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Margaret M Miller, B.S. MT(ASCP)M, CIC, FAPIC is an Infection Preventionist at ECRI. Ms. Miller has maintained her CIC since 1996 and brings over 25 years of broad experience in infection prevention and control, with specific interest in surgical intensive care units, peri-operative care, highly infectious diseases and sepsis. As an infection preventionist at ECRI, Ms. Miller consults with healthcare organizations in identifying risks, responding to outbreaks, assisting with staff education, and assisting post-acute care facilities in their responses to COVID-19 under a contract with the PA DOH. Her notable accomplishments include attaining Ebola Treatment Center status for a Pennsylvania hospital and serving as the sepsis project manager for The Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania’s Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Participating project hospitals successfully decreased mortality rates which led to the development of one of the first collaboratives in the country to coordinate care pre- and post-discharge to prevent readmissions following a sepsis discharge. As the leader of this project, Ms. Miller presented content and lessons learned on state and national webinars. In addition, Ms. Miller led a new collaborative with a large children’s hospital regarding pediatric sepsis recognition in two community hospital emergency rooms. Her responsibilities included onsite visits to hospitals, delivering education through webinars, conducting one-on-one consulting calls with sepsis teams, and co-leading the national Sepsis Affinity group for the CMS’ Partnership for Patients initiative. Ms. Miller is a member of APIC, an APIC fellow (FAPIC), and has worked as a consultant to re-open non-healthcare businesses during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Ms. Miller is published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) and has had poster and oral presentations at national APIC conferences.