Month: September 2017

Mrs Sarah Foster1 1Tasmania Health Service, Newstead, Australia Introduction With an ageing population and resultant increasing demands on healthcare, professionals worldwide have identified hand hygiene as one of the leading strategies to help combat Healthcare Associated Infections. Laboratory staff who...

Prof. Brett Mitchell1, Alison Farrington3, Prof Anne Gardner4, Dr Michelle Allen3, Dr Lisa Hall3, Prof Adrian Barnett3, Dr Kate Halton3, Dr Katie Page3, Prof Stephanie Dancer5,6, Prof Thomas Riley7, Prof Christian  Gericke8,9, Prof David Paterson10,11, Prof Nicholas Graves3 Ms Alison...

Dr Mustafa Afzal1, Ms Jayasree Tenali2, Dr Ranga Reddy Burri1 1Infection Control Academy of India, Hyderabad, India, 2Care Hospitals, Nampally, Hyderabad, India Introduction: Inappropriate use of antibiotics and increasing antibiotic resistance among inpatient flora is of concern in India. A...

Ms Natasha Ciampoli3, Mr Stephane Bouchoucha2, Ms Judy Currey2, Mrs Ana Hutchinson1 1Deakin University, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research  Epworth HealthCare Partnership, Geelong , Australia, 2Deakin University, Geelong, School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Centre for Quality and...

Mrs Trish Horne1 1Tasmanian Health Service – North West Region, Primary Health Services, Australia Introduction Based on evidence and recommendations from the World Health Organisation and Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) the following components make up an effective multimodal Hand Hygiene...

Dr Srikanthan Sriram1, Dr Parangimalai Diwakar Madankumar1 1Ragas Dental College And Hospital, Chennai, India INTRODUCTION: Mobile phones have become an inevitable mode of communication. Dental office and the dental operators along with their personal equipment (mobile phones) are exposed to...

Ms Fiona Gotterson1, A/Prof Kirsty Buising1,2,3, Professor Elizabeth Manias4,5,6 1National Centre For Antimicrobial Stewardship, Melbourne , Australia, 2Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 3University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 4Deakin University, Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and...

Mrs Lesley Lewis1 1Rural Infection Control Practice Group (RICPRAC), Wangaratta, Australia, 2Northeast Health Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Australia Introduction, The regular assessment of sterilizing services to ensure compliance with AS/NZS 4187 has been an established expectation of health services for many years. ...

Dr Ming Chen1, Dr Patiyan Andersson2, Ms Fiona Kimber1, Ms Wendy Beckingham1, Dr Margaret Broom1, Dr Margaret McLeod1, Dr Nick Coatsworth1 1The Canberra Hospital, Garran , Australia, 2Health Emergency Management Branch Immunisation Branch Office of Health Protection Department of Health...

MR Khalid Johani1,2, Dr Dayane  Costa1,3, Dr Honghua  Hu1, Dr Stephanie  Dancer4, Dr Dulcelene  Meloc3, Dr Lillian  Kelly Lopes3, Dr Anaclara  Tipple3, Dr Anand  Deva1, Dr Iain  Gosbell5, Dr Slade  Jensen5, Dr Gregory  Whiteley6, Dr Karen  Vickery1 1Macquarie University, Sydney,...