Dr Dushy Umakhanthan1 1Star Health Gp, South Melbourbe, Australia Introduction: Antibiotic resistance is a global issue, with overprescribing and misuse of antimicrobials leading to the development of antibiotic resistant microorganisms. During this COVID pandemic, Aerosol Generating Procedures ( AGP) performed...
- November 5, 2020
Mr Darren Martin1 1Bendigo Health, Bendigo, Australia Introduction: Reprocessing reusable medical devices (RMD’s) is a specialised process that must be undertaken following strict guidelines and procedures. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the question many healthcare facilities (HCF’s) were left asking...
- November 5, 2020
Dr Mary Wyer1,2,5, Ms Ruth Barratt2,4,5, Dr Su-Yin Hor3, Dr Patricia Ferguson1,4,5, Professor Lyn Gilbert1,5 1Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead, Australia 2Westmead Institute for Medical Reserach, Westmead, Australia 3University of Technology, Sydney, Australia 4Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,...
- November 5, 2020
Mrs Rebecca Edgar1, Mrs Kaye Bellis1, Mrs Christine Sharp1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: We coasted into 2020 on the back of sustained improvement in shared patient equipment cleaning (SPEC). We assumed that the heightened focus on infection prevention (IP)...
- November 5, 2020
Mrs Kaye Bellis1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: Our initial aim was to ascertain why our Healthcare Workers (HCWS) wore non sterile gloves (NSG). NSG have a place in our Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) armoury but should not be used...
- November 5, 2020
Ms Alexandra Hoskins1, Associate Professor Leon Worth1,2, Associate Professor Noleen Bennett1,3 1VICNISS, Melbourne, Australia 22 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 3Department of Nursing, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: Australian and...
- November 5, 2020