Jim Gauthier is a medical laboratory technologist by training. Jim worked in general microbiology, water and food bacteriology, and parasitology. While in the lab, Jim found his love of infection prevention and became board-certified in 1990. Jim has worked in, or consulted to acute care, long term care, medical and dental clinics, optometrists, schools, industry, public health and even funeral homes. Jim has lectured throughout North America and internationally in England, Germany, France, Portugal, Hong Kong and New Zealand.