Month: October 2018

Andrew J Stewardson1 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Central Clinical School, Monash University   In this session, we will review a selection of infection prevention papers published over the last 12 months that should change the way that...

Philip Russo1 1Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research – Alfred Health Partnership, Deakin University.   Standard 3 of the National Safety and Quality Health Services standards require that hospitals have healthcare associated infection (HAI) surveillance systems in place. The...

Nicole M White1 1Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Av Kelvin Grove, Qld, 4059, nm.white@qut.edu.au   Infection control studies collect data from a variety of sources and study designs, from retrospective case-control or ‘quasi-experimental’...

Ramon Z Shaban1,2, Brett Mitchell3, Philip Russo4, Deborough Macbeth5, Cristina Sotomayor-Castillo1,2 1Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery; Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006. 2Directorate of Nursing,...

Jane Tomlinson1, Kareena Johnson1, Sue Scott1, Greta Van Kerkwijk1, Andrew Daley2, Adrian Hutchinson3, Kate O’Donaghue1 1Infection Prevention and Control, Royal Children’s Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, infection.control@rch.org.au 2Department of Microbiology, Laboratory Services, Royal Children’s Hospital, 50 Flemington Rd,...

Vanessa L Sparke1, Dr David MacLaren2, Kenny Moutua3, Associate Professor Caryn West 4 1 Discipline of Nursing and Midwifery, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia 2 College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, PO Box...

Tricia Kleidon1, 2, Paula Cattanach1, Gabor Mihala3,4Amanda Ullman1, 2, 5, 6 1 Children’s Health Queensland, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2 Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Australia 3 Centre for...

Krispin Hajkowicz1 1 School of Clinical Medicine, University of Queensland, k.hajkowicz@uq.edu.au   An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) occurred in a hospital burns unit, resulting in eight patient colonisations (detected on rectal swab screening) and one patient with an...

Jennifer Broom1 1Sunshine Coast University Hospital, 6 Doherty Street, Birtinya, QLD 4575   The optimisation of antimicrobial use is critical in the global efforts to slow the development of antimicrobial resistance. And yet overuse persists both in Australia and internationally,...