Mary Ellen Casey, MSN, RN, M.Ed., CIC is a Senior Quality Improvement Manager and Infection Preventionist for Healthcentric Advisors. She has over 39 years of nursing experience in acute care, community and public health with a focus in infectious disease. For the past 15 years, she has worked as an infection preventionist in the acute care setting focusing on vaccine-preventable diseases, emergency preparedness for emerging pathogens, and prevention of healthcare associated infections. She holds a Master’s in Nursing with a focus in Infection Control, Master’s in Health Education with a focus on gerontology, and she is a board-certified Infection Preventionist. She currently works with providers in acute care settings, long-term care settings and clinics introducing initiatives to improve immunization rates and prevent the spread of healthcare associated infections (HAI).