Month: October 2022

Joan Carlini1 1 Gold Coast Health Consumer Advisory Group, Parklands Drive, Gold Coast, 4211, J.Carlini@griffith.edu.au People with disabilities and pre-existing medical illnesses may be more vulnerable as a result of government initiatives aimed at controlling individual behaviours to lower the...

Belinda Henderson1,2 1Infection Control Advisor to the Chief Health Officer, Queensland Department of Health 2Past President, ACIPC Whilst we are not yet post-pandemic, most infection prevention and control staff are sleeping a little easier than we have in the last...

Trisha N Peel1, Natali Jokanovic1, and, Anton Peleg1 on behalf of the START Group 1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University, 85 Commercial Road, Victoria, 3004, Trisha.Peel@monash.edu Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat, driven...

Fiona Gotterson1, Kirsty Buising2, Lisa Hall3 and Elizabeth Manias4. 1 Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052; National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. Email fgotterson@student.unimelb.edu.au 2 Victorian Infectious Diseases...

Edward Raby1 1 Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA 6150, Edward.Raby@health.wa.gov.au Background: Transmission based precautions were introduced in the 1990s for infections with special clinical or epidemiological significance. Contact precautions are now recommended for a long list of clinical conditions as...

Kylie Robb Ada Nsw Inappropriate glove use in healthcare settings not only contributes to poor hand hygiene outcomes but can also impact sustainability efforts through the excessive consumption of a finite resource. How can we support office-based teams to be...

Stéphane L Bouchoucha1, Jennie Livia Sangojoyo1,1,2, Mataya Kilpatrick1, Ana Hutchinson3 1 Deakin University Geelong, Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Institute for Health Transformation, Australia 2 Olivia Newton-John Centre, Austin Health,...

Marilyn Cruickshank1, 1 University of Technology Sydney,  Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC) marilyn.cruickshank@uts.edu.au In the lead-up to the establishment of an Australian CDC there are no firm decisions about its scope, powers or scale. Experience...

Wilson F1, Watson J2, Cox R3, Evans A4, Grace E5, Reid T6, Ratcliff A7 1 Public Health Services, GPO Box 125 Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, fiona.wilson1@health.tas.gov.au 2 Public Health Services, GPO Box 125 Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Juanita.watson@health.tas.gov.au 3 Nursing and Midwifery...