Mrs Kate Ryan1, Dr Sally Havers1, Professor Lindsay Grayson1 1Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia Background: Compliance with Australian Standard AS4187:2014 Reprocessing of Reusable Medical Devices (RMD) in Health Service Organisations is required. An assessment determined there were several cleaning agents in...
- July 1, 2022
Ms Ji Park1, Dr Holly Seale1, Dr Jerico Pardosi2 1University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Method: A qualitative approach involving 57 semi-structured interviews with patients, their FC/PCs, and HCWs, was undertaken in five...
- July 1, 2022
Professor David J, Prof. David J. Weber 1University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, America Introduction: Clinicians Need To assure proper cleaning and disinfection of endocavity ultrasound probes to prevent patient infection. Ultrasonography constitutes an integral part of modern patient care....
- July 1, 2022
Ms Eliza Watson1, 7, Associate Professor Leon Worth1,2,7, Professor Karin Thursky2,3,7, Dr Janet Sluggett4,5,7, Professor Emeritus David Dunt6,7, Dr Ann Bull1,7, Associate Professor Noleen Bennett1,3,7 1Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre – Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia 2Peter...
- July 1, 2022
Mr Lyndon Forrest1 1Bug Control (Aust) Pty Ltd, Gordon, Australia Method or Actions: Bug Control conducted IPC audits between 2015 – 2022 within 188 aged care facilities to discover an average level of compliance with industry standards in this area....
- July 1, 2022
Dr Vanessa Sparke1, Associate Professor David MacLaren, Professor Caryn West 1James Cook University, Cairns, Australia 2Collaborative for the Advancement of Infection Prevention and Control, Cairns/Gold Coast/Sunshine Coast, Australia 3Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control, Hobart, Australia Introduction: Infection prevention...
- July 1, 2022
Ms Katherine McKay1,2, Professor Ramon Shaban1,2,3 1Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, Australia 2Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, , Camperdown, Australia 3Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Division of Infectious Diseases and Sexual...
- July 1, 2022