Month: October 2024

Lyn-li Lim1 1Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS), at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Abstract: This presentation will discuss evidence-based prevention strategies for catheter-associated urinary-tract infection, a common healthcare-associated infection that occurs in hospital, residential care...

Kylie M Robb1 1 Niche Dental, Sydney, NSW, 2000. kylie.robb@niche.dental Abstract: A business model defines how an organisation creates, delivers, and captures value. In dentistry, models vary from private practice and dental service organisations to public health and mobile dentistry....

Bodil Rasmussen1,2, Dr Sara Holton1,2, Karen Wynter1.2, Julie Considine1,3, Maryann Street1,3, Ana Hutchinson1,4, Damien Khaw1,4, Alison Hutchinson5, 1,3, Cherene Ockerby1,5, Katrina Nankervis6, Shane Crowe7, Suellen Bruce8 1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in...

Dr Andrea Britton1 1One Health consultant and convenor of One Health SIG within Public Health Association of Australia, Email: andrea.britton21@gmail.com, Address: Shepherds Flat, Victoria, Australia Abstract The One Health approach aims to sustainably optimize the health of people, animals and...

Leanne Coulson1 1SA Ambulance Service, 216 Greenhill Rd, Eastwood, South Australia 5063, Leanne.coulson@sa.gov.au Abstract Healthcare is provided in settings external to hospitals, and SA Ambulance Service provides the South Australian community with emergency care, emergency ambulance transport, clinical care & patient...

Evan Alexandrou1 1University of Wollongong and Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool NSW 2170, alexandrou@uow.edu.au Abstract Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a valuable diagnostic and clinical tool, especially for vascular access procedures. However, with its rapid adoption, concerns over infection control have...

Mr. Darren Bradbrook (MNSc. Anaes and PACU, GDip. Anaes and PACU, MACORN1 1Flinders Medical Centre, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN), Flinders Drive Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, darren.bradbrook@sa.gov.au Abstract: Establishing a Sustainability Program and Committee within a Local Health...

The Hidden Link Between Emotional Intelligence and Healthcare Performance John Dare1 1 Emotous, 26 Woodhouse Crescent Wattle Park, SA, 5066, john@emotous.com Abstract: In a post-pandemic world, the role of emotional intelligence in leadership has evolved from a soft skill to...

Challenges in the development of Statewide BSI definitions Jessica Schults1 1 Metro North Health, Herston Infectious Diseases Institute; The University of Queensland School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Work. UQ Centre for Clinical Research Building 71/918. Royal Brisbane & Women’s...

Rebecca McCann1,2 1, 2 Infection Prevention Policy and Surveillance Unit, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia, 189 Royal St., East Perth, WA Abstract: The Western Australian healthcare infection surveillance (HISWA) program was born in 2005 from a...