This curriculum vitae summarizes the professional experience and qualifications of Haifa Issa Petro. She has over 25 years of experience in infection control and nursing management positions in Jordan. Her experience includes roles as Infection Control Head, Director of Nursing Services, and Quality Assurance Specialist. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and has extensive training in areas such as infection control, quality improvement, and leadership.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Name: Haifa Issa Petro
Date of Birth: October 18, 1968
Place of Birth: Abu Dhabi
Nationality: Jordanian
Telephone: (Home) 962 6 5061620
(Mobile) 962 79 6006074
(E-mail) h_ipetro@hotmail.com.
OBJECTIVE
♦ To invest my knowledge and efforts in the improvement and development of the
organization and to empower any new accredited strategies.
♦ To further and strengthen my education and practice in infection control and nursing
practice in general, through teaching, training and learning new experiences.
EDUCATION
♦ June 1990 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
♦ June 1986 Tawjihi Certificate, Scientific Stream, the National Orthodox School,
Amman, Jordan.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Al-Khalidi Medical Center: (Amman, Jordan). It delivers medical and surgical care to
patients from Jordan and other neighboring countries.
Position: Infection Control Head, (August 2011-till date).
Responsible for surveillance, outbreak control, isolation system and employee health
throughout the different units of the hospital specifically the operating theater, dialysis, ICU and
all other units. A member in the National Committee for Infection Control, which is held under the
umbrella of the Ministry of Health.
Prepare and present lectures and topics for discussion for all hospital staff for teaching
and development purposes. Involved in the orientation program for new employees as well.
Responsible for the implementation of waste management policy and procedure that is
followed in the hospitals, and follow up on WHO, Ministry of Health, HCAC and JCI
standards, rules and regulations.
2. Istiklal Hospital: (November 2006 – July 27th
, 2011). It delivers medical and surgical
care to patients from Jordan and other neighboring countries. Accredited by HCAC 2009
and JCIA 2011.
Position: Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Head of In-service Education and

2. Training, Director of Nursing Services and Infection Control and Prevention Supervisor.
- In June 1st
, 2010 May 22nd
, 2011, I was given the responsibility of running the In-service
Education and Training Department.
- In May 15, 2010 July 27th
, 2011, I was assigned as Director of Infection Control and
Prevention.
- In May 22, 2011, I was exempted from the responsibilities of the In-service Education and
Training.
Infection Control is reporting to the Hospital Director. Responsible for fulfilling the international
quality standards in the setting for both infection prevention and control, and for the in-service
education, training and development.
- In September 2008, I was promoted to be Director of Nursing Services till May 15, 2010. I
was responsible for around 220 employees in the nursing department. Setting and assuring that all
quality standards are done and efficiently implemented. Member of the Senior Management
Committee formed in the hospital. Reporting to the General Director.
A member in the Quality Improvement Committee in the Istiklal Hospital has vital part in
collaboration with the Quality Department to prepare, demonstrate, teach, update and follow up on
needed policies and information for the quality program that the hospital is initiating, to obtain
accreditation. Involved in the quality improvement workshops held by Jordanian Healthcare
Accreditation Project.
Responsible for surveillance, outbreak control, isolation system and employee health throughout
the different units of the hospital specifically the operating theater, dialysis, ICU and all other
units. A member in the Infection Control and Prevention Committee in the Istiklal Hospital. A
member in the National Committee for Infection Control and Prevention, which is held under the
umbrella of the Ministry of Health.
Prepare and present lectures and topics for discussion for all hospital staff for teaching and
development purposes through the Continuing Education Department. Involved in the orientation
program for new employees. Responsible for the implementation of the waste management
protocol to assure as per the interpretation of the WHO and Ministry of Health rules and
regulations.
- In June 2008, I was assigned as the Head Nurse for a Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics,
Obstetrics and Gynecology floor.
- In November 2007, I was given the responsibilities of controlling and supervising the
third floor (medical, surgical, pediatrics and obstetric) in the evening for administrative issues.
Also, I have been given the responsibilities of the continuing in-service education training for the
nursing-medical staff.
3. Al-Khalidi Medical Center: (Amman, Jordan). It delivers medical and surgical care to
patients from Jordan and other neighboring countries.
Position: Infection Control Supervisor, Hospital administrator Supervisor, Director of Nursing
Assistant. (September 2003 – September 2006).
Responsible for surveillance, outbreak control, isolation system and employee health
throughout the different units of the hospital specifically the operating theater, dialysis, ICU and
all other units. A member in the National Committee for Infection Control, which is held under the
umbrella of the Ministry of Health.
Prepare and present lectures and topics for discussion for all hospital staff for teaching and
development purposes. Involved in the orientation program for new employees as well.
Responsible for the waste management policy and procedure that is followed in the
hospitals, and follow up for the WHO and Ministry of Health rules and regulations.
Covers all holidays and Fridays as hospital administrator and supervisor. Aids the nursing
affairs in resolving issues and nursing related problems. Covers the nursing office during holidays.

3. In July 2006, I was assigned as Assistant Nursing Director Deputy till the date I resigned. I was
responsible for about 250 employees in the nursing department.
4. Farah Hospital: (Amman, Jordan). Specialized mainly in gynecology and obstetric patients
from all over the Middle East region.
Position: CSSD Head Nurse (Aug. 2001 – Jun 2003).
Responsible for staffing scheduling, unit supplying and operating room requirements.
5. Arab Center for Heart and Special Surgery: (Amman, Jordan). It delivers medical and
surgical care to patients from Jordan and other neighboring countries.
Position: * Infection Control Nurse (June 1997-August 2000)
Responsible for surveillance, outbreak control, isolation system and employee health
throughout the different units of the hospital specifically the operating theater.
Prepare and present lectures and topics for discussion for all staff.
*CSSD Head Nurse (Dec. 1994-June 1997)
Responsible for staffing, staff education, scheduling, supervising, unit supplying and
operating room requirements for operations.
I was senior hospital nursing supervisor on many occasions.
6. ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: (Amman, Jordan). It is an American
company whose agent in Amman is Kawar Drug Store. This company is interested in
manufacturing Ostomy care products, wound management products and other medical devices
such as condoms and external breast prosthesis.
Position: Medical Representative (July 1993 – Nov. 1994)
Responsible for all lines of the company products (Stoma and wound care).
Prepared health education programs for nurses and doctors working in the hospital.
Did call and double visits for doctors and surgeons.
7. The University of Jordan: (Amman, Jordan). The Faculty of Nursing is one of its newly
established buildings. It offers a B.Sc. degree to its students and has an educational post-
graduate program.
Position: Teaching Research Assistant (March 1992 – July 1993).
Instructed first year students in fundamentals for nursing.
Instructed second year medical surgical students in ICU, burn unit, recovery room, operating
room and surgical floors.
Organized and gave health education lectures to Al-Amal Center, Nursing School, Yajouz-
Jordan.
8. The Jordan University Hospital: (Amman, Jordan). The Jordan University Hospital is a
500-bed teaching hospital that delivers care for a large number of the population. All medical
and nursing students from the University of Jordan practice and get training in this hospital
throughout their years of studies.
Position: Qualified Registered Nurse (Aug.1990-Feb.1992)
Charge nurse for the vascular-thoracic operating theater.
Charge nurse for the gynecology and obstetric operating theater.
CONSULTATIONS
International Quality Consultation for the MoH hospitals in Ramallah and Nablus,
Palestine, through IntraHealth International, Inc. USA. A USAID project designed in close
collaboration with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH). The Project’s main objective is to
support the MoH, select non-governmental organizations, and select educational and professional
institutions in strengthening their institutional capacities and performance to support a functional,
democratic Palestinian health sector able to meet its priority public health needs. The project works
to achieve this goal through three components: (1) supporting health sector reform and

4. management, (2) strengthening clinical and community-based health, and (3) supporting
procurement of health and humanitarian assistance commodities.
Strengthening and defining quality of care has been identified by the MoH, during its self
assessment in 2008, as an important element of reform. To assure the clinical quality of health
services, health systems must define, communicate, and monitor national evidence-based
standards, which represent an ideal of how clinical care should be implemented and reviewed. In
addition, ongoing comprehensive work on other cross cutting domains of healthcare that feed into
quality assurance and improvement, such as the Health Information System and Infection Control
and Prevention is essential to the successful implementation of quality assurance and quality
improvement measures.
As an essential step towards integrating and systemizing quality improvement areas at the
managerial and service provision levels, the Flagship Project Quality Assurance Specialist has
been coordinating with the MoH to develop an overall strategy for and establishment of a quality
assurance approach and systems at both the primary and secondary health care levels. Initial
drafts, based on QA/QI situation analyses, have been developed by Flagship long-term staff for
QAQI for interventions related to capacity building, implementation and monitoring; these have
been developed in cooperation with both the MoH quality planning central department and PHC
and SHC general directors.
TRAINING
2015 MOH worshop on Rotavirus, Le Merridien Hotel February 25. Amman, Jordan
2011 Infection Control Practitioner, 6 months training course, Jordan Nurses and Midwives
Council, Istishari hospital, Amman, Jordan.
2010 Infection Control, Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council, Istiklal Hospital, Amman-Jordan.
2010 Measuring and Improving Performance: Tools and Methods, USAID Jordan Economic
Development Program, 28-29 July, Hayat Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
2009 Communication Skills, Quality Department, Istiklal Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
2008 Risk Management, Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council, Al Khalidi Medical Center,
Amman, Jordan.
2008 CPHQ Training Program, Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council, Amman, Jordan.
2008 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council, Istiklal
Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
2008 Advanced Wound Care Workshop, 3M, Le Meridien Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
2007 Reducing the risk of Surgical Site Infection, 3M, Le Meridien Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
2007 Training Program for Health Care Workers in the Private Medical Sector to Support
Women against Violence, Family Health Institution, Nour Al-Hussain Establishment,
Istiklal Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
2007 Top Management and Leadership, Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council and The National
Training Center, from November 2006 till February 2007, Istiklal Hospital, Amman,
Jordan.
2007 Basic Life Support (BLS), Inservice Education Department, Istiklal Hospital, Amman,
Jordan.
2007 Second Jordanian Hospitals Hygiene Day, Le Meridien Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
2007 Accreditation and The Role of The Private Sector in Maintaining it, The Islamic Hospital,
Amman, Jordan.

5. 2005 Nursing Conference Symposium, May 2005, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon.
2005 Nursing Management and Leadership, Al Khalidi Medical Center, Sheraton Hotel, Amman,
Jordan.
2004 Health Safety in Hospitals and Hotels, Hyatt Amman Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
2003 Operating Room Aseptic Techniques and IV Management Session, Amra Plaza Hotel,
Amman, Jordan.
2003 Hospital Safety and laboratories, Technical Est. for Occupational Safety and Health,
Regency Hotel, Amman.
2000 Basic Life Support (BLS), Eagles Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2000 Medical Waste Management for Training of Trainers WHO-CEHA, Amman, Jordan.
1998 Basic Life Support (BLS) ACHSS, Amman, Jordan.
1997 Infection Control Ruby Boychuk, ACHSS, Amman, Jordan.
1994 Total Quality Leadership (TQL) Morocco.
1993 Customer-Oriented Selling (COS) Hungary.
1993 Preparing Nursing Student to Practice as Safe Practitioners, University of Jordan, Amman,
Jordan.
1992 Computer Literature, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
1992 Utilization of Technical Equipment and its Education Resources, University of Jordan,
Amman, Jordan.
1991 First Aid Workshop Pharmacy Council, Amman, Jordan.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council.
CONFERENCES
• Fourth International Nursing Conference: Entering the 21st Century.
Submitted a paper showing a retrospective study related to needle sticks and sharps incidents
occurring in the Arab Center for Heart & Special Surgery over a period of 23 months starting
March 1997.
• Third International Nursing Conference - Towards the Year 2000.
Submitted a paper related to Employee Health and Healthy People 2000.
• “100 years of Nursing Education at AUB; Pioneering Achievements and Global Vision.”
Beirut, Lebanon June 30-July 2, 2005.
• First Infection Prevention and Control Conference coordinator and speaker – Update in
Infection Control Principles - Submitted a paper related to "Mis-habits in Central Line
Insertion." Landmark Hotel Amman, 5th
December 2011.
• Second Infection Prevention and Control Conference coordinator and speaker – Update in
Infection Control Principles - Submitted a paper related to "Employee attitude towards hand
hygiene." Regency Palace Hotel Amman, 5th
December 2012
• Arab Health, Dubai, 2014

6. RESEARCHES
• Evaluation of 30 Patients With Pressure Ulcers, Diabetic Foot Ulcers, and Opened
Wound at Al Khalidi Medical Center For the Antiseptic Solution Vashe Wound
Therapy (Hypochlorous Solution). May, 2013-June, 2014. Data on file for Hikma
pharmaceutical (unpublished)
• Physicians Compliance with Antimicrobials’ De-escalation in intensive Care Units in
Jordan. Jamal Ahmad Wadi, Sahar Al Shair, Waseem Abu Ashour, Mohammad Rabi,
Haifa Petro, Amani Romman, Yaseen Alatal, Rula Rashed, Gheida Melham. July 2013
SKILLS
• Implementation of computer literature (WinWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Internet)
and utilization of technical equipment and its education resources.
LANGUAGES
Arabic: Mother Language.
English: Fluent in both spoken and written.
French: Fair in both spoken and written.
REFERENCES
References will be submitted upon request.

7. RESEARCHES
• Evaluation of 30 Patients With Pressure Ulcers, Diabetic Foot Ulcers, and Opened
Wound at Al Khalidi Medical Center For the Antiseptic Solution Vashe Wound
Therapy (Hypochlorous Solution). May, 2013-June, 2014. Data on file for Hikma
pharmaceutical (unpublished)
• Physicians Compliance with Antimicrobials’ De-escalation in intensive Care Units in
Jordan. Jamal Ahmad Wadi, Sahar Al Shair, Waseem Abu Ashour, Mohammad Rabi,
Haifa Petro, Amani Romman, Yaseen Alatal, Rula Rashed, Gheida Melham. July 2013
SKILLS
• Implementation of computer literature (WinWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Internet)
and utilization of technical equipment and its education resources.
LANGUAGES
Arabic: Mother Language.
English: Fluent in both spoken and written.
French: Fair in both spoken and written.
REFERENCES
References will be submitted upon request.