Management of a Burkholderia cepacia outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Jacqueline Meyer1, Susan Ryan1, Rachael Purcell1,2,3,4, Norelle Sherry5,6, Rhonda L Stuart1,7,8, , 1Infection Prevention Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia2Health Informatics Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3Department...
- August 10, 2023
Using the data: A Residential Aged Care Provider’s experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia. Christine Hunt1, Helen Freshfield , 1Eldercare, Eastwood, SA, Australia Background Eldercare is a multi-site Residential Aged Care Provider in South Australia providing care to over...
- August 10, 2023
Reducing reliance on surveillance Rapid Antigen Tests in Residential Aged Care: a view to long-term COVID-19 management and worker satisfaction Jemma Shirra-Gibb1, Background Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) remain a high-risk environment for the outbreak of COVID-19 due to vulnerabilities...
- August 10, 2023
Reducing plastic in Australia’s healthcare sector one wet wipe at a time Corey White1, , 1The Hygiene Co., Woodville North, SA, Australia Background Can the healthcare sector exist without single-use plastic? Even publications like National Geographic and the British Medical...
- August 10, 2023
Burkholderia in ICU – a combined epidemiologic, genomic and engineering investigation Vivian Leung1,2,3, Matthew Richards1, Elizabeth Orr1, Christopher MacIsaac4,5, Adam Steegstra6, Caroline Marshall1,2,3 1Infection Prevention and Surveillance Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2Victorian Infectious Diseases Services, Royal Melbourne...
- August 10, 2023
Video-based Monitoring Systems (VMS) for auditing hand hygiene compliance: the challenges of undertaking a PhD during a global pandemic Katherine McKay1,2, Ramon Shaban1,2,3, , 1Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 2Sydney...
- August 10, 2023
IN – OUT – CLEAN – CONTAMINATED: A 4 word reframing of a hand hygiene education program Katherine McKay1, Helen Marquand1, Gia Truong1, , 1Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia In this presentation we share both...
- August 10, 2023
Samantha Keogh1,2,3, Emily Larsen2,3,4,5, Amanda Corley2,3,4,5,6, Mari Takashima6, Nicole Marsh1,2,3,4,5,6, Melannie Edwards7, Health Reynolds2,3, Jayesh Dhanani2,8, Fiona Coyer1,2,6, Kevin Laupland1,2, Claire Rickard2,3,6,8,9 1School of Nursing and Centre for Healthcare Transformation, QUT, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 2Departments of Intensive Care Services, Anaesthesia...
- August 10, 2023
Ivy Oblenda-Gabatan1, Matthew McQuilty1, Kathryn O’Brien1 1Queensland Department Of Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Background Outbreaks of communicable diseases pose a threat to health and wellbeing of patients and increased costs to health organisations. Evidence and risk-based outbreak resources, tools and...
- August 10, 2023
Healthcare Worker Hand Hygiene Compliance in QLD: The pandemic impact Ivy Oblenda-GabatanKendall ChurchKathryn O’Brien , 1Queensland Department of Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Background Hand hygiene plays a crucial role in preventing transmission of infection and was a key prevention strategy...
- August 10, 2023