Ms Rosie Lee1, Mr Simon Meyer-Henry1 1Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia Introduction: In WA, for 2015-2016, Healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) accounted for 23% of MRSA HAIs. Of these 92% were EMRSA-15 (ST22-IV), a significant strain in the hospital setting. Methods: In...
- September 4, 2017
Ms Donna Cameron1,2, Ms Judith Brett3, Ms Courtney Lane1, Dr Annaliese van Diemen2, Ms Marion Easton2, Mr Brett Morris2, Dr Mark Schultz1,4, Dr Jason Kwong1,4,5, Prof Benjamin Howden1,4,5 1Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, The University of Melbourne at the...
- September 4, 2017
Ms Erica Short1, Mr Brendon Heley1 1South Metropolitan Health Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia Introduction Whilst infection prevention (IP) teams remain the leaders in national standard 3 (NS3) of the National Safety and Quality in Health Service standards, it...
- September 4, 2017
Dr Andrew Kemp1,2,3, Dr Vanessa Hodgkinson4, Ms Alexander Bugg5 1Q Biotechnologies, Lincoln, United Kingdom, 2University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom, 3University of Baltimore, Baltimore, USA, 4Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham, United Kindom, 5Leicester University, Leicester, United Kingdom Introduction The significance...
- September 4, 2017
Ms Gabriela Defries1, Ms Wendy Beckingham1 1 Canberra Hospital and Health Services, Garran, Australia Surgical Site Infections (SSI) in Caesarean Sections (CS) can have a great impact on the women affected by them – socially, emotionally and financially – by delayed...
- September 4, 2017
Ms Suk Ki Ho1, Professor Diana T. F. Lee2 1School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hung Hom, Hong Kong, 2The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Introduction: It has been...
- September 4, 2017
Mrs Shannon Broadrick1, Mrs Wendy Beckingham1 1ACT Health, Garran, Australia. 7% of hospital patients will develop an HAI, many of these infections are associated with indwelling medical devices. To reduce the risk of infection, most hospitals have guidelines recommending removal...
- September 4, 2017
Mr Brendon Heley1, Mrs Ann Whitfield1 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia. Introduction The development and sustainability of a quality Hand Hygiene (HH) program has required leadership and engagement from all staff, including executives, to meet the Western Australian HH benchmark...
- September 4, 2017
Mr Peter Teska1, Dr Haley Oliver2, Dr Yingying Hong2 1Diversey Care – Sealed Air Corp, Charlotte, United States 2Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States This study investigated the influence of contact time and concentration on bactericidal efficacy of three disinfectants,...
- September 4, 2017
Mr Roel Beltran Castillo1 1Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie University, Australia Introduction: The current CCSD monitoring are qualitative interpretations. Adenosine triphosphate ATP bioluminescence assay measures micro contamination on surfaces expressed in relative light units (RLU) to assess surface cleanliness of reusable...
- September 4, 2017