Luci Rodda1 1Aegis Aged Care, Burswood, Western Australia, luci.rodda@aegiscare.com.au Residential aged care providers are evolving in the way they approach infection prevention and control activities, in particular following the introduction of mandated AMS programs under the new Aged Care Standards,...
- November 6, 2019
Natasha Nunes1 1North Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Public Health and Dental Services, Graylands Health Campus, Mt Claremont, Perth WA 6010. Natasha.Nunes@health.wa.gov.au Western Australian Dental Service is a state wide program offering dental care to eligible patients in the general...
- November 6, 2019
Marin L Schweizer PhD1,2 1Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, marin-schweizer@uiowa.edu 2Center for Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, 601 Hwy 6 W, Iowa City, IA, USA 52246 This...
- November 6, 2019
Moi Lin Ling1 1Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. Email: ling.moi.lin@singhealth.com.sg Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) aim to achieve best clinical outcomes related to antibiotic use while minimizing toxicity and limiting the selective pressure on bacterial populations that drive the...
- November 4, 2019
Moi Lin Ling1 1Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. Email: ling.moi.lin@singhealth.com.sg Surgical site infections (SSIs), as in other healthcare associated infections, require thoughtful but deliberate action to prevent. Although many prevention guidelines are readily available, the successful implementation of...
- November 4, 2019
Lucy Hughson1 1Public Health Services, Department of Health, Tasmania, lucy.hughson@health.tas.gov.au From 2007 to 2016 Tasmania averaged around 4 cases of Invasive Meningococcal Diseases (IMD) notified to Public Health Services (PHS) annually. In 2017 Tasmania funded a Meningococcal ACWY immunisation...
- November 3, 2019
Professor Geoffrey Coombs1,2 1Chair of Public Health | School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University 2Senior Clinical Scientist | Microbiology Department, PathWest Laboratory Medicine – WA, Fiona Stanley Hospital Funded by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality, the...
- November 3, 2019