Judene Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC,
1938 to 2011
Remembering Judene Bartley
Judene M. Bartley was a clinical consultant for the Premier Safety Institute from 199 to 2011 and vice president of Epidemiology Consulting Services in Beverly Hills, Michigan. She was also an active member of several safety and infection prevention editorial boards, e.g., ECRI Institute's CHEM, and American Journal of Infection Control. In addition, 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 since 1993 and served on FGI Guidelines Steering Committee since 1996. She was the American Society of Healthcare Engineer’s (ASHE) liaison with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) , a member of ASHRAE’ Sustainability 189.2 and Standard 170 Ventilation committees, as well as policy committees for APIC and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Most recently she served as a member of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
Judene earned a B.S in chemistry, a M.S. in biochemistry, and an M.P.H. in epidemiology. During her 35 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.
She was a standing 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 was an active participant in national and state patient safety initiatives eg, Michigan's Keystone Initiatives on Healthcare-Associated Infections, and lectures widely and has authored more than 100 publications, with a focus on patient safety associated with construction issues, sharps management, and medical waste. Honors include APIC’s highest award for achievement, receiving the Carol de Mille award in 2005.