Elsy Mady

Most consultants have worked inside a program. Elsy has built them.

Elsy Mady, RN, BSN, MSN, CIC, CDI started as an Infection Control Officer in 2001 — Bhannes Medical Center, Lebanon. By 2004 she was running infection control, occupational health, and patient safety for an entire hospital: Hôpital Notre Dame Maritime, Jbeil. Two national accreditation surveys, both the highest ‘A’ rating the Lebanese Ministry of Health awards. Vaccination compliance, 60% to 90%+. Hand hygiene, 46% to 60%+. A pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak, contained. Five Microsoft Access systems built from scratch — OR, Patient Safety, Occupational Health, Radiology Dosimeter Tracking, Continuing Education — because the data infrastructure didn’t exist yet.

Consulting outside her own walls came early too: training staff at an international clinic in Nigeria, a readiness assessment for a Ministry of Health accreditation survey, a new IC department built from the ground up at another hospital. VivaPrevent isn’t a career pivot. It’s what she was already doing, made full-time.

Since relocating to the US: Houston Methodist West. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. Interim placements at Providence Medford Medical Center, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, and Jackson Hospital & Clinic.

Experience

• Jackson Hospital & Clinic — Montgomery, Alabama Interim Infection Prevention · August 2026 – Present
• Providence Medford & Willamette Falls — Oregon Interim Infection Prevention · 2025–2026

  Construction ICRA and multidisciplinary rounds. SSI reduction strategy and governance. Measles preparedness leadership. Joint Commission accreditation and joint surgery certification support.

• Houston Methodist West — Katy, Texas Infection Prevention · 2023–2025

  Construction ICRA and project release. CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI review with NHSN reporting. Dialysis and water management liaison. DNV, Joint Commission, and ISO audits.

• Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center — Bangor, Maine Infection Prevention · 2021–2023

  Surveillance and hand hygiene audit programs. Construction rounds and ICRA. CAUTI review and NHSN reporting. Frontline staff education.

• Hôpital Notre Dame Maritime (Saint Maritime) — Jbeil, Lebanon Infection Control, Occupational Health & Patient Safety Officer · 2004–2021

  Ran infection control, occupational health, and patient safety for the entire hospital. Two national accreditation surveys, both scored ‘A’. Vaccination compliance 60% to 90%+; hand hygiene 46% to 60%+. Contained a pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak. Founded and led the Continuing Education department, 2004–2007.

• Bhannes Medical Center — Lebanon Infection Control Officer · 2001–2004

  First infection prevention post — surveillance, staff education, and outbreak follow-up.

Consulting Before VivaPrevent

• NigeriaStaff training at an international clinic
• LebanonReadiness assessment for a Ministry of Health accreditation survey
• LebanonNew infection control department built from the ground up

Credentials

• CIC®Certified in Infection Control — CBIC
• CDICertified Disease Intervention — NBPHE
• MSNMaster of Science in Nursing
• RNLicensed in Texas and Oregon
• APICMember since 2012 · APIC Consulting Services national roster since 2025

Research & Presentations

• PublishedResearch on the impact of infection control certification on practice in the Middle East — American Journal of Infection Control, Infection Control Today, and Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
• APIC 2025Presenter, APIC Annual Conference
• ICPIC 2025Presenter, International Congress on Prevention and Infection Control — Geneva
• TeachingCIC boot camp instructor — board certification exam preparation