Mary – Clare Smith1 1Mlhd, Wagga, NSW, Australia Background Many rural and remote health services are small and tend to have a diverse case load of low acuity patients, as high acuity and complex patients are often, transferred to larger...
- August 10, 2023
All Alone and Contagious – How to support Consumers when requiring Isolation Precautions to maintain their wellbeing and rights. Mary – Clare Smith1, , 1Mlhd, Wagga, NSW, Australia Background Problem Statement and Problem Aim. As a result of verbal and...
- August 10, 2023
Clostridioides difficile – The Challenge to Care and Contain Lightning Talk Mary – Clare Smith1, , 1MLHD, Wagga, NSW, Australia Background Problem Statement and Problem Aim. As a result of a staff survey sent to Infection Prevention leads, a knowledge...
- August 10, 2023
Sustainability is part of our Corporate Social Responsibility Fran Leahy1, , 1Softmed Pty Ltd, 131 National Boulevard Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia Corporate Social Responsibility is defined by ISO 26000 as, “The responsibility of an organization for the impacts of its decisions...
- August 10, 2023
Change Management in Cleaning Processes: Lessons Learned from Implementing a 2-in-1 Solution in a Public Facility Timna Kerr1, , 1GAMA Healthcare, Notting Hill, VIC, Australia Background This study investigated the implementation of a 2-in-1 cleaning solution and process in a...
- August 10, 2023
Epidemiology of the demographic and clinical characteristics of sepsis patients treated in 739 Australian Hospitals, 2013-2018 Ling Li1, Johanna Westbrook1, , 1Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Introduction Sepsis is responsible for a significant...
- August 10, 2023
Does longer peripheral intravenous catheter length optimise antimicrobial delivery? A randomised controlled trial Amanda Corley1,2,3,4,5, Catherine O’Brien1,2, Elizabeth Wignall2, Hannah Peach2, Emily Larsen1,2,3,4, Claire Rickard1,2,3,4,5,6, Barbara Hewer2,7, Nicole Marsh1,2,3,4,5,6, , 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia2Nursing...
- August 10, 2023
DART 3: A pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of ultrasound guidance to reducing multiple PIVC insertions in hospitalised patients Jessica Schults1,2,3,4,6, Nicole Marsh2,3,4, Amanda Ullman2,3,4,5,6, Tricia Kleidon2,3,4,5, Robert Ware7, Joshua Byrnes7,8, Emily Young7, Lisa Hall1,9, Gerben Keijzers7,10,11, Louise Cullen12,...
- August 10, 2023
Who’s hacked our HAC data? Holly Dodd1, , 1Hospitals North, Tasmanian Health, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia What happened to a Hospital Acquired Complication (HAC) when you use Centre Disease Control (CDC) surveillance definitions to assess a surgical site infection (SSI). On...
- August 10, 2023
CONTROL OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER-ASSOCIATED (CVC) INFECTIONS IN THE MEDICAL WARDS OF TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (TYKS) IN FINLAND Kirsi Terho1, Tiina Kurvinen1, , 1Turku University Hospital, Turku Finland Background Central venous catheterization (CVC) was a risk factor in up to...
- August 10, 2023