Mr Marcus Kusiak1, Miss Kelly Ryan1, Mrs Tracey Panozzo1, Miss Phoebe Georgakis1, Mrs Wendy Grant1, Associate Professor Steve McGloughlin1,2, Ms Pauline Bass1, Mrs Annabelle Maclure1, Mrs Tania Birthisel1, Mrs Karen MacMillan1, Dr Maurice LeGuen1, Associate Professor Andrew Stewardson1,2 1Alfred Health,...
- July 1, 2022
Dr Patricia Ferguson1,2,3, Dr Mary Wyer1,2,3, Ms Catherine Priestley1,2, Ms Alice Polak2,4, Ms Louisa Sasko1, Ms Patricia Walsh1, Dr Nicole Gilroy1,2,3 1Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia 2NSW Biocontainment Centre, Westmead, Australia 3Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, The University of Sydney, Sydney,...
- July 1, 2022
Ms Megan Mills1, Ms Danielle Bishop1, Professor Joseph Torresi1, Mrs Lauren Cullen1 1Knox Private Hospital, Wantirna, Australia Method or Actions: Test turnaround time (TAT) for the BioFire Respiratory Panel 2.1 plus (RP2.1 plus) was compared to existing laboratory-based PCR methods...
- July 1, 2022
Miss Diana Lee1, Professor Anastasia (Ana) Hutchinson2, Dr Damien Khaw2 1Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, Australia 2Deakin University, Burwood, Australia Methods: We fit-tested 1,970 healthcare workers in two phases. Phase 1: users were fit-tested with the three models with the greatest availability....
- July 1, 2022
Ms Fiona Wilson, Dr Alison Ratcliff, Ms Jane Frankling 1Public Health Services , Hobart, Australia 2Public Health Services , Hobart, Australia 3Tasmanian Health Service, Launceston, Australia Introduction: The Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control Unit have overseen antimicrobial use surveillance in...
- July 1, 2022
Dr Nicole Marsh1,2,3,4,5, Ms Emily Larsen1,2,3, Ms Catherine O’Brien1, Ms Hannah Peach1, Professor Samantha Keogh1,2,5, Dr Karen Davies1,6, Mr Gabor Mihala2,7, Ms Barbara Hewer1, Dr Catriona Booker1, Professor Alexandra McCarthy4,8, Dr Julie Flynn9, Professor Claire Rickard2,4,6 1Royal Brisbane And Women’s...
- July 1, 2022
Mrs Sarah Thomas 1Gold Coast Health, Southport, Australia Method: Each of the clinical nurses in the departments were assigned peer mentors who met face to face on a regular basis. Being clinical nurses they were all on same levels hence...
- July 1, 2022
Miss Sacha McMillan1 1Canterbury district health board, Christchurch, New Zealand Method: An integrative review was utilised to review published research examining IPC interventions for the cleaning and disinfection of the patient environment and shared patient equipment in hospitals. Results: Analysis...
- July 1, 2022
Mrs Kate Ryan1, Ms Donna Cameron2, Ms Margaret Leong3, Professor Lindsay Grayson1 1Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia 2Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia 3Pacific Communities, Suva, Fiji Method: The training program was spread over five 1-2 hour meetings via...
- July 1, 2022
Mrs Kate Ryan1, Dr Sally Havers1, Professor Lindsay Grayson1 1Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia Background: Effective and safe reprocessing of Reusable Medical Devices (RMD) is essential to protect patients and staff from risks associated with contamination of RMDs. High-level disinfection (HLD)...
- July 1, 2022