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Public Health Analyst (CTR) supporting the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Acute Care Analytics Team within the Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion.

As a Public Health Analyst at Lantana Consulting Group, I support the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) by providing analytics, consulting, and training services. Working within the Acute Care Analytics Team’s Measures Unit, I leverage expertise in SAS, R, and healthcare surveillance data to deliver actionable insights to acute care hospitals across the United States, with a focus on promoting and enhancing healthcare quality and patient safety.

Frankfort, Kentucky, United States

• Conducted trainings both in-person and virtual to increase the use and expertise of NHSN data for public health surveillance, analysis, and reporting. • Served as the primary liaison between Kentucky Department for Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. • Provided technical assistance to healthcare facilities across Kentucky as it relates to NHSN and its use. • Enrolled facilities in NHSN and assists facilities in setting up reporting plans. • Was responsible for grant allocation to facilities to increase reporting of Antimicrobial use and resistance to NHSN. • Performed yearly NHSN data validation on facilities across Kentucky. • Performed regular data analyses on data submitted to NHSN to improve patient safety. • Served as the subject matter expert for all NHSN components for the state of Kentucky.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

•Conducted ongoing infection control surveillance, prevention, and control program activities within a health care setting to identify early and/or suspected outbreaks of infections and communicable diseases, and to control and reduce the risk of exposure and avoid transmission by using epidemiologic principles.•Monitored and investigated the occurrence of Surgical Site Infections, reporting to NHSN and hospital leadership to guide surgical quality improvement programs to improve patient safety.•Led outbreak investigations and projects to reduce infection and participates in performance improvement initiatives to prevent healthcare associated infections.•Investigated patient/employee exposures to communicable diseases.•Contributed to outbreak investigations, making recommendations to control such outbreaks and notified appropriate local and State Health officials in accordance with departmental procedures and state regulations.•Reported communicable diseases as required by law to local and state health departments. •Collected and performed statistical analysis, interpretation and dissemination of healthcare acquired infection data, including risk assessment, surveillance priorities, and outcomes analysis.•Performed audits for compliance with hand hygiene, standard precautions, and transmission-based precautions.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

• Assisted in developing, implementing, and evaluating the organizational infection prevention program. • Conducted surveillance of enterprise infectious diseases and hospital acquired infections. • Utilized epidemiologic principles to conduct surveillance and investigations. • Developed, interpreted and assisted with implementation of infection prevention and control policies and protocols. • Communicated infection prevention and control information and data to various committees and healthcare workers across the enterprise as assigned. • Complied with regulatory and mandatory infectious disease reporting requirements at the local, state and federal levels (i.e., CAUTI, CLABSI, HAI’s, VAE’s, and Reportable Infectious Diseases). • Conducted hand hygiene audits on clinical staff across the enterprise. • Processed and collected culture specimens from enterprise endoscopy scopes. • Executed reports and audits reportable to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). • Facilitated compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.

• Prepared and set up for all anesthesia cases within the perioperative service• Reviewed operating room schedule to determine equipment needs for procedures and prepare operating rooms for indicated procedure to include setting up and calibrating monitoring equipment.• Assisted licensed anesthesia provider(s) in clinical settings inside and outside the operating rooms.• Resolved situations involving machines, monitors, and equipment relative to Anesthesia.• Assisted anesthesia provider(s) during Invasive line placement - arterial, central, and subclavian.• Operated rapid infusion systems during trauma and transplant procedures.• Trained and oriented newly hired employees.• Served as a member of the liver transplant team.• Developed a Liver Transplant protocol manual for Anesthesia technicians.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Worked directly with the senior medical officer for Quarantine Branch on various operational and surveillance projects.• Researched best practices that could potentially be implemented within the Quarantine Station operations.• Researched partner outreach best practices. • Assisted with the development of internal standard operating procedures. • Conducted statistical analyses of station data for operational forecasting. • Assisted with writing Communicable Disease Response Plans.• Assisted with partner outreach to state, local, and territorial health departments.• Assisted quarantine public health officers (QPHOs) with training development and delivery.• Served as administrative support to QPHOs with scheduling meetings, case management, and data entry.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Served as a student Intern within the Centers for Preparedness and Response, Division of State and Local Readiness, Evaluation and Analysis Branch. • Assisted with entry, cleaning, editing, and evaluation of data sets. • Performed quality checks on data collected. • Provided administrative and collaborative support to the state and local parties with operational readiness review. • Supported the evaluation of operational readiness review, and preparedness data. • Reviewed narratives and tag entries on entered data by state, local, and territorial health departments. • Developed products, reports, and presentations to inform improvements regarding preparedness.• Developed, wrote, and presented a training to assist evaluation and analysis branch employees in extracting data from SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

National

•Coordinated and supervised the daily activities of a team, set prioritizes to ensure work is complete. Supervised staff including, hiring, training, coaching and evaluating to ensure a well-qualified team and to enhance operational success.•Contributed to the development and implementation of performance improvement products and services.•Attained and supervised the human and material resources to support and sustain the efficient delivery of training systems, products and services.•Supervised development and delivery business systems to include processes, production and staff performance.•Provided mentoring and operational feedback to team members, internal and external stakeholders.•Provided guidance and suggestions for performance improvement needs of the organization.•Provided support, development and/or leadership guidance to all employees

National

•Provided high quality instruction at Instructor Trainer academies in the assigned specialty area for the American Red Cross.•Prepared and submitted electronic and hard copy paperwork from the course.•Utilized Skedulo (Sales Force) to check-in and delivery course.•Evaluated and communicated IT Candidate performance and progress throughout the course.•Participated in regular meetings (typically conference calls), at least quarterly, to receive updates and provide input on academies. In-service training or engagement opportunities will be offered occasionally.•Served as part of a team of Instructor Trainer Educators that will provide constructive feedback and support to improve program quality.•Served as a role model for other instructors acting as an ambassador for excellence in training in the specialty area.•Assisted in instructor and instructor trainer engagement activities such as serving on focus groups, performing product/process testing, or providing general feedback as assigned by Service Delivery Leadership which may be in-person, online and/or remote.

Mid-South Teritorry (Kentucky, Indiana, Tennesse)

•Provided the highest quality of instruction at assigned community and full-service courses. •Provided both basic and instructor level courses to the community conducted through the American Red Cross.•Prepared and submitted electronic and hard copy paperwork from courses.•Utilized sales force and skedulo for course delivery.•Participated in regular meetings to discuss service delivery operations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Health

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Research Fellow, Student Public Health Association (SPHA), Student Health Advisory Council (SHAC).

Master Of Science - Ms, Epidemiology

GPA: 4.0