Katherine Anderson, MPH, CIC is an Infection Preventionist at ECRI with experience in infection control and employee health in various healthcare settings, including hospitals and government. She began her career in Houston, Texas where she managed infection prevention programs for two rehabilitation hospitals. Her career moved her to Salt Lake City, Utah in late 2019 where she worked as the Infection Prevention and Employee Health Manager for a rapidly growing acute care facility in northern Utah County. Prior to joining ECRI, Katherine worked for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) as an Infection Prevention Subject Matter Expert for schools and childcare settings across the state. At CDPHE, she created COVID-19 related guidance and provided consultations to various stakeholders, such as childcare facilities, Kindergarten through grade-12 schools, and institutions for higher education. She currently is an Infection Preventionist at ECRI and serves as the product manager for ECRI’s Healthcare Environmental Manager (HEM) certification and Infection Control Risk Assessment for Construction (ICRA) course. While always seeking to expand her infection control expertise, her main areas of interest include worker safety and preventing infections that emerge from facility construction, as well as HVAC and water systems. Katherine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and History, Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, and is currently in school for her Master of Business Administration in Technology Management. She has been certified in Infection Control (CIC) since 2019.

Mr. Davis is board-certified in infection control and epidemiology (CIC) and is a certified healthcare environmental manager (HEM) and holds national certification in adult critical care nursing (CCRN-K). He is currently the Manager of Infection Prevention and Control Services at ECRI institute. He is a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Prevention (APIC), is an APIC Fellow (FAPIC) has served as President of the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley APIC Chapter and is a past Chair of APIC’s national research committee. He has provided educational programs on infection control topics for risk management groups and patient safety organizations, as well as for hospitals, long term care and ambulatory surgery systems. Mr. Davis designed version 2 of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority’s long-term care healthcare associated infection reporting system and analytics programs. He has authored multiple infection prevention and control articles and is published in several international peer reviewed journals.