2026 Posters

No. Poster Title Presenting Author
Antimicrobial Stewardship
1 Choosing Wisely: An Audit on the Appropriate Ordering of Urine Microscopy, Culture and Sensitivity (MCS) Tests Elton Chee
2 The REcognising and reSPONDing to patients with BloodStream Infection (RESPOND-BSI) Study Bonnie Woods
Consumers
3 Empowering Patients to Improve Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Safety: A Quality Improvement Initiative Divyamol Alackapparampil Chandrasekaharan
4 Re-invigorating Consumer (Patients and Carers) Participation in Infection Prevention and Control Practices in Emergency Department Waiting Rooms Alexander Mutsonziwa
Environmental cleaning and disinfection
5 Strategies for Healthcare Infection Elimination and Auxiliary Services Development -SHIELD – A Mixed-Methods Investigation Anie Edwards
6 Ultraviolet (UV) decontamination of mobile phones for reducing microbial contamination: A systematic review Julie Flynn
7 Material Compatibility in IPC: Understanding and Preventing Environmental Stress Cracking Matt Hyland
8 GAR-O™, a RAG-Rated Decontamination Protocol Aligned with Transmission-Based Precautions to Standardise Hospital Infection Prevention and Control Timna Kerr
Essentials of IPC
9 From Knowledge to Action: Implementing an IPC-Led Risk Assessment Tool to Strengthen Transmission-Based Precautions Elisha Hazelman
10 Contemporary clarification of aseptic technique principles in clinical nursing: A Real-Time Delphi study Hannah Kent
11 Are We Really Competent: Evaluating Annual Practical Infection Prevention and Control Requirements. Donna Taylor
Immunisation
13 Coordinated Influenza Vaccination for Mental Health Consumers Charlotte Goko (online only)
14 Your Team, Your Data: Democratising Influenza Vaccination Data with Novel Nudge Notifications and Role-Based Access Philip Rawson-Harris
Innovation, practice change, and quality improvement
15 Every Action Counts: Building a Culture of Infection Prevention and Accreditation Readiness Through Standard 3 Focus Month Ning An
16 Feasibility and Usability of the Nexiva™ Closed IV Cannula System: A Prospective Junior Medical Officer Trial Anthea Azzi
17 Digital Instrument Tracking: Why all the paper? Lucas Butcher
18 Beyond Isolation: Patient-Centred Management of Pan-Drug-Resistant CPOs in High-Risk Settings Laura Butler
19 Hospital-Acquired Non-catheter Associated UTI Risk Factor Analysis Dylan Cornish
20 Optimising Operating Theatre Ventilation for Infection Prevention: Clinical Implications of Contemporary Airflow Design Stella Ulm
21 Impact on infection prevention of a Standing Order 1L Sodium Chloride 0.9% for administration of intravenous medications: pre post implementation Karen Davies
22 A Collaborative Approach to Hand Hygiene Compliance in Diagnostic Imaging Kylie Snook
23 Improving Sharps Safety in Dental RMD Processing Through Glove Innovation Shiree Faulkner
24 Sustainable Non-Sterile Glove Use for Injections: A Scoping Review of Practices, Attitudes, and Behavioural Drivers Flora Feng
25 Infection prevention and control education in MRI: Understanding how workplace culture and system barriers shape radiographers’ practice Frances Gray
26 Tailored multimodal intervention to improve knowledge, practice, and reduce UTI in aged care Monina Hernandez
27 Smarter screening, safer care: digital infectious risk screening and escalation Emily Chapple
28 Sustaining Appropriate Glove Use While Maintaining Hand Hygiene Compliance: A Quality Improvement and Sustainability Initiative Sharon Mallary
29 CATION: lowering Catheter Associated urinary Tract infectIONs trial protocol Georgia Matterson
30 Enhancing Patient and Visitor Hand Hygiene in Hospitals: Developing a Co-designed Intervention Pippa McDermid
31 ‘Think 10QCs for PIVCs’: a comprehensive approach to management from consumers to clinician Christina Morvell
32 A Perfect Partnership Robert Robinson
33 Gloves off! Reducing inappropriate non-sterile glove use in the Intensive Care Unit to enhance hand hygiene compliance and minimise waste Laura Murphy
34 Sink-free rooms in an adult intensive care unit: A pilot trial to assess waterless care workflows Laura Murphy
35 Bin there, done that: A district-wide clinical waste improvement initiative Carlo Sagge
36 Improving Medical Hand Hygiene behaviour: a multimodal quality improvement project Christine Sharp
37 From Statewide to Local: Standardised Healthcare-Associated Infection Dashboards for Queensland Health Yun-Ju Shih
38 Chlorhexidine bathing for prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infection in non-ICU settings: a systematic review Thiago Silva
39 ARMS of Prevention: Strengthening Infection Management Through Workflow Innovation Sarah Stewart
40 Designing Handwash Stations for Infection Prevention: Turning Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AHFG) Principles into Practical Outcomes Graeme Bunt
41 Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: the I-PEED Model Zach Woodrow
42 2026 Hand Hygiene Task Force: A Hospital-Wide Competition to Challenge the Misconception That Gloves Replace Hand Hygiene Shu-Ling Chen (online only)
IPC in non-hospital settings
43 From Knowledge Sharing to Capability Building: A Review of an Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control open-access Community of Practice Carrie Spinks
IPC in resource limited settings
44 Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheterisation (RUUC) Through Multi-Modal Interventions (MMI) in Port Moresby National Referral Specialist Teaching and Research Hospital (PMNRSTRH), Papua New Guinea (PNG) April 2025 to Feb 2026. Nellie Tumu
IPC in specialised populations
45 Perceptions of individuals who undertake clean intermittent self-catheterisation and their experiences with urinary tract infections: a qualitative study Peta Ellen Tehan
46 Hospital-Acquired Infections in Geriatric intensive care unit: Clinical and Microbiological Epidemiology Kiran Bala (online only)
Leadership and capacity building
47 From Knowledge to Action: Driving Engagement and Practice Improvement Through an Infection Control Link Program Model Michelle Dyball
48 Strengthening IPC Workforce Capability through Inclusive Leadership: An Internationally Trained Nurse’s Path to IPC Leadership Ivy Gabatan
49 There is an “I” in IMT: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) strategic partnership with Incident Management Teams (IMT) for outbreak response Sarah King
50 Discovery Day in Action: Building Infection Prevention Capability and Consultancy in Theatre Rebecca McNamara
51 Growing Our Own: A Structured Orientation Program to Build Infection Prevention Capability Rebecca McNamara
52 Strengthening Infection Prevention Leadership Through Development of a Monthly Accountability and Performance Reporting Framework Melissa Murphy
53 Strengthening Hand Hygiene Practice: Empowering Environmental Services Supervisors as Auditors Elizabeth Peters
54 From Coordination to Action: An IPAC-Led Acute Respiratory Infection Prevention Campaign in a Rural and Remote Health District in New South Wales Carlo Sagge
55 The Procedure Working Group Initiative: Strengthening Capability and Sustainability in Infection Prevention Governance Phoebe Wang
Medical devices and technology
56 Validated Performance Qualification of Ultraviolet-C Light-Emitting Diode Disinfection Demonstrating Equivalent Sporicidal Efficacy to Hydrogen Peroxide Systems Muhammad Yasir
Other
57 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Sonographers around Infection Prevention and Control in Ultrasound. Yobelli Jimenez
58 Augmented Reality for hand hygiene education in radiography. Yobelli Jimenez
59 From Awareness to Action: Driving Hand Hygiene Compliance in Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centres. Donna Taylor
60 Sustainability in Medical Device Reprocessing: A Review of Environmental, Economic and Clinical Outcomes Roel Beltran Castillo
61 Microscopic topography of ultrasound probes: implications for high-level disinfection and infection control Laura Johnston
62 Performance of an automated endoscope channel cleaner (CORIS® System) under delayed reprocessing conditions Laura Johnston
Significant organisms
63 Impact of non-ventilator healthcare-associated pneumonia (NV-HAP) on mortality and additional length of hospital stay: a systematic review. Michelle Chalker
64 From Reactive to Proactive: A Literature Review of Standardised Screening Strategies for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Candida auris Transmission Ema Manoilova
65 Evolving Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, 2016-2025 Caroline Marshall
66 Intradermal Hepatitis B Vaccination pathway for healthcare worker non-responders Susan Micallef
67 Statewide Implementation of a Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Surveillance Module in Victoria Leanne Houston
68 Increased Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Detection in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): Implementation of a Multimodal Containment Approach Shama Rafeeq
69 Under the Microscope: Insights from Infection Prevention Clinicians on Environmental Surveillance in Australia Alison Smith
70 Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections related to peripheral intravenous cannula in Victorian hospitals, 2016-2025 Ivy Spurr
71 The burden and epidemiology of central line-associated bloodstream infections outside of ICU Leon Worth (online only)
72 Doing More with Less: Streamlining Measles Contact Tracing in Hospitals Amy Blake
Staff Health
73 From Knowledge to Action By Improving Injury Reporting Rates Michael Sinnott
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