Mrs Janine Carrucan1, Mrs Judy Morton1 1Townsville Hospital And Health Service, Douglas, Australia Introduction Hand hygiene is a basic and effective infection prevention activity. The early days of Florence Nightingale and Ignaz Semmelwiess demonstrated the impact of hand hygiene...
- July 5, 2018
Dr Simone Visagie1, Dr Liam Clifford1, Dr Michael David2, Dr Rukaiya Malik1, Dr Amanda Dawson1, Dr Sean Kelly1 1Central Coast Local Health District, Central Coast, Australia 2Newcastle University, Newcastle, Australia Gosford and Wyong hospitals, part of the Central Coast...
- July 5, 2018
Mrs Ivy Gabatan1, Michelle Doidge1, Trish Hurst1, Charles De Ruiter1 1Queensland Health-Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia Introduction: The RBWH Hand Hygiene (HH) Program was initially implemented in 2007.Core element of the program is the Lifesavers Program. It...
- July 5, 2018
Miss Karen Maglinao1, A/Prof Caroline Marshall1 1Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia Introduction: Australian healthcare services will now be required to monitor Healthcare-Associated Complications (HACS), which include a number of healthcare-associated infections. A diagnosis of HAC will be made using ICD-10...
- July 5, 2018
Mrs Lauren Cullen1 1Healthscope – Knox Private Hospital, Coldstream, Australia Introduction: Knox Private Hospital is a large 359 bed private hospital located in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne; comprising 10 ICU beds, 10 theatres, 1 day theatre, 3 birth...
- July 5, 2018
Ms Michelle Taylor1 1Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand Introduction: Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) is one of the cornerstones of an effective infection prevention and control (IPC) programme. Over time, mandatory requirements have increased. However, manual surveillance...
- July 5, 2018
Dr Xing Lee1, Dr Teresa Wozniak2, Professor Nicholas Graves1 1Queensland University Of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia 2Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia Introduction: Hospitalised patients who acquired an infection have longer length of stay (LOS) and a higher...
- July 5, 2018
Ms. Sandra Johnson1, Dr. Nabeel Imam1, Professor Allen Cheng2, Associate Profressor Leon Worth1 1VICNISS Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia 2School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: Appropriate data reporting is essential for effectual healthcare-associated infection...
- July 5, 2018
Miss Nikita Parkash1, Ms Wendy Beckingham2, Dr Patiyan Andersson3, Professor Paul Kelly4,5, Associate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake1,4, Dr Nicholas Coatsworth1,4 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia 2Infection Prevention and Control, Canberra Hospital Health Services, Canberra, Australia 3National Centre for...
- July 5, 2018
Ms Judith Brett1, Ms Sandra Johnson1, Ms Donna Cameron2,3, Ms Courtney Lane2, Ms Marion Easton3, Dr Annaliese van Diemen3, Dr Brett Sutton3, Dr Ann Bull1, Professor Michael Richards1, A/Professor Leon Worth1 1Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre,...
- July 5, 2018