Month: September 2024

Diana Lagana1 1Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Infection Prevention Control Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital Adelaide SA and The Queen   Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide SA. diana.lagana@sa.gov.au Abstract: Microbiological surveillance of endoscopes and associated equipment designed to help prevent nosocomial infection, is an...

Carrie Spinks1 1Australasia College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) Abstract: Background The pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities within the aged care sector, leading to a critical need  for enhanced infection  prevention  and  control  (IPC) measures. With IPC leads tasked  to...

Bismi Thottiyil Sultanmuhammed Abdul Khadar MSc1,2, Jenny Sim PhD1,3  Vanessa M McDonald PhD1,2 , Julee McDonagh PhD4,5 , Matthew Clapham BSc3, Brett G Mitchell PhD1,2, 6,7,8 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 2Hunter...

Anu Anuradha1 1 Metro South Public Health Unit, Metro South Health, PO Box 33 Archerfield, QLD 4108, satyamurthy.anuradha@health.qld.gov.au Abstract: Syndromic surveillance collects data in real-time (or near real-time) from a multitude of sources to inform public health action. It generates...

Anna Khanina1-3, David CM Kong4,6, Monica A Slavin1-3, Karin A Thursky1-5 1The National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia, 2Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St,...

Amanda Corley1 2 3 5, Catherine O’Brien1 2 3, Liz Wignall2, Asmaa El Heneidy4, Hannah Peach2, Emily Larsen1 2 3, Claire Rickard1 2 3 5 6, Nicole Marsh1 2 3 5  1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Kessells...

Dr David Stanley1 1David is a retired nurse and midwife and is now a self-employed author of academic nursing textbooks and fiction novels. Abstract: The aim of this session is to explain what Congruent Leadership is and to offer practical...

Glenn F Browning1 1Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010. glenfb@unimelb.edu.au Abstract: Solutions are urgently needed to mitigate the global antimicrobial resistance emergency. One of the most immediate measures that can be...

R. Cheah1,2, C. Chen1,2, J. Maleki1,2, N. Truong1,2, Z. Rashidzada1,2, K. Buising1,2, K. Thursky1,2, P. Varghese2, R. James1,2 and N. Bennett1,2 1 National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Department of Infectious Diseases, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,...

Cheryl Rosiak, Infection Prevention and Control Specialist1 1Royal Flying Doctor Service South East Section, 21 Judy Jakins Drive, Dubbo, NSW, 2830, Cheryl.rosiak@rfdsse.org.au Abstract: The public perception of the Royal Flying Doctor Service is most widely associated with aeromedical retrievals of...