Month: July 2024

Ms. Rebecca Scott1, Ms. Terri Butcher3, Ms. Joanna Price2, Ms. Robyn Starr3, Dr. Annaliese Van Diemen1, Dr Finn Romanes3 1North Eastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU), Heidelberg, Australia, 2South Eastern Public Health Unit (SEPHU), Mulgrave, Australia, 3Western Public Health Unit (WPHU),...

Dr David Brain1, Dr Nicole Whie1, Ms. Nirmali Sivapragasam1, Prof Brett Mitchell2, Dr Kate Browne2, Ms. Georgia Matterson2, A/Prof Andrew Stewardson3, Prof Philip Russo3, Prof Allen Cheng3, Dr Peta Tehan3, Visiting Prof Martin Kiernan4 1Australian Centre For Health Services Innovation...

Mrs. Anie Edward1, Ms. Maureen Canning1, Ms. Louise Aiton1, Ms. Monique Sammut1, Ms. Kim Nash1 1Western Health, Footscray, Australia Biography: Anie Edward is an Infection Prevention Consultant and Team Leader at Western Health. She brings over 30 years of diverse...

Mr. Curt Werner1 1Gold Coast Private Hospital, Southport, Australia Biography: Curt has worked in Infection Control for 15 years and holds a Master’s degree in the field. He has published two research papers on MRSA clearance. In his previous role,...

Lia Moshkanbaryans1, Vaibhav Shah2, Lit Yeen Tan3, Michael P. Jones4, Karen Vickery5, Michelle Alfa6, Mr. Jonathan Burdach1 1Medical Affairs, Nanosonics Ltd., Sydney, Australia, 2Bioscience, Nanosonics Ltd., Sydney, Australia, 3Clinical Affairs, Nanosonics Ltd., Sydney, Australia, 4School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of...

Mrs. Arene Smuts1, Professor Steven Frost2 1SWSLHD Bowral & District Hospital, Bowral, Australia, 2SWSLHD Ingham institute, Liverpool, Australia Biography: I completed a 4-year Diploma in general, community, psychiatric nursing, and midwifery in South Africa. Since then, I completed post-basic courses...

Mrs. Sarah Thomas1 1Gold Coast Health, Arundel, Australia Biography: Sarah Thomas works as a Clinical Nurse with Gold Coast health for the last decade. She holds a Masters Degree in Infection Control from Griffith University. She is a member of...

Ms. Joann Chiong1 1Fairfield Hospital, Australia Biography: I am a novice IPC Nurse who started in this role in May 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic which required me to develop my IPC skills rapidly to meet the...

Sarah Alland1,2, Sally Munnoch1, Bianca Mills1, Michelle Bolte1, Dr Colleen Ma1, Dr Matthew Kelly2 1Hunter New England Local Health District, Newcastle, Australia, 2Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Biography: Sarah is a Master of Applied Epidemiology student at Hunter New England...

Dr Rebecca Sparks1, Dr Ruchir Chavada1 1Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia Biography: Dr Rebecca Sparks is a final year Infectious Diseases and microbiology trainee at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney. She has research interests workflow optimisation, diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial resistance,...