Month: June 2022

Ms Judith Brett1, Dr Ann Bull1, Mr Simon Burrell1, Ms Ling Wang1, Ms Tali Kalman2, Ms Hilary Veale2, Ms  Daneeta Hennessy2, Ms Stacey Rowe2, Dr Lyn-li Lim1,3, Associate Professor Leon Worth1,3 1VICNISS Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia 2Department of Health Victoria,...

Mrs Nicola Isles 1Healthscope, St Kilda Road , Australia Background: Immunisation of Healthcare Workers (HCW) is imperative to comply with the National Standards, this ensures HCW, patients and visitors are protected against vaccine preventable diseases in Healthcare settings. Method: All...

Mrs Nicola Isles1 1Healthscope, St Kilda Road, Australia Background: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Managers have long been under resourced and undervalued. Then the Pandemic hit and everyone started asking for advice, but did they really listen? It seemed that...

Ms Adele Wilkinson1 1Anglicare Southern Queensland, Bundaberg, Australia In October 2021, we seized the opportunity offered by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) to participate in ‘To Dip or Not to Dip’ (TDONTD), a quality improvement activity implemented...

Mrs Sarah Gaines-Hill1 1Blue Cross, Camberwell, Australia Background: Following an investigation of the aged care sector response to COVID-19 in 2020, new legislation required all residential aged care facilities (RACFs) implement an infection prevention and control (IPC) lead role. Prerequisites...

Mx Matiu Bush1, Dr Stéphane  Bouchoucha, Professor  Ana  Hutchinson, Professor  Catherine Bennett 1Deakin University, Burwood , Australia Introduction: Since 2020, the New Zealand and Australian federal, state and territory governments have used quarantine as a strategic infection control measure to...

Dr Michael Sinnott1,2, Dr Chamindika Konara1,2 1Staff And Patient Safety, Brisbane, Australia 2Qlicksmart Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia Dr Sinnott has represented Together Queensland on the Australian Standards committee responsible for AS 1071:2015, and has represented the Australian Medical Association on...

Mrs Ravi Raj Dhillon1 1Ravi Raj Dhillon, IPC Lead, , Blue Cross Aged Care, Chelsea, Australia Background: After performing the National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) in 2021, skin care was a clear issue.  Notably 55% of all prescriptions reviewed were...

Miss Terri Cripps1, Mrs Xioli Narvaez Correa1, Dr Susan Jain1,2, Ms Kathy  Dempsey1 1Clinical Excellence Commission, St Leonards, Australia 2University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia Background: Increases in health worker (HW) exposures and furloughs occurring concurrently with surges in...

Mrs Kareen Dunlop1 1Consultant Nurse Educator, Perth, Australia 2Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 3Australian Orthopaedic Outreach, , Australia 4Rotary Clubs of Western Australia, Osborne Park and Applecross, Australia Following the introduction of a successful joint replacement program, in...