Month: September 2023

Lito E Papanicolas1,2 1 SA Pathology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Port Rd, SA, 5000 2 Flinders University, School of Medicine and Public Health The rapid global spread of MROs, such as carbapenemase producing enterobacterales (CPE), poses a profound threat to healthcare...

Roslyn Franklin1, Sara Drew2, 1 Amalgamate, Millbridge WA 6232 2 Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, Level 17/350 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Accreditation serves as a vital cornerstone of healthcare quality and safety, setting the stage for continuous improvement...

Asha C Bowen1 1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children’s Hospital and Wesfarmers Centre for Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia Healthy skin is essential for overall health, as it is the body’s largest...

Sarah Bailey1 1 QED Environmental Services, L1 3 Loftus Street, West Leederville WA 6007 Construction of new buildings and alteration of existing buildings comes with a host of infection control risks that can have serious consequences for patients if not...

Lynda Whiteway1 1 Consumer Advocate My journey with sepsis began in February 2010, when I presented to a public hospital with a high temperature and extreme spinal and leg pain. I couldn’t put my left leg to the ground. I...

Renae McBrien1 1Queensland Children’s Hospital This oral presentation will compliment our 2022 ACIPC presentation and continue to showcase the environmental performance at Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service. We have fostered positive staff culture change and championed sustainable and...

Irene Barron1 1 Silverchain, 1 Richmond Road, Keswick, South Australia, 5035 Home care can be delivered within the person’s designated home, at a clinic, or in residential care. The primary goal of home care is to deliver safe, high-quality care,...

N. Deborah Friedman1 1VICNISS, Melbourne Health 300 Grattan Street Parkville, VIC In early 2022, locally acquired Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) disease was detected for the first time in humans in the southern states of Australia. Nationally, since January 2021, 45...