2022 Poster Presentations

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# Poster Title Poster Author
Antimicrobial stewardship  
1. Inappropriate prescribing of antifungal such as hydrozole in Aged Care for skin related concerns Ravi Raj Dhillon
2. Nurses’ antimicrobial stewardship role in hospital and general practice settings: protocol for a multiple methods study using implementation and behavioural theory. Fiona Gotterson
3. Antimicrobial Stewardship Quality Improvement in 12 Residential Aged Care Facilities: Implementation Outcomes of “To Dip or Not to Dip” Dr Lyn-li Lim (online only)
4. Antimicrobial Stewardship Nursing Strategies: Implementing a State-wide Nurse Education Program Stephen Nocher (online only)
5. Antimicrobial Use Surveillance in Tasmanian Rural Hospitals Fiona Wilson
Clinical management of infectious diseases
6. Exploring staff perspectives on caring for isolated hospitalised patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study Dr Robin Digby (online only)
7. Lomentospora prolificans: An emerging fungal pathogen in trauma patients Dr Hye-sung Park (online only)
COVID-19
8. Towards Optimal Quarantine: A scoping review of quarantine planning in the Pandemic Preparedness Plans and pandemic exercises of Australia and New Zealand. Matiu Bush (online only)
9. Responding to the needs of Victorians by establishing a Department of Health COVID-19 enquiry email inbox Emma Cockroft (online only)
10. Ensuring health worker safety in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic: implementation of easy-to-follow tips in healthcare settings. Kathy Dempsey & Susan Jain
11. Implementation of reusable elastomeric respirators in healthcare: a pilot evaluation to prepare for N95 scarcity Marcus Kusiak
12. The evolution of COVID-19 contact tracing platforms at Royal Melbourne Hospital Vivian Leung (online only)
13. SA Health COVID Operations Infection Control Service (COVID Ops ICS) Nimble “On-Demand” Education Provision in Response to COVID-19 Karen McDonald
14. Management of airport operations during the COVID-19 pandemic Karen McDonald
15. Survival guide for residential aged care outbreaks. How a local public health unit support their regions residential aged care facilities during COVID-19 outbreaks, by collaborating in a dynamic response aiming to achieve the best outcome for staff, residents and their families. Penny Radalj
Disease epidemiology
16. Prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in chest diseases hospitals, Bangladesh: putting infection control into context Md Saiful Islam
Education and professional development
17. Enhancing Infection Prevention and Control knowledge and practice in the pre-hospital setting – St John WA’s experience with the Infection Prevention and Control Champion program Matthew Didcoe
18. Infectious agent, germ or bug? Finding simple language to talk about precise concepts in IPC eLearning for non-clinical staff. Stephanie Grayston (online only)
19. COVID-19 Graduate Nurse and Midwife Infection Control Study Day Initiative- Building UP Infection Prevention & Control knowledge in the future South Australian nursing & midwifery workforce Nicole Vause
HAI Surveillance
20. Five-year retrospective study of healthcare associated Staphylococcus aureus blood stream infection in Western Australia Lisa Nicolaou
21. Sources of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in New Zealand acute hospitals Dr Ruth Barratt
22. Implementing traceability workflows for ultrasound disinfection Aryan Shahabi-Sirjani
23. A move to light surveillance for national orthopaedic surgical site infection reporting Amanda Wood
Hand Hygiene 
24. Hand Hygiene & Glove Misuse: A Regional Quality Improvement and Educational Campaign Kate Manserra
25. Hand hygiene: knowledge, attitude and practice among final year medical and final year nursing students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea Ebude Keshia Mekolle (online only)
26. Virtual Hand Hygiene Gold-Standard Auditor Training Kate Ryan
Health services, economics, evaluating infection control
27. Infection prevention and control in the medical imaging environment: A Scoping review Dr Yobelli Jimenez
28. The role of an epidemiologist in an infection prevention service Vivian Leung (online only)
Individual based practice change: behaviour change and human factors
29. How using the Medication Administration Evaluation Feedback Tool improves nurses infection prevention strategies: Stepped wedge cluster randomised trial Prof. Nicole Marsh
30. Infection Prevention and Control Interventions to improve cleaning and disinfection of the patient environment and shared patient equipment in the acute health care setting: An integrative review Sacha McMillan (online only)
Infection control measures and strategies
31. The ethics of Contact Precautions in hospital care: An interpretive description. Dr Jo Harris
32. High Intensity Narrow Spectrum light (HINS) at 405nm is a safe and continuous disinfection technology proven to kill harmful viruses, including; Covid19, Influenza-A, and bacteria linked to HAIs Angus Dixon
33. “Like building a plane and flying it all in one go”: applying the hierarchy of controls in Australian general practices during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Dr Su-yin Hor
34. Implementation of a Successful Statewide Fit Testing Program: Breaking Down the Challenges and Barriers Dr Susan Jain
35. Transforming the way we think about infection prevention and control – it’s time to challenge the biomedical rhetoric Dr Vanessa Sparke
36. Tackling An Innovative Statewide Auditing Program with Patient Transport Services (PTS) HealthShare NSW Nicole Tolhurst
37. Patient Safety comes First through Implementing Rigorous Infection Prevention Standards when using Endocavity Probes for Ultrasonography David J Weber (online only)
Infection prevention & control in a non-healthcare setting
38. Use of microarray patches for vaccination in older adults during a pandemic Matthew Berger
39. Skiing the pandemic curve with infection prevention in the snowfields Lesley Lewis
40. Responding to COVID-19: Expanding infection prevention and control strategies in NSW correctional facilities  Camilla Lobo
Infection prevention & control in a rural or remote setting
41. Reducing device associated Staphylococcus blood stream infections by addressing the barriers and enablers with cannula care in a Rural Hospital. Michelle Bolte
Infection prevention & control in an aged care setting
42. An analysis of the results of IPC audits at 188 aged care facilities. It was calculated that 43% of facilities did not meet the standards or guidelines for IPC and failed the audit. 95% of these facilities failed to meet the requirements for “environmental cleaning and decontamination.” We discuss these results and the implications for facilities going forward. Lyndon Forrest (online only)
Invasive devices
43. Prevalence of peripheral intravenous catheters and policy adherence: A point prevalence in a tertiary care university hospital Dr Sarah Berger
44. Dress for success – Understanding the science of adhesion to reduce the risk of bloodstream infection  Caroline Hale
45. Nurses and Needleless Connectors: Where can we improve? A qualitative study. Emily Larsen
46. Comparing neutral and negative pressure needleless connectors – A pilot randomised controlled trial Prof. Nicole Marsh
47. Cannula Conversations – At the pointy end! Chiane Marshall
48. To be or not to be left in situ: Prevalence and complications of idle intravenous catheters. A secondary analysis of 4565 catheters Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel
Outbreaks and outbreak management
49. Managing Monkeypox at the NSW Biocontainment Centre: A Reflection on IPC Challenges and Lessons Learned Dr Patricia Ferguson
Reprocessing and sterilizing services
50. Reusable Medical Device Reprocessing Water Quality Incidents: Learnings on How to Devise Effective Response Protocols Melanie Grigg
51. Implementation of Antigermix High-level Disinfection Kate Ryan
Specialised settings: the environment and the resources available/permissible
52. Climate Change and Healthcare Delivery: First Do No Harm, Then Do Better Dr Austen Anderson (online only)
Systems-based practice change: innovation, improvement science and quality improvement
53. Evaluation of the Biofire® FilmArray® multiplex real-time PCR system to improve infection control management and health service outcomes associated with the care of symptomatic COVID-19 patients Lauren Cullen
54. Reducing the nosocomial post-operative death rate in a Cambodian Hospital Kareen Dunlop (online only)
55. Supporting Quality Improvement and Change Management: an innovative appointment of a Project Officer to a tertiary hospital Infection Prevention and Management Team Simon Meyer-Henry (online only)

 

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