Brad Prezant 1 1 Chief Scientific Officer, Validair Sciences, Nunawading, VIC, Australia Introduction Small and large sewage leaks occur periodically in health care environments, resulting in potential infection risks to patients, staff, and clean-up personnel. Biological proliferation, including bacterial and fungal growth, can occur following all...
- August 2, 2016
Joshua Philp 1, Simone Kelly 1 1 The Sutherland Hospital, Caringbah, NSW, Australia Introduction: Improving patient outcomes should be at the centre of project deployment, either directly or indirectly. Multiresistant Pseudomonas bacteria-related infections and deaths were the prompter for change in our intensive care unit (ICU)...
- August 2, 2016
Sue McFarlane 1, Aurea Ayalon 1, Terri Cripps 2, Margaret Evans 3, Susan Jain 1, Kristine Millar 1, Fiby Sultan 1 1 Prince Of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, NSW, Australia Introduction: Situated on the Randwick Campus are the Prince of Wales Hospital (PoWH), Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) and the Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH). The SCH...
- August 2, 2016
Jeff Brooks 1, Janine Malcolm 1 1 Mercy Health, Werribee, VIC, Australia Introduction There are inherent challenges when conducting the annual Influenza vaccination campaign to ensure that uptakes rates are adequate to protect employees and the vulnerable residents. Historically at Mercy Health Aged Care rates of...
- August 2, 2016
Anita Lovegrove 1, Jacky Meyer 1 1 Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Introduction Accreditation is an invaluable review process however the framework of National standards poses a considerable challenge in providing evidence to demonstrate currency and performance against protocols enshrined by the governance of an organisation. One...
- August 2, 2016
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