Saungi McCalla is Registered Nurse for over 24 years and has been working in Infection Prevention and Control for 16 years. She is board certified in Infection Control. She is currently the Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Community Hospital in Westchester County, New York. She is passionate about her role in infection prevention and the impact it has on staff, patients and visitors, and work hard to be an advocate and to lead by example. She considers herself a change agent and will collaborate with all key players to implement evidenced-based in initiatives that will yield positive outcomes. She has also authored articles including a white paper on topics related to infection prevention and patient safety. In addition, she has been accepted as a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). She was the proud recipient of the 2014 APIC Chapter Leadership Award presented at APIC National. Saungi McCalla is Registered Nurse for over 24 years and has been working in Infection Prevention and Control for 16 years. She is board certified in Infection Control. She is currently the Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Community Hospital in Westchester County, New York. She is passionate about her role in infection prevention and the impact it has on staff, patients and visitors, and work hard to be an advocate and to lead by example. She considers herself a change agent and will collaborate with all key players to implement evidenced-based in initiatives that will yield positive outcomes. She has also authored articles including a white paper on topics related to infection prevention and patient safety. In addition, she has been accepted as a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). She was the proud recipient of the 2014 APIC Chapter Leadership Award presented at APIC National.

Infectious Diseases