Meet Sheila Browning

Job Title
Regional Coordinator, Hand Hygiene Program

Department/Location
Quality & Patient Safety/Infection Control

How long have you worked at VCH?
27 years

Tell us what you do at VCH in one or two sentences:
Educate staff on when and how to clean their hands and perform audits for hand hygiene compliance. I also coordinate the hand hygiene promotional campaigns regionally.

What’s your favourite thing about your work?
All the people I get to meet throughout the region.

How does your work contribute to the VCH True North goals?
Hand hygiene is the single most effective way to stop the spread of infection.

One thing we might be surprised to learn about you:
I go boxing every Friday night.

Three things you always have in your fridge:
Wine, raspberries, and cheese.

What makes you happy?
Cuddling with my little chihuahua Chloe.

Most healthy habit:
I attend boot camp three days a week.

Favourite vacation spot:
Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba and/or Las Vegas