Sylvia Garcia-houchins MBA, RN, CIC

Ms. Sylvia Garcia-Houchins has provided infection prevention and control consultation in a variety of health care settings, including hospitals, health clinics, and dialysis centres. She has trained nurses, microbiologists, and public health graduates to certification in infection control. Ms. Garcia-Houchins has served on the faculty for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) basic training course and as member of APIC National Program Committee.

Ms. Garcia-Houchins has also conducted hospital assessments and developed educational programs responsive to the needs of the community, geographic region and country and has authored articles and book chapters related to infection control, including a chapter in the APIC Text. Ms. Garcia-Houchins has been a consultant for JCR/JCI for more than four years.