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Maureen Spencer
Corporate Infection Preventionist Consultant, Universal Health Services

Maureen Spencer, RN, M.Ed., has been board certified in infection control (CIC) for over 30 years and is a corporate infection preventionist consultant. She is based in Boston and provides consultative and educational resources as a corporate consultant for Universal Health Services, a 25 hospital system in 9 states.

She was the infection control manager at the New England Baptist Hospital, an orthopedic specialty institution in Boston and prior to that the director of infection control at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She has served many positions on the national and local boards of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC).

In 1990, Dr. Spencer was awarded the APIC National Carole DeMille Award in honor of her expertise in the field, and in 2007, she was selected as one of the APIC Heroes of Infection Prevention for her work in establishing a MRSA and Staph aureus Eradication Program at her hospital. She was a contributing author in Comprehensive Perioperative Nursing Textbook and has presented numerous research abstracts at national conferences on her work to eliminate healthcare associated infections. The multidisciplinary work she has pioneered and directed at the New England Baptist Hospital serves as a model for best practice, illustrating the importance of team work and evidence based medicine.

Trainings by Expert

Establishing a Culture of Safety for the Surgical Patient: Preventing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)
Category: Healthcare Compliance (Hospitals) , HEALTHCARE , Hospital Management , Healthcare Regulations , Regulatory Affairs