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Gabriela
gabriela.isa.flores@gmail.com
305-975-4274
12202 SW 107 Court
Kendall, FL 33176
Infection Control and Employee Health Nurse
9 years experience W2
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Summary

Skills:

  • Certified by the Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology in 2015
  • Excellent Microsoft office applications user
  • Well versed in Cerner and other electronic medical records systems

Experience
Dec 2014 - Jul 2019
Miami, FL
Jackson Memorial Hospital Trauma Center & Holtz Children's Hospital Responsibilities:
  • Conduct surveillance to identify infectious diseases, healthcare-associated infections ascertain opportunities to control and prevent them
  • Interpret data to appropriately identify incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections, microorganisms, multi-drug resistance, and possible trends/clusters
  • Perform walking rounds to audit patients' invasive device care and environment of care
  • Review and update related policies and procedures
  • Monitor construction, renovation and maintenance activities recommend risk reduction strategies
  • Identify and report reportable diseases to the Public Health department
  • Provide education to appropriate staff regarding infection prevention strategies
  • Active participation on committees and quality improvement project teams
  • Maintain current knowledge of regulatory agency requirements such as The Joint Commission, OSHA, CDC, CMS, and oversee compliance Accomplishments:
  • Reduced catheter associated urinary tract infections in the trauma ICU by 80% in a 6-month period. Result were presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) in 2017
ICU Trauma Center
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Infection Control and Employee Health Nurse
Medical Devices
Dec 2013 - Nov 2014
Responsibilities:
  • Develop, facilitate, educate, and act as a liaison to the departments and services of the Hospital regarding the Infection Prevention Program
  • Participate daily in interdisciplinary rounds on all units
  • Track infections in all departments of the hospital and maintain records for each case
  • Prepare and deliver quarterly reports and presentations to the Chairman of the Infection Control Committee and the Director of Nursing
  • Collaborate on education programs and in-servicing
  • Responsible for vaccinating all hospital staff, students and volunteers
  • Active participant in local and national APIC meetings Accomplishments:
  • Nominee for March of Dimes Nurse of the Year 2014
  • Chairperson of Patient and Family Centered Care at Larkin
  • Response rate for Influenza season
Nursing Project Management Infection Control
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Education
Registered Nurse as of
Emergency Educational Institute 2020
Registered Nursing Program
license #9533531
Practical Nursing Program
MedVance Institute
Certifications
Certified by the Board of Infection Control
Skills
ICU
2019
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Trauma Center
2019
4
Infection Control
2014
1
Medical Records
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1
MS Excel
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1
MS Office
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Nursing
2014
1
Project Management
2014
1