Month: September 2024

Elise Campbell, Senior Project Officer1, Dr Jan Gralton, Senior Advisor 1 1Infection Prevention and Control Program, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 255 Elizabeth Street Sydney, NSW 2000, hai@safetyandquality.gov.au  Abstract: Effective IPC is central to providing high-quality...

Jessica Dangles, MBA, MS1 1Executive Director, Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology Abstract: Certification has become increasingly essential in today’s healthcare landscape. Currently, there are over 10,000 infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals from 47 countries certified by the...

Yanping He1,  Richard Bright2, Krasimir Vasilev3, Peter Zilm4 1 Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia, yanping.he@adelaide.edu.au, 2 College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park SA 5042, Australia, richard.bright@flinders.edu.au, 3 College of Medicine and...

Perri Waddell1 1ACIPC (FIPC Course Facilitator), 4 Coojong Road, Dalyellup, WA 6230, perri.waddell@acipc.org.au Abstract: Background The Aged Care IPC Lead has a range of tasks as determined by the ACQCS. Providing ongoing assessment of staff capability and education is one...

Nathan Peters1,2, Frances Williamson2,3, Victoria Eley1,2 1Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3Emergency and Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Correspondence:...

Michael Borg1 1Head, Department of Infection Prevention & Control, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta Abstract: Effective antibiotic stewardship (AS) and infection prevention & control (IPC) remain the cornerstones to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in healthcare settings. Evidence-based guidance is widely available...

Maxine Whittaker1, 2 1 WHO Collaborating Centre for Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases, James Cook University, Qld Australia, 2 Member, One Health High Level Expert Panel of WHO, FAO, UNEP and WOAH Abstract: This paper will briefly define One...

Margaret Leong1 1Pacific Community, Private Mailbag, Suva, Fiji Abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that all member countries should implement the minimum requirements for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) which includes a functional national and healthcare facility level IPC...

Lorraine Poulos1, Stephen Neal1 1LPA Consulting Abstract: Approximately 1.2 million Australians currently receive Home Care Services through aged care-funded programs. The recent introduction of strengthened aged care standards and future Support at Home program brings substantial changes to traditional home...

Janette Young1, Tijana Simic2, Torben Dahl Nielsen3 1Researcher, University of South Australia, 2Veterinarian, Musician, Educator, 3Veterinary Public Health Specialist, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide Abstract: Around 65% of Australian households live with pet animals, and for many...