Month: September 2022

Henderson, J.1, Shaw, N.1, Hooke, N1, Cruickshank, M1,2 1 The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW, 2145. 2 University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007. joanne.henderson@health.nsw.gov.au, Nadine.shaw@health.nsw.gov.au, Natalie.Hooke@health.nsw.gov.au, Marilyn.Cruickshank@health.nsw.gov.au Background: To meet the needs of...

Professor Nicole Marsh1 1Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, nicole.marsh@health.qld.gov.au Bridging the gap between research and evidence-based practice is an ongoing challenge in healthcare. Clinically embedded health professionals are vital to ensuring timely implementation of best infection prevention...

Christine Morrison1, 1Anglicare Southern Queensland. Qld. 439 Anne St. Brisbane. cmorrison2@anglicaresq.org.au Abstract. A year in review of an IPC lead in Aged Care will outline the programs developed for the aged care services of Anglicare Southern Queensland in 8 residential...

 Jane Mbole 1 St John of God 1 Background Globally, the current Covid-19 pandemic has demanded for, a focus in infection prevention and control (IPC), in the residential aged care facilities (RACF). The Australian Government therefore, mandated IPC Lead role at every...

Maaike S.M. van Mourik1, 1Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control. University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Traditional surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) through manual chart review is time consuming and prone to error and differences in interpretation. Increasing...

Tari Turner1 for the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce. 1Cochrane Australia, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Level 4, 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, tari.turner@monash.edu   Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines are key tools for supporting...

Renae McBrien1   1Children’s Health Queensland, Queensland Children’s Hospital 501 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, 4010.  renae.mcbrien@health.qld.gov.au This oral presentation will showcase the environmental performance at Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service that has fostered positive staff culture change and...

Holly Dodd Hospitals North, Tasmanian Health Through the passion and persistence of a dedicated group of employees, the Waste and Recycling Management (WARM) committee was born.  Waste recycling streams were implemented at Launceston General Hospital, North Tasmania by WARM.  WARM...

Associate Professor Reema Harrison1, Dr Bronwyn Newman1, Ms Kathryn Joseph2 1 Macquarie University, 75 Talavera Road, North Ryde, NSW 2109; reema.harrison@mq.edu.au; bronwyn.newman@mq.edu.au 2 Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood Victoria 3125; k.joseph@deakin.edu.au   Consumers are increasingly being asked to contribute...

Louise K Wiles1, Debra Kay2, Julie Luker3, Anthea Worley4, Susan Hillier5 1 Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5000, Louise.Wiles@unisa.edu.au 2 Health Consumer Advocate/Representative, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5000, Debra@debrakay.com.au 3 Allied Health...