Month: July 2026

Mrs Star Okoro1 1Townsville Hospital And Health Service, Douglas, Australia Biography: Star Okoro is an IPC Clinical Nurse at the Townsville Hospital and Health Service with over 17 years of nursing experience across Australia and internationally. Since 2015, she has...

Dr Julie Flynn1, Anne Brock1, Associate Professor Melissa Taylor1,2,3 1University of Southern Queensland, Nursing and Midwifery, Ipswich, Australia, 2University of Queensland, Southern Queensland Rural Health, Toowoomba, Australia, 3University of Southern Queensland, Institute for Health, Ipswich, Australia Biography: Julie is a...

Mrs Kylie Fomiatti1 1CAHS, Perth, Australia Biography: Kylie is an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist with over 14 years working in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC); specialising in leading innovative hand hygiene programs. She is passionate about safety and quality, using...

Mrs Samantha Butenko1, Mrs Sarah King1, Dr Diana Lawrence2, Dr Santosh Daniel2,3, Ms Jasmine McCann2 1SA Health, Department for Health and Wellbeing, Australia, 2SA Health, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Australia, 3Flinders University, Australia Biography: Samantha Butenko is Nursing Director...

Mrs Phoebe Wang1, Mrs Debie Crisologo1, Mrs Susan Ryan1 1Monash Health, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia Biography: Phoebe Wang is a Senior Infection Prevention Clinical Nurse Consultant at Monash Health with five years in the role and over...

Ms Bonnie Woods1, Associate Professor Krispin Hajkowicz1,2,3, Associate Professor Patrick Harris1,2,3,4, Professor Claire Rickard1,5, Professor Jason Roberts1,2,3, Associate Professor Jessica Schults1,5, Dr Rebecca Ward1,2,3 1Herston Infectious Diseases Institute, Herston, Australia, 2University of Queensland, Frazer Institute, Herston, Australia, 3Royal Brisbane and...

Ms Karen Mckenna1,2, Professor Anastasia Hutchinson2, Associate Professor Stéphane Bouchoucha1,2 1ACIPC, Armstrong Creek, Australia, 2Deakin University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Burwood, Australia Biography: Karen McKenna is an Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Consultant and PhD candidate at Deakin University....

Mr Matthew Mcquilty1, Dr Craig Thompson1, Mrs Corinne Miles1, Professor Ross Andrews1, Mrs Michelle Doidge1,2, Mrs Belinda Henderson1,2,3 1Queensland Health, Herston, Australia, 2ACIPC, Hobart, Australia, 3WHO – GOARN, Geneva, Switzerland Biography: Matthew is a Clinical Nurse Consultant with the Queensland...

Ms Debra Lee1 1Office Of Industrial Relations, Brisbane, Australia, 2Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Biography: Forty years a nurse. Almost half spent in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) with a smidge of Public Health practice. Demonstrating agility post-pandemic by pivoting from...