preventionist
Noun
Meaning
preventionist (plural preventionists)
One who tries to prevent something from happening; an advocate of prevention.
Synonym: (rare) preventivist
Examples
If they have to go in, Daisy Jackson, a board certified CIC infection preventionist, says to “contact the provider to ask if there is a separate waiting area for sick or symptomatic patients.
Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist and infection preventionist, said the US has been consistently struggling to respond to coronavirus since it emerged.
The person was taken immediately into an isolation room and had no contact with other patients, said Michael Connors, infection preventionist at Eisenhower Health.