Marge McFarlane, PhD

Marge McFarlane, PhD, MT(ASCP), CJCP, CHSP, CHFM, MEP, HEM, Principal, Superior Performance Consultants, LLC, brings more than 40 years of comprehensive experience in the environment of care, life safety, emergency management, and infection prevention for construction. Ms. McFarlane has authored handbooks on the Global Harmonized System update to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard and OSHA training for medical facilities. She is a frequent presenter for seminars, regional conferences, and audio conferences on OSHA topics, hazardous materials/Resource Conservation and Recovery Act waste streams, and emergency management. She is currently working with health care systems and clinics nationally to identify and mitigate risks in the physical environment. Ms. McFarlane holds a PhD in safety engineering and master’s degrees in environmental and public health from the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Eau Claire and in risk control from the UW-Stout. She is an active member of the Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association Code Committee. Visit her website at www.margemcfarlane.com.