Mrs Mandy Davidson1 1Townsville Hospital My organisation is moving to centralised reprocessing. We are in a tropical climate where outside temperatures exceed 30 degrees Celsius and 80% relative humidity for 7 months of the year or more. There is...
- October 14, 2019
Ms Dallas Sewell1, Ms Sara Shea1 1Child And Adolescent Health Service, Nedlands, Australia Our team is in the early stages of proposing a study to investigate the psychosocial impacts and overall lived experience of transmission based precautions on paediatric...
- October 14, 2019
Mrs Kaye Bellis1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia In view that many facilities have moved onto Electronic medical records and mobile workstations I feel its time to update the main training video used at all HH auditor workshops to reflect...
- October 14, 2019
Jennie Wilson1 1University of West London, Paragon House, Boston Manor Road, Brentford. Middlesex. TW8 9GA The Pareto Principle or the ‘20/80 rule’ is commonly cited in management literature as a critical component of strategic planning. Its underlying hypothesis is that...
- October 3, 2019
Jennie Wilson1 1University of West London, Paragon House, Boston Manor Road, Brentford. Middlesex. TW8 9GA Age-related physiological changes including loss of thirst, reduced water reserves and diminished kidney function increase the risk of dehydration in older people. There is evidence...
- October 3, 2019
Helen Van Gessel1 1Western Australian Country Health Service Background and Aim The Hospital Acquired Complications (HACs) program of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is based on two main premises That provision of relevant and timely...
- October 3, 2019
Clare Huppatz1, Jodie Bennett2 and Robyn Gibbs1 1Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health 2WA Country Health Service, Pilbara In Australia, outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) have become more frequent. Western Australia (WA) has experienced several IMD outbreaks in...
- October 1, 2019