Venkata L N Lavu 1, Mary O`Reilly, Carolyn Beckett, Leanne Houston 1 Eastern Health, 5 Arnold St, Box Hill VIC, Australia Background: Exposures to blood and body fluids in health care settings have the potential to transmit blood-borne viruses. The aims of this study is to ascertain the...
- August 2, 2016
Patricia Karbowiak 1 1 Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Prevention Service, Hunter New England Local Health District, Maitland, NSW, Australia Background: Publication of the National Standards 2012, presented acute inpatient healthcare facilities in Australia with unprecedented challenges in implementation of standard practice for prevention of healthcare associated...
- August 2, 2016
Trevor Glasbey 1, Greg Whiteley 1 1 Whiteley Corporation, Tomago, NSW, Australia Introduction A new disinfectant system has been developed in which the active species (peracetic acid) is generated in situ by dissolution in water. In order to provide a safer, more effective product for the end-user,...
- August 2, 2016
Trevor Glasbey 1, Greg Whiteley 1 1 Whiteley Corporation, Tomago, NSW, Australia Introduction The efficacy of disinfectants and disinfectant wipes against the spore forming Clostridium difficile (C difficile) is important to Infection Preventionists (IPs). There are variety of test methods for assessing disinfectant efficacy against C difficile and...
- August 2, 2016
Sue Flockhart 1, Catrice Grahame 2, Allison Hodge 3, Frances Plucke 4, Susan Poynton 4 1 Ballarat Health Services, Redan, VIC, Australia 2 Ballarat Health Services, Miners Rest, VIC, Australia 3 Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat North, VIC, Australia 4 Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, VIC, Australia Introduction: The introduction of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards in 2012...
- August 2, 2016
Peter Deliopoulos 1 1 CEO, PDMedical Pty Ltd, Dandenong South, VIC, Australia Intro. This session will cover a case study of collaboration between the infection control nurses of St. Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne and PDMedical with the aim of Reducing Sharps Injuries in the Operating Theatre....
- August 2, 2016
Mardi Abernethy 1, Elizabeth Gillespie, Rhonda Stuart, Kylie Snook 1 Monash Health, Berwick, VIC, Australia In 2015, the Victorian Department of Health set the influenza vaccination target at 75% as a statement of priority for Victorian health services. Prior to this, Monash Health infection control team had consistently provided access...
- August 2, 2016
Nurmeiyati (Jeana) Nurmeiyati 1 1 Acting Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control, Sydney Local Health District Community Health Introduction: SLHD Community Health (CH) nurses provide nursing care within the teams of Child and Family Health Nursing, Sydney District Nursing, Sexual Health and Youth Health...
- August 1, 2016
Suzanne Lovell-smart 1 1 Orange Health Service, Orange, NSW, Australia In 2014 the publication of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, Clinical Indicators user Manual version 4 INFC area 2: Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) CI 2:1 – CI 2:6 regarding antibiotic usage in...
- August 1, 2016
Suzanne Lovell-smart 1 1 Orange Health Service, Orange, NSW, Australia Orange Health Service was invited to be one of 8 NSW clinical units to participate in the pilot of the new protocol as the CEC had reviewed previous indwelling urinary catheter in elective hip/knee...
- August 1, 2016