Month: August 2023

Examining the success of a new AMS program in a regional setting. Geraldine Freriks1, Donna Taylor1, Alex Tai2, Tim Wendt3, , 1West Gippsland Healthcare Group, Warragul, VIC, Australia2Gippsland Regional Public Health Unit, Traralgon, VIC, Australia3Epic Pharmacy, Warragul, VIC, Australia Introduction...

How electronic auditing revolutionised management feedback and helped to provide quality assurance to all during COVID Sandi Gamon1, , 1Te Whatu ora Waitemata, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges for organisations worldwide, compelling them to adapt...

SEcuring Central venous catheters Using a subcutaneously anchored secuRement system to prevent cathEter Dislodgment in children: the SECURED randomised controlled trial Tricia Kleidon1,2,3,4, Jessica Schults1,2,4, Derek Roebuck5, Victoria Gibson1,2, Deborah Pierce5, Ruth Royle3, Robert Ware3, Joshua Byrnes3, Claire Rickard1,2,3,4, Amanda...

Meeting the educational needs of the novice IPC professional in New Zealand – The ‘IPCNC Fundamentals in Infection Prevention and Control’ programme Ruth Barratt1,2,3, Joanne Baigent3, , 1Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality and Safety Commission, Wellington, ALL NZ, New Zealand2Vector...

Kirsten Collett, Hayley Blair Background Clean and safe environment is defined within the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard. A site wide external consultancy company audit highlighted a gradual decline in overall cleaning...

P2-N95 Mask Use During the COVID- 19 Pandemic – Experiences and and Perceptions of Nurses Who Suffered Adverse Effects Anie Edward1, Bodil RasmussenSara HoltonStephane Bouchoucha , 1Sunshine Hospital – Western Health, St Albans, Victoria, Australia2Deakin University, School of Nursing and...

Ward Contact Screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales – Do the Numbers Add Up? Megan Gritt1, Denise Del Rosario-Kelly1, Pauline Bass1, Andrew Stewardson1, , 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Introduction The Victorian Guideline on carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) defines a Transmission Risk Area...

Developing a process for safe donning and doffing of the CleanSpace® BioHood when caring for patients with viral haemorrhagic fever: A Video-Reflexive simulation study at the NSW Biocontainment Centre Mary Wyer1,2,3, Su-Yin Hor4, Ruth Barratt5, Patricia E Ferguson1,2,3,6, Kathy Dempsey7,...

Eleanor Golling1,2, Nigel Barr3, Thea van de Mortel2, Peta-Anne Zimmerman2 1St John WA, Belmont, WA, Australia 2Griffith University Queensland, Australia 3University of Sunshine Coast Queensland, Australia Introduction Peripheral venous catheter (PIVC) insertion is commonly undertaken by paramedics for the anticipated...

Help or hindrance? Lessons learnt from asymptomatic COVID-19 testing of newly admitted hospital inpatients. Claire Hynes1, Caroline Bartolo2,3, Mary Butters1, Alison McKenzie1, Daniel O’Brien2,4, , 1Infection Prevention Service Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia2Department of Infectious Diseases Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria,...