Sandy DiCicco
Jacksonville,FL
Summary
Attentive Infection Preventionist promotes high-reliability safety culture by improving patient outcomes, reducing hospital-acquired infections and mitigating risk of occupational exposure to infectious disease. Leverages performance improvement to create safe environments. Possesses strong presentation and solid relationship building acumen.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
INFECTION PREVENTIONIST
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
02.2019 - Current
- Carried out surveillance activities to track the occurrence of HAI such as Surgical Site Infections, CLABSI, CAUTI, C. difficile and MRSA.
- Conducted exposure risk cause analysis.
- Utilized EPIC, NHSN, SAMS, and Vigilanz systems to manage infection reporting systems and perform reviews of Infection Control incident reports.
- Demonstrated staff and provider training and education, environment of care rounds, collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to successfully manage a year-long project on commercial international contract infection control management.
AMBULATORY NURSE MANAGER-GI LAB
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
08.2013 - 02.2019
- Managed the operation of nursing services across various medical facilities including two GI procedural labs, an Ambulatory Surgery Center, a Hospital Outpatient unit, and a clinic motility lab with a team of 90 employees.
- Managed and optimized patient care, supply management, quality assurance, safety risk management, teammate satisfaction, education, and facility maintenance.
- Utilized effective teamwork with various members of the healthcare team including Department Chair, Medical Director, Operations Administrator and Manager, physicians, nursing staff to optimize patient outcomes.
- Collaborated with the leadership team in managing unit construction expansion, resulting in substantial growth in procedural volume.
TEAM LEAD-GI LAB
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
04.2013 - 08.2013
- Demonstrated leadership as supervisor in Ambulatory Surgical Center GI Lab, overseeing a team of 25 members
- Provided oversight of master schedule and daily assignments, offering support to staff for resource allocation, patient care recovery, quality improvement efforts, infection control implementations, as well as collaborating with nursing leadership and physicians.
STAFF NURSE-GI LAB
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
07.1995 - 04.2013
- Acquired proficiency in providing technological and nursing support for a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic GI procedures, demonstrating adaptability in both Ambulatory and Hospital based GI lab environments.
- Member of Quality and Scheduling Committees.
- Provided preceptorship to new staff and contributed to policy development.
Education
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of North Florida
01.1989
Skills
- Infection control expertise
- Conducting investigations
- After-action reporting
- Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety Advocacy
- Project Planning and development
- Data collection and management
- Surveillance and Monitoring
- Outbreak Management
- Environmental Hygiene
- Revising policies
- Education and Training
- Critical thinking
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Attention to Detail
- High level of autonomy
- Adaptability and Flexibility
Accomplishments
- Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow: Silver Level Certification, 2021
- Himesh B. Zaver, MD; Varun P. Moktan, MD; Eugene P. Harper, MD; Aman Bali, MD; Ayan Nasir, MD; Carla Foulks, MD; Justin Kuhlman, MD; Max Green, MD; Gillian A. Algan, BS; Heather C. Parth, MPH; Melody Wu-Ballis, BS; Sandra DiCicco, BS; Brenda T. Smith, BS; Ronald N. Owen, BS; Lorraine S. Mai, BS; Sarah L. Spiros, BS; John Griffis, BS; Daphne T. Ramsey Walker, BS; D. Jane Hata, PhD; Justin M. Oring, DO; Harry R. Powers, MD; and Wendelyn Bosch, MD. Reduction in Health Care Facility-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Quality Improvement Initiative Quality & Outcomes Mayo Clinic Proceedings : Innovation 2021
- Parth, Heather C., Burke, AC, Wu-Ballis, Melody, Algan, Gillian, Smith, Brenda, DiCicco, Sandy, Owen, Ronnie, Ting, Brandon G., Eliminating the Hawthorne Effect: Leveraging Existing Resources for a Novel Approach to Hand Hygiene Auditing American Journal of Infection Control 2020/08 Vol. 48;
- The Building Blocks of Endoscopy Nurse Training and Education, Presenter: DiCicco, Saundra, 31st International Workshop on Therapeutic Endoscopy-Hong Kong, 12/05/2017
Certification
Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology
Certification in Infection Control 12/2021-Present
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
INFECTION PREVENTIONIST
Mayo Clinic Florida
02.2019 - Current
AMBULATORY NURSE MANAGER-GI LAB
Mayo Clinic Florida
08.2013 - 02.2019
TEAM LEAD-GI LAB
Mayo Clinic
04.2013 - 08.2013
STAFF NURSE-GI LAB
Mayo Clinic Florida
07.1995 - 04.2013
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of North Florida
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