staff education
- NHSN reporting
- Conduct epidemiologic studies on outbreaks and clusters
- Implement proper hand hygiene compliance throughout the facility
- Water management
- Lab training on proper specimen collection and transport
- New employee orientation
- Construction management
- Data entry
- Assures compliance with CMS, TJC, CDC, OSHA, NHSN, APIC, and other federal and state standards and guidelines as appropriate
- Review labs with the Infectious Doctor regarding proper isolation precautions
- Implement patient isolation and education for patients, staff and visitors
- Conduct daily rounds and perform MDRO/CDI education
- Blood borne pathogen education and training
- NICU surveillance cultures
- PICC line dressing change education and inservice
- Review new admission labs/micros prior to arriving
- Applies the most current CDC/NHSN/APIC guidelines, criteria, lab data, microbiology reports, medical record documentation, direct/indirect observation of staff practice, and investigation of HAI's
- Report invasive disease finding to Local Health Department
- EHR medical records abstraction
- EBOLA educator
- Cheverly, MD
Interim Infection Disease Practitioner
Galileo Search, LLC/Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
01.2017 - 04.2017
- Company Overview: Fountain Valley, CA
- Incorporates into practice effective activities that are specific to the practice setting, the population served, and the continuum of care
- Uses a systematic approach to monitor the effectiveness of prevention and control strategies that are consistent with the organization's goals and objectives
- Applies epidemiologic principles and statistical methods, including risk stratification and benchmarking, to identify target populations, determine risk factors, design prevention and control strategies, analyze trends, and evaluate processes
- Serves as an educator and educational resource for healthcare providers, ancillary staff, patients, families, and the general public
- Provides expert knowledge and guidance in infection prevention, control, and epidemiology
- Collaborates with occupational health in the development of strategies that address the risk of disease transmission to healthcare providers and ancillary staff
- EHR medical records abstraction
- Systematically evaluates the effectiveness of the program appropriate to the practice setting
- Practices in a fiscally responsible and accountable manner
- Functions as an integral part of performance improvement initiatives to promote positive patient and employee outcomes
- Conducts; participates; evaluates; and/or applies relevant research findings to infection prevention, control, and epidemiology practice
- Research includes informal epidemiologic studies, e.g., outbreak/cluster investigations, surveillance findings, and others
- Fountain Valley, CA
Interim Infection Disease Practitioner/Employee Health
Galileo Search, LLC/Kentfield Acute Hospital
05.2016 - 11.2016
- Company Overview: San Francisco, CA
- NHSN Reporting
- Blood borne pathogen education/ training
- Assures compliance with CMS, TJC, CDC, OSHA, NHSN, APIC, and other federal and state standards and guidelines as appropriate
- Implement new policies and procedures to all nurses and doctors
- Monitor all HAI/MDRO's for all patients
- Review new admission labs/micros prior to arriving
- Quarterly Infection Control meetings
- Report all critical and positive labs to nurse and ID doctor
- Implement hand hygiene practices/PPE education and training
- Performance Improvement
- Applies the most current CDC/NHSN/APIC guidelines, criteria, lab data, microbiology reports, medical record documentation, direct/indirect observation of staff practice, and investigation of HAI's
- Implement patient isolation and education to the patient's family
- Protect the confidentiality of all patients and results
- Outbreak investigation/surveillance
- EHR medical records abstraction
- Specimen handling/lab training
- PICC line education/training
- Implement annual Flu/PPD clinics throughout hospital
- Insure all new hire paper work, vaccines, drug screens are completed prior to first day
- Assist with all Occ Med and Workers Comp policies and procedures
- Staff education
- San Francisco, CA
Infection Control Practitioner
HealthSouth Hospital
08.2015 - 04.2016
- Company Overview: Tallahassee, Florida
- Monitor MDRO's/ implementing infection control strategies
- Communicate all reportable communicable disease condition to the health department
- Develops hospital infection control and employee health policies
- Performs environmental surveillance of all patients care areas and all appropriate departments
- Implement patient isolations
- Analyzes hospital acquired infection data to identify trends, clusters, risk factors and variances
- Applies the most current CDC/NHSN/APIC guidelines, criteria, lab data, microbiology reports, medical record documentation, direct/indirect observation of staff practice, and investigation of HAI's
- Assures compliance with CMS, TJC, CDC, OSHA, NHSN, APIC, and other federal and state standards and guidelines as appropriate
- Provide ICP oversight of new regulatory or accreditation activities that fall within the realm of Infection Control
- Applies epidemiologic principles and statistical methods, including risk stratification to identify target population
- Complete annual Infection Control Risk Assessment and updates accordingly
- Educates staff regarding PPE and components of the Blood borne Exposure Control plan
- Serves as a knowledgeable and available resource on infection control practices and policies to patients, families, medical staff, and hospital management
- Protects the confidentiality of infectious disease information of patients and employees
- Reports HAI's to NHSN
- Tallahassee, Florida
Infection Control Practitioner/ Lead Medical Assistant
Solantic/ Baptist Acute Urgent Care Hospital
05.2010 - 08.2015
- Company Overview: Jacksonville, Florida
- STD/HIV prevention and intervention
- STD/HIV reporting and surveillance
- TB screenings
- Pediatric Care
- Specimen handling
- Proficiency Testing
- EHR medical records abstraction
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Pharmacology knowledge
- Epidemiological investigation
- Study and track outbreaks in Medical Center
- Infectious Disease Investigation
- Jacksonville, Florida
Education
MPH - Epidemiology Infectious Disease
West Coast University
Irvine, California03.2020
B.S - Public Health Epidemiology
University of West Florida
Pensacola, Florida04.2014
Skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Presentation Skills
- Data Entry
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Word
- Excellent Typing Skills
- Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Adult and Pediatric Education and Care
- Medical Terminology
- Infectious Disease Reporting
- Health Communication
- NHSN Access/Reporting
- Epidemiology Investigations
- Multiple EHR
- Infection Risk Assessment
- Outbreak Management
- CDC Policies
- Communication abilities
Affiliations
APIC
Certification
Certified Board Infection Control
Timeline
Senior Infection Control Preventionist
Stanford Healthcare Center
10.2022 - Current
Interim Infection Control Practitioner
HCA Good Samaritan Hospital
04.2021 - 07.2021
Infection Control Practitioner
California Pacific Medical Center CPMC
06.2019 - 04.2021
Director Infection Disease Practitioner/Employee Health
Kentfield Acute Hospital
02.2018 - 06.2019
Remote Interim Infection Control Practitioner
Medical City Dallas
11.2017 - 01.2018
Interim Infection Disease Practitioner
B.E Smith/ Prince George Hospital Center
07.2017 - 10.2017
Interim Infection Disease Practitioner
Galileo Search, LLC/Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
01.2017 - 04.2017
Interim Infection Disease Practitioner/Employee Health
Galileo Search, LLC/Kentfield Acute Hospital
05.2016 - 11.2016
Infection Control Practitioner
HealthSouth Hospital
08.2015 - 04.2016
Infection Control Practitioner/ Lead Medical Assistant
Solantic/ Baptist Acute Urgent Care Hospital
05.2010 - 08.2015
B.S - Public Health Epidemiology
University of West Florida
Certified Board Infection Control
MPH - Epidemiology Infectious Disease
West Coast University
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