Ms Penelope Radalj1, Ms Trish Mant1, Ass Prof Eugene Athan1 1Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia Background: Hand hygiene compliance (HHC) observational auditing is recognised as a large part of a multimodal hand hygiene program. There is a requirement for all...
- July 31, 2017
Nikki Grae1, Lynette Drew1, Suzanne Proudfoot2, Gillian Bohm1 1Health Quality & Safety Commission, Wellington, New Zealand, 2Ko Awatea, Otahuhu, New Zealand Introduction: The Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) in partnership with Ko Awatea developed a quality improvement...
- July 31, 2017
Prof. Brett Mitchell1,2, Dr Phillip Russo1,2,3, Dr Jonathan Otter4, Mr Martin Kiernan5, Mr Landon Aveling1 1Avondale College Of Higher Education, Wahroonga, Australia, 2Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, 3Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, 4National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit, ...
- July 31, 2017
Mrs Kaye Bellis1, Ms Pauline Bass1, Ms Victoria Eagger1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Background Successful Hand Hygiene (HH) programs must connect with and educate all staff. The challenge with long-standing programs is to keep them alive and engaging. Method...
- July 31, 2017
Mrs Ji Park1, Dr Holly Seale1 1University Of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia Background: Provision of information plays a critical role in supporting patients to be engaged or empowered to be involved with infection prevention measures in hospitals. This explorative...
- July 31, 2017
Mrs Kathryn Lim1, Dr Holly Seale1 1University Of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia Introduction: As a communications strategy, education-entertainment has been utilised to inform, influence and shift societal and individual behaviours around reproductive health, family planning, and HIV prevention....
- July 31, 2017
Ms Jo-anne Mcshane1, Dr Andrew Maclean1,2, Mrs Leanne Houston4, Mrs Helen Marquand4, Ms Madeleine Smith1, A/Prof Mary O’Reilly2,3 1Emergency Department, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Australia, 2Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Box Hill,...
- July 31, 2017
Ms Alexandra Marmor1,4, Dr Kathryn Daveson1,2, Associate Professor David Harley3, Dr Karina Kennedy1,2 1Australian National University, Acton, Australia, 2The Canberra Hospital, Garran, Australia, 3Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland, Raymond Terrace, Australia, 4Australian...
- July 31, 2017
Prof. Ramon Shaban1,2,10, Dr Samuel Maloney2,3, Dr John Gerrard2,3, Professor Peter Collignon4,5,6, Dr Deborough Macbeth2,10, Professor Marilyn Cruickshank10, Dr Anna Hume2,3, Dr Amy Jennison9, Dr Rikki Graham9, Mr Haakon Bergh8, Dr Heather Wilson6, Dr Petra Derrington7 1Menzies Health Institute Queensland,...
- July 31, 2017
Ms Julie Johnson1,2, Ms Kim Comensoli1 1Northeast Health Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Australia, 2Yarrawonga Health, Yarrawonga, Australia Sterilisation Services have come of age in the 21st Century – being recognised and acknowledged as a specialty with a discrete knowledge base.. The release...
- July 31, 2017