Sharon Ward-Fore, MS, MT(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC
Infection Prevention Advisor
Metrex
Sharon Ward-Fore, MS, MT(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC, serves as Metrex’s Infection Prevention Advisor. The Metrex commercial team relies on her clinical expertise for infection prevention guidance and support when developing new surface disinfectant solutions.
Sharon has worked in healthcare since 1985, in both acute care and industrial research and development settings where she was involved in microbiology research and development for surgical implantable devices, contact lenses and lens care solutions, pharmaceutics, sterilization and disinfection development and cycle validation. She began her career as an Infection Preventionist at a Chicago Veterans Administration hospital, then moved on to an acute care hospital in a major academic medical center.
Her areas of expertise include special pathogens training, personal protective equipment selection and training, emergency preparedness, surgical services, disinfectants and cleaners, with a special place in her heart for environmental services. Sharon is also an independent infection prevention consultant, a member of the editorial advisory board of Infection Control Today, and a Clinical Editor for The APIC Text.
Sharon has a B.S. in Biology and Medical Technology, and a M.S. in Clinical Microbiology. She is Board Certified in Infection Control and is an APIC Fellow.