Speakers

Keynote Speakers

  • Annie Harvey

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    Annie Harvey

    Annie Harvey is an expert in emotional health and wellbeing with work experience in admin, corporate marketing, health and education in London, Spain and Australia.
     
    She is known for making the complex simple with her practical strategies that you have with you already, even if you don’t know it yet.

    Annie is looking forward to sharing her knowledge on how to beat burnout and raise our resilience in ways perhaps we haven’t considered. 
     
    She has been on a variety of stages including TEDx, Happiness and Its Causes and has recently starred in an Adelaide Fringe show, all about our brain.  She has also danced on stage with Richard Branson and she’s one of his greatest fans.  She is the author of an Amazon #1 Bestseller, The Little Book of STILL and one of her more unusual job titles is a Gelotologist where her clients range from 4 to 94.

    We can't wait to welcome Annie Harvey  to the IHEA 2023 Conference!

  • Chris Picton MP

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    Chris Picton MP

    Chris is passionate about improving health care outcomes for all South Australians, and delivering improved services and opportunities for people in his southern suburbs electorate.

    Chris has previously served as Minister for Police, Correctional Services, Emergency Services and Road Safety, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer and Convenor of SA Labor’s Policy Platform Committee.

    Before election to Parliament he served as Adviser and Chief of Staff to the federal former Health Minister and Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, as Chief of Staff to former SA Health Minister John Hill and as an Associate Director at Deloitte Access Economics. His areas of policy work included tobacco plain packaging and national public hospital funding reforms.

    He was educated at public schools in Adelaide and graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice and a Bachelor of Arts.

    Chris is the lucky husband to Connie and proud dad of two young kids. When has free time he enjoys walking his dog on the beach, taking his kids to the playground, volunteer surf life saving at Moana and barracking for the Crows.

  • Darren Hicks

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    Darren Hicks

    Some of Darren’s earliest and fondest memories are of riding bikes. From age 10 to 29 BMX was his chosen discipline and it was a love that never wavered. However, a motor vehicle accident in 2014 changed all of that.

    Darren suffered severe leg and neck trauma, his right leg was amputated above the knee, his left leg was fractured and his C2 vertebra was so severely broken it required surgical fixation. His BMX dreams were over.

    After a hard and at times very dark three months after the accident, Darren rode a bike again for the first time – only this time as an amputee using a prosthetic leg. In April 2015, Darren competed for the first time as a Paraathlete. However, after losing by 50 minutes in his first race, and 41 minutes in his second, this first foray into Para-cycling proved short-lived.A chance meeting six months later with Loz, a local cycling coach, put Darren back on track. The big difference this time was that he was no longer using a prosthetic, instead pedalling with only his left leg. It felt crazy to him at the time, he says, but it turned out to be the beginning of an incredible new life.

    In 2017 Darren won his first national title. Later that year, making his first national squad and earning selection for the Road World Championships, he brought home silver medals in the Time Trial and Road Race. Darren is now a two-time World Champion and held the World Record in the C2 3km Individual Pursuit. His success at the Tokyo Paralympic Games sees him with a Gold and Silver medal to add to his expanding collection of elite medals.

  • Dr Norman Swan

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    Dr Norman Swan

    Host of the Health Report, on ABC Radio National, and Tonic on ABC Television (News24), Dr Norman Swan was born in Scotland, graduated in medicine from the University of Aberdeen and later obtained his postgraduate qualifications in paediatrics.

    Norman has won three Walkley National Awards for Australian journalism, including the prestigious Gold, and Australia's top prize for Science Journalism, the Michael Daly Award, twice. 

    On television Dr Swan hosts Tonic on ABC News24, and hosted the predecessor of Catalyst, Quantum as well as Health Dimensions. He has been a guest reporter on both Catalyst and Four Corners. He created, wrote and narrated a four part series on disease and civilisation, “Invisible Enemies”, made for Channel 4(UK) and SBS Television. This has been shown in twenty-seven countries.

    Norman Swan has been the Australian correspondent for the Journal of the American Medical Association and the British Medical Journal and consults for the World Health Organisation in Geneva. He has been a Board member of The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) for three years.

Speakers

  • Alison Allan

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    Alison Allan

    Alison Allan is the Head of Business Development for Micad Australia. Her wealth of experience spans over two decades in Facilities and Estate Management and in that time has worked with a diverse range of industries. Recently she has been focused on providing innovative solutions to help organisations manage compliance and risk. No stranger to space management and asbestos management, Alison’s expertise helps organisations understand their requirements and take control of their compliance initiatives.  Alison understands the challenges organisations face and strives to give them the tools they need to take control of their estate, enable strategic decision making, reduce risk and streamline operations.

  • Andy Gay

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    Andy Gay

    I've been working within or for the Health Sector for over 30 years specialising in steam and sterilization processes and I'm passionate about delivering high quality outcomes for both the private and public sectors through innovative CSSD design, Engineering services design, compliance assessment, equipment specification and process validation.

    It's a real privilege to represent the Institute of Healthcare Engineering on Standards Development Committees at a national level for the Australian Standards of:  HE023 (Processing of Medical and Surgical Instruments), as well as representing the NSO as a member of three working groups of the ISO Technical Committee 198.

  • Callum Bartholomew

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    Callum Bartholomew

    As a seasoned professional in biomedical and health technology, I bring extensive experience in managing technical teams across diverse industries, including ICT hardware, biomedical, telecommunications, and asset management. My strong understanding of technology and ability to create positive outcomes for customers enables me to quickly identify and address obstacles to success, whether related to people, processes, systems, or products.

    With a proven track record of implementing new cultures, ways of working, and business process improvements, I have consistently driven expanded sales channels, pipelines, and new business wins. My skill in building relationships and effectively communicating with partners and clients across the private and public sector, enterprise, channels, and government has allowed me to develop appropriate product and service solutions to meet their needs.

    With a well-rounded skill set that encompasses strategic planning, people management, logistics, purchasing, finance, sales, tender responses, and marketing, I am a valuable asset to any executive team. My easy-going and approachable demeanour, combined with a results-focused attitude, allows me to provide both holistic and hands-on leadership and support.

    Adhering to the philosophy that hard work and persistence pay off, I have spent over a decade in operations leadership positions and have consistently achieved challenging targets and advanced my career. I take great pride in seeing the positive impact of my efforts reflected in increased performance, operational effectiveness, profitability and overall exceptional patient care. 

  • Clive Berrell

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    Clive Berrell

    Clive Berrell has been involved with the hydraulic & plumbing design of Healthcare facilities for over 25 years. Liaising with all stake holders in the project’s delivery including Hospital Engineers, Builders, Architects, hydraulic Engineers & NSW Health; he draws on an extensive hands on experience relating to Australian Standards and Healthy water systems to mitigate legionellae.  Clive has also provided input to the first release of the Australian Health Facilities Guidelines document as well as NSW Education facilities Standards Guidelines & VIC Corrective Safe Cell & Fire Guidelines.

  • Colin Nicol

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    Colin Nicol

    Colin, one of the founding Directors of Do Diligence and has worked in the EHS and Compliance fields for over 15 years. Colin has developed a keen interest in compliance working on world-class projects in the UK, South Africa and Australia.

    Colin believes that we should work smarter, not harder and that we are finding increasing ways of achieving this using current and developing technology.

    Being part of a market leading global organisation in healthcare and other sectors has provided a range of experience which Colin brings to organisations for technology-based solutions that facilitate simple solutions for increasingly complex industry.

    Working with healthcare clients across Australia, Colin has an insight into the compliance challenges faced by Hospital Engineers and the executive team and works with clients across the country to provide compliance solutions in this key sector.

  • Dario Salvatore

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    Dario Salvatore

    Dario Salvatore has been practicing as an architect for close to 30 years and is based in Adelaide South Australia. He is a registered architect and Director of Hodgkison operating throughout South Australia and the Northern Territory. Dario is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and contributes to the Practice of Architecture Lecture series, supporting Graduates of Architecture seeking registration.

    Dario has developed as a specialist in health care architecture focused on the integration of design and infrastructure, and setting practical yet innovative design solutions to facilitate building adaptability and future proofing. His skills extend to expertise in wellness, residential aged care and seniors living. Dario has worked on health care projects across urban, regional and remote Australia, with work also undertaken in Asia. His main focus has been on building compliance and brownfield developments.

    As a member of the Australian Health Design Council Governing Committee, Dario remains committed to broader and deeper learning of health facility design and operation through immersion and collaboration within the health sector. Dario is a Board member of the Architectural Practice Board of South Australia, continuing his commitment to compliance and improving competencies and professional standards.

  • David Anderson

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    David Anderson

    David has over 50 years’ experience as a pilot flying both fixed and rotary wing aircraft.

    He commenced his aviation career in the Royal Australian Navy in 1969 and since that time he has held several senior management positions with aviation organisations conducting support to the offshore oil industry, military search and rescue, civilian search and rescue and helicopter emergency medical transport operations.

    He has spent 7 years employed by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority as a Flying Operations Inspector.

    Most recently he has provided aviation consultancy services to the Government of South Australia, Victoria Ambulance and New Zealand Ambulance Service regarding operational audits, heliport design and compliance audits and assistance with tender specification documentation.

  • David Chokolich

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    David Chokolich

    David is the General Manager – Engineering Services for HFM Asset Management.

    David is responsible for the management of all technical staff delivering projects such as energy & water procurement; energy tracking and improvement programs, building condition audits; building maintenance and life cycle and asset management planning and a broad range of energy and environmental reporting.

    Mostly recently David has been assisting Clients to understand their Net Zero position and better understand what it's going to take to transition.

    With over 28 years’ experience within the Building Services design and Facilities Management, David has extensive experience in Building Operation, Maintenance and Energy Management, which is built on a strong working knowledge of a wide variety of facilities and this ensures the best applicable industry practice is evaluated and implemented for our Clients.

  • David Mills

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    David Mills

    David is a Principal at LCI in the Brisbane office. He has over 30 years healthcare design experience both nationally and internationally. David brings extensive experience in the construction industry across a variety of projects and sectors all over the world. This includes site master planning, technical advisory roles and design of buildings such as healthcare facilities, commercial offices, heritage/listed buildings, data centres and sports facilities. His experience covers all stages of project delivery from initial feasibility stages through to construction and commissioning.

    David has been project director and project leader on numerous award winning multi­disciplinary healthcare projects of varying scale and complexity. He specialises in healthcare and resilient electrical system design. 
    David is client focused and builds trusted relationships with his clients. His collaborative approach and technical expertise provide inspiration to project teams and clients and deliver successful hospitals. 

  • Gary Gilbert

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    Gary Gilbert

    Gary has been working in the infrastructure vertical since 1994, when he first obtained his Austel license and began installing copper and fibre solutions in the commercial and health sectors. He subsequently went to distribution, where he spent many years working with various infrastructure solutions. He has worked in the health sector in South Australia and Western Australia, and he currently works as a Business Development Manager for Wesco - Anixter, spanning Australia and New Zealand. Gary obtained his international RCDD (Registered Communications Distributed Designer) qualifications in 2001 and has collaborated extensively with customers and consultants on a number of large projects, including Fiona Stanley in Western Australia, Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne, and SAHMRI in South Australia. Gary has recently concentrated on the Distributed Antenna System (DAS) vertical, assisting customers with design process, preliminary designs, and detailed designs that are ready for implementation.

  • Gregor Riese

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    Gregor Riese

    Gregor Riese is a director and principal consultant for the indoor environment and risk management consultancy Opira Group. He is a qualified occupational hygienist and his work focussed on air cleaning technologies including UV germicidal irradiation in the healthcare sector and vapourised hydrogen peroxide in the aseptic pharmaceutical production. As part of Opira’s broader service offering, he is also involved in indoor air quality assessments and controlled environment testing of cabinets and HEPA filters. Gregor is a director of the Association of Biosafety Australia and New Zealand and represents the IHEA on the Australian Standards ME-080 Committee.

  • Harriet Whiley

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    Harriet Whiley

    Harriet Whiley is a Associate Professor in environmental health and Deputy Director of the ARC Training Centre for Biofilm Research and Innovation. She has a PhD in environmental microbiology and her research is aimed at informing best practice control of pathogens in the environment to protect human health. She is also an accredited Environmental Health Officer and is passionate about facilitating the feedback loop between research and regulation. Her research areas include  biofilms, water quality, infection control, food safety and risk assessment.

  • Jared Keen

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    Jared Keen

    Jared is a Structural Engineering Technical Director at Beca.  He 20 years structural engineering experience and has been heavily involved in the design of iconic buildings throughout New Zealand, the UK and Europe. He has extensive experience working with some the world's leading architectural practices on large scale, complex projects. Most recently Jared has led the design of a number of key Christchurch Rebuild projects, and provides advice nationally and internationally to improve the seismic resilience of buildings. 

  • John Lynch

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    John Lynch

    John Lynch:  General Manager Business Services

    • Over 24 years’ experience in Fire Protection industry, 22 years with Wormald
    • Manager of the Business Services team for Wormald Australia covering areas such as Australian Standards representation, Registered Training Organisation, Fleet, Marketing and Procurement.
    • Is a representative on Fire Protection Association of Australia (FPAA) Technical committee TAC3/7 for Extinguishers, Hose Reels and Fire Blankets.
    • Is the current chair of the Fire Protection Association of Australia (FPAA) Technical committee TAC 1 for Maintenance of fire protections systems and equipment.
    • Is member of FP-001 Standards Australia committee for Maintenance of Fire protection systems and equipment (AS1851)
    • Is currently a Director on the board of the Fire Protection Association of Australia
    • During the NBN rollout in Australia, John also sat on the Federal Department of Communications and the Arts Fire alarm and lift phone migration committee (migration to the NBN), and also the Fire alarm migration (migration to the NBN) working groups.
    • John holds qualifications in Marketing and Business Administration.
  • Jordan Bartlett

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    Jordan Bartlett

    18 years in construction: Beginning on an Australian mega project ($1.3B) with a team of International experts, Jordan soon learned it was better to seek out vulnerabilities and problems early: don't fake it till you fail catastrophically.

    He now assists manufacturers, installers, constructors, surveyors/certifiers and government agencies to meet the holistic requirements of the NCC Volume 1 (BCA) for Non-structural elements, with special interests in Seismic, Wind and Passive Fire, and the niche area of Special Studies for Post-disaster serviceability of Importance Level 4 facilities. Jordan's published on his special interests in Australia and New Zealand, and presented at multiple conferences.

  • Kristy Keech

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    Kristy Keech

    With a career spanning over 18 years in the risk and compliance space, and in her position as National Operations Manager at AESC, Kristy oversees the the operational function of the business and plays a pivotal role in the company. Kristy's provides AESC's clients with comprehensive advice and information on all aspects of compliance and ensuring building compliance and adherence to all relevant Regulations.

    Kristy is highly regarded by her clients and colleagues due to her experience and commitment to remaining informed on the latest industry changes and insights . Kristy is regularly engaged to speak at events and industry courses around Australia, and in 2019 was appointed to the Facilities Management of Australia Committee (QLD). 

  • Les Szabo

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    Les Szabo

    Les has worked in the Legionella control industry for 27 years. After finishing university with a Bachelor of Science and working as a water treatment technician he worked as a Legionella risk consultant. This was in response to Victorian cooling tower legislation making Risk Management Plans mandatory following the Aquarium outbreak of 2000. Since then Les has worked on risk control in a wide range of environment's including water hygiene in distribution systems and has been the NSW State Manager at HydroChem for 13 years.  

  • Mark Collen

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    Mark Collen

     

    Mark Collen holds an Honours degree in Industrial chemistry from the University of Technology Sydney. He has been a member of the IHEA for 16 years.

    He is a highly skilled industrial chemist with 27 years industry experience having worked for water treatment companies such as Nalco and Veolia Water and now with Aqualyng.

    Mark is also an accomplished project designer, delivering drinking water/potable plants into hospitals. Of late, with the focus on CSSD Water Compliance (AS4187/5369), and legionella management in potable systems. Mark has been involved in providing ongoing solutions to QLD Health, including Blackall Hospital redevelopment, QCH, Mt Isa, Julia Creek, Mackay Base Hospital, Hervey Bay Hospitals, and many others.

    With the requirement for facilities requiring compliance to As4187, Mark has dedicated significant focus into delivering solutions that produce water that is guaranteed compliance to this standard.

    Mark is committed to sustainability using innovative ideas to reduce carbon foot prints and hence minimise cost. These innovative designs  are aimed at providing improved comfort for patients, reduced costs for facilties, and improved drinking water for communities.

    Mark is now a lead consultant for CETEC and is continuing to work with Healthcare facilities to reduce risks, enhance performance of plants, and ensure solutions for compliance to AS4187/5369 are correct, fit for purpose, and built for longevity.

    Mark is also a part of Detour Band and plays Rhythm guitar (in his spare moments), enjoys sailing, and anything science fiction.

     

  • Matthew Fleming

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    Matthew Fleming

    Born in Dannevirke and raised on a farm outside Waipukurau now living in Rissington all within the Beautiful Hawkes Bay region on the East coast of the North Island of New Zealand, Aotearoa.

    My role as the Facilities Capital Projects Manager for Te Whatu Ora, Te Matau a Māui/Hawkes Bay, allows me to work with an incredible team of professionals across all disciplines locally and with in the National Health Sector. My passion is the delivery of facilities in an efficient manner, that reflects the values of Te Matau a Māui/Hawkes Bay and will deliver services for many years to come.

    My wife and I love to spend time on our small block raising cattle. I also play social cricket and enjoy the occasional dive for Paua at some of New Zealands rocky coastline spots.

  • Michael Brown

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    Michael Brown

    Born in Christchurch, but raised in Blenheim, I call Christchurch home. It's here that I live with my wife Glenys and our children.

    I have been working as a Biomedical Services Technician for Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury for over 16 years, my specific areas of responsibility include the Emergency Department and acute hospital equipment. I am passionate about my occupation and relish the fact that I am able to use my skills and enthusiasm, working alongside other medical professionals, to improve patient welfare and outcomes.

    Outside of work, I enjoy breeding cage birds and spending time exploring the outdoors.

    Christchurch is a great place to live and health is an exciting field to work in. As president of the NZIHE, I hope to continue the institute's legacy of pursuing excellence in healthcare engineering and engineering management.

  • Michael Taylor

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    Michael Taylor

    Michael Taylor is a Technical Executive for Occupational Hygiene and Hazmat and has an academic background in public and environmental health, microbial ecology and mycology. He published studies on the detection and spread of microbial pathogens in soil, air, water and constructed environments, and has consulted for and worked collaboratively with utilities, statutory authorities, industry and private clients to advise on human health risks following exposure to potentially pathogenic microorganisms.. He has lectured in environmental health and microbiology at Flinders and Adelaide University and maintains a position as an adjunct academic at Flinders University in the College of Science and Engineering.

  • Murray McDonald

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    Murray McDonald

    Murray McDonald is the director of Duplex Cleaning Machines and FloorBotics and the author of three business industry books. With over 30 years of experience in hygiene cleaning, infection control, and automation equipment in healthcare, Murray is renowned for its innovative technologies and for killing superbugs. He is well-versed in engineering mechatronics and robotics for healthcare, defence, and building services. Murray has worked with more than 600 Australian hospitals and aged care facilities, earning him a reputation as a trusted industry leader. Currently, he is working on his fourth book on robotics, demonstrating his unwavering passion for the field.  

  • Nathan Brown

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    Nathan Brown

    Nathan is a founding partner and Managing Director of BCA Engineers, a privately held National Engineering company, which provides advisory and professional consulting engineering to the building construction industry.

    Since completing his mechanical engineering degree at the University of South Australia, Nathan has practiced as a fire protection/fire safety engineer within the United Kingdom and Australia for a wide variety of engineering firms, including multinationals.

    Nathan has specific building construction and IoT knowledge, including the development of specialist Fire and Life Safety Solutions using IoT systems.

    He is a recognised expert in the field of performance-based Fire Engineering and is a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia and an accredited certifier in Mechanical, Hydraulics and Fire Safety Engineering.

  • Sarah Bailey

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    Sarah Bailey

    Sarah Bailey has post graduate qualifications in Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Integrated Water Management,and has also completed studies in infection control in the hospital environment, legionella control and asbestos. She is originally from the UK where she worked in diagnostic microbiology for many years. Sarah also been a part of several Infection Prevention and Control teams within the hospitals she has worked in. For QED Environmental Services, she now applies that microbiological knowledge to their work in water quality and risk assessment, indoor air quality in hospitals, with cooling towers and with our other various investigations such as mould and other health issues within buildings. Sarah also lectured on Mycology for the University of Western Australia's' Masters in Infectious Disease programme for many years, and has lectured overseas and at Australian Conferences.

  • Steven Delides

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    Steven Delides

    Steven Delides (Steve) is a Water Quality Consultant with 20 years’ industry experience, presently the Partnership Director / Principal Water Quality at Ecosafe International in Perth.  Ecosafe is a specialist consultancy focusing on the interface between water and health across all water systems on site.  Steve holds a Bachelor of Science with 1st Class Honours in Environmental Chemistry, Diploma of Water Industry Operations and Cert IV in Training & Assessment.  Steve currently serves on the Australian Standards Working Group EV-008 which has recently reviewed the sampling methods for drinking water (AS 5667.5).  Steve is passionate about assisting clients to achieve pragmatic and effective risk-based water quality management outcomes on site

  • Tim Smith

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    Tim Smith

    Tim Smith is CEO of Allied BioServices, a company specialising in biotechnology infection control and germ mapping solutions that harness innovation, technology and data to address healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

    Allied BioServices improves patient experience and safety with the application of the worldleading SW2™, a long-lasting non-toxic coating technology that makes surfaces hostile to germs, bacteria and COVID-19 for 3+ months.

    Tim knows firsthand the impacts of HAIs and its impacts to patients, families and staff. He is a passionate advocate in fostering discussion and education across industry to address, prevent avoidable infections and drive outcomes that solve industry challenges.