Sylvia has worked in the field of decontamination for over 25 years and is a member of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences. During that time she has worked on a number of projects including the design and build of centralised Sterile Services and Endoscopy units as well as being one of the contributors to the DoH guidance documents following funded pilot studies into the development of new technology for protein quantification. Sylvia has been a tutor for Eastwood Park training centre for the past 6 years and delivers courses on the management of decontamination in line with current guidance. She is employed by Barts Health as their Decontamination Lead and acts in an advisory role to UCLH.