Director, Infection Prevention and Control
Commonspirit Health
Silva Ohanian is experienced Board Certified Infection Preventionist with Master's degree in Infection Prevention & Epidemiology. She is currently the Director of Infection Prevention at Northridge Hospital Medical Center located in SoCal. Skilled in Performance and Quality Improvement Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Data Analysis. Strong clinical research professional with Bachelor's degree in Biostatistics. Her career started in Quality Improvement department where she was involved with promoting High Reliability Organization (HRO) journey and then years later transitioned into Infection Prevention. She is passionate about the Infection Prevention field and has been mentor to novice IPs leading them to become successful in their paths. She is well known as leading and facilitating projects by partnering with frontline staff and physicians to improve patient safety and quailty outcomes. Her commitment to high quality of care encouraged her to increase her knowedge by obtaining the CPHQ ( Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality). She is member of Communication Committee at the local APIC chapter.