Wava Truscott PhD, MBA

Dr. Truscott is President of Truscott MedSci Associates, an independent consulting and education advancement company. Wava Truscott is Director of Medical Sciences & Clinical Education for Kimberly-Clark Health Care. Her doctorate in Comparative Pathology is from the University of California, School of Medicine (Davis Campus), emphasizing Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology. Her employment history includes Kimberly-Clark Healthcare, SafeLife Corporation, SafeSkin Corporation, Baxter, and MIDECO, a medical device-testing laboratory.

She has authored over 90 articles and 6 book chapters, the ANSI/AAMI/ISO 19930 on systemic toxicity testing, several ASTM glove testing standards, and the Microbiology section of the recently published IAHCSMM Endoscope Reprocessing Manual. She labored for years with the FDA, the CDC and ASTM standards organizations for reduction of allergenic proteins in natural rubber latex gloves and to ban powdered gloves in healthcare facilities. Truscott has lectured in 18 countries as a prominent advocate for infection prevention and safety in healthcare.