Mary Olivera, MHA, CRCST, CHL, FCS

Mary Olivera has over 35 years of experience in numerous roles in healthcare sterile processing, distribution, and supply chain.  Mary has actively participated in the monitoring, surveying, and training interdepartmental staff in the proper cleaning, decontamination, high-level disinfection, and sterilization practices and has been highly committed to the standardization of interdepartmental processes. She is the President and CEO for OSPECS Consulting, LLC. dedicated to facilitating process re-engineering and accreditation readiness services SPD, endoscope reprocessing, dental health-care setting and supply chain.  A regular recruit on expert panels regarding sterile processing and a past President of the New York State Central Service organization, she continues to play a major role in promoting higher educational requirements for sterile processing professionals to increase patient safety.

Ms. Olivera brings to the table extensive knowledge of Joint Commission, DNV-GL, AAMI, OSHA, CDC, and DoH regulations. She specializes in budgeting, change management, inventory management, process re-engineering, program and project management, vendor relationships, quality control, supply chain, and total quality management. As a consultant she has lead process improvement initiatives for multiple clients facilitating successful accreditation surveys.

Mary is an educator and has published numerous articles related to sterile processing, process re-engineering, dental practice sterilization and surgical services.  Upon her major accomplishments are implementing reengineering processes in sterile processing, dental health-care setting, endoscopy, and providing continuing education programs for techs and managers, and developing performance improvement programs for SPD.  She received the 2006 National Central Service of the year award given by Health Purchasing News and was awarded the 2007 IAHCSMM Educator of the year award.  She currently serves as a member of a government agency advisory committee.