Kathryn Daveson 1,2, Caroline Wilson 1, Andrea Menzies 1 1 Canberra Hospital & Health Services, Garran, ACT, Australia 2 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Introduction: Australian guidelines for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) recommends laboratory initiated testing (LIT) on all unformed stools in patients hospitalised > 72hrs irrespective of physician’s...
- August 1, 2016
Rajneesh Kaur 1, Husna Razee 1, Holly Seale 1 1 Unsw Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia Introduction: Poor hand hygiene (HH) practices amongst medical students have previously been attributed to students not being exposed to sufficient teaching materials during their training. This study aimed to develop and pilot test...
- August 1, 2016
Louise Hobbs 1, Sharon McIlduff 1 1 The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia Introduction The Hand Hygiene Australia (HHA) initiative has observed a national increase in hand hygiene compliance. One indicator that has not been monitored and reported is that of occupational contact dermatitis (OCD) cases...
- August 1, 2016
Elizabeth De Nardo 1, Christine Claighen 1, Christopher Beausoleil 1, Terri Eastman 1 1 Gojo Australasia, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia Background: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MRO) are often passed from person to person by the hands of caregivers. Cleaning hands with soap and water or use alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHR) are the main...
- August 1, 2016
Andrea Menzies 1 1 Registered Nurse, Canberra Hospital And Health Services, Canberra, ACT, Australia Introduction: Papua New Guinea has significant health challenges; 5 women die in childbirth every day, 1 in 13 children die before the age of five, 84% of the population live in...
- August 1, 2016
Muhammad Halwani 1, Emad Koshak 2, Essam Maddy 1 1 Al Baha University, Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia 2 King AbdulAziz University,Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Introduction Healthcare associated infections and related epidemics have a massive impact on patient safety. However, there are no medical schools, both nationally...
- August 1, 2016
Ruth Barratt 1 1 Clinical Nurse Specialist, Infection Prevention & Control, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Introduction In August 2014, The World Health Organisation declared that the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa met the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern....
- August 1, 2016
John Preshanth Kumar Pathiraj 1, Manjunatha H Hande 2, Murulidhar Varma 2, Chiranjoy Mukhyopadhay 3, Roshan David Jathanna 4, Menino Osbert Cotta (Os) 5, Abdul Ghaffur 6 1 Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Univerisity, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka, India 2 Dept. of Medicine Kasturba Medical College Manipal Univerisity, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka, India 3 Dept. of Microbiology...
- August 1, 2016
Shanmuga Vadivoo Natarajan 1, Usha Dhanasekar 1 1 Annapoorana Medical College & Hospitals, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India Introduction: This study aimed to assess the trend in resistance pattern for ESKAPE Pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter /E.coli species) and to inform...
- August 1, 2016
Prof John Turnidge1, Kim Stewart1, Jan Bell1 1 Australian Commission On Safety And Quality In Health Care, Sydney, NSW, Australia Introduction: AURA 2016: First Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health contains data on antimicrobial use (AU) in the community,...
- August 1, 2016