Judene Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC
Judene Bartley is a clinical consultant for the Premier Safety Institute and vice president of Epidemiology Consulting Services in Beverly Hills, Michigan. She is also an active member of several safety and infection prevention editorial boards, e.g., ECRI Institute's CHEM, and national advisory committees, e.g, T JC’s Committee on Healthcare Safety. In addition, since 1993, she has been a member of the Facilities Guidelines Institute (FGI) task force for revising the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities and serves on the current FGI Guidelines Steering Committee. She is also the American Society of Healthcare Engineers’ (ASHE) official liaison with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and is a member of ASHE's Sustainability Committee.
Bartley earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, a master’s degree in biochemistry, and a master's degree in public health (epidemiology). During her 30 years in healthcare, she initiated comprehensive epidemiology programs in several major university-affiliated tertiary-care hospitals. Her 16 years at Detroit Medical Center included an administrative position in regulatory compliance, with responsibility for agency surveys, quality management, epidemiology, employee health, and safety programs.
Bartley is a frequent consultant for federal, regulatory and healthcare agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Hospital Association on safety and infection prevention-related issues. She is an active participant in national and state patient safety initiatives and committees e.g. Michigan's Keystone Initiatives on Healthcare Associated Infections, and has authored more than 70 publications, with an emphasis on patient safety associated with construction issues, sharps management, and medical waste.