Mrs Joanna Harris1, Mrs Megan Brown1, Mrs Helen Newman1, Mrs Annmaree Wilson1, Mr Scott Lang1, Ms Suzanne Alexander1 1Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, Wollongong, Australia Introduction: The effectiveness of Contact Precautions (CP) in managing patients with multi-resistant organisms (MROs) is increasingly questioned....
- August 5, 2019
Ms Suzanne Alexander1, Miss Carmel Couch1 1Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, Australia Introduction: Eight cases of Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) related blood stream infections were identified in patients attending a 600 bed tertiary referral hospital from March to...
- August 5, 2019
Ms Luci Rodda1 1Aegis Aged Care, Burswood, Australia Background: Good uptake of influenza vaccinations by employees contributes to reducing the impact of influenza in residential aged care residents. Evaluation of Aegis Aged Care’s influenza vaccination programs for 2016/2017 found of...
- August 5, 2019
Dr Rizza Antenor1, Dr Maria Theresa Bad-ang1, Dr Adrian Ronald Espino1, Dr. Larissa Lara Torno1 1Southern Philippines Medical Center, Davao City, Philippines Introduction: Kidney transplantation provides to be the best available treatment for advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients who...
- August 5, 2019
Ms Julie Johnson1, Ms Kim Comensoli2 1Yarrawonga Health, Yarrawonga, Australia, 2Northeast Health Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Australia Environmental Monitoring is often seen as the elephant in the china shop, does it engender more anxiety and harm than it alleviates….. or can...
- August 5, 2019
Ms Michelle Stirling1, Ms Simone Tempone1, Ms Rebecca McCann1 1Department Of Health, East Perth, Australia Background: Healthcare Infection Surveillance Western Australia (HISWA) is a state-wide surveillance program for monitoring healthcare associated infection data, including surgical site infections (SSI) following hip...
- August 5, 2019
Dr Stephane Bouchoucha1, Professor Nikki Phillips1, Ms Mataya Kilpatrick1, Associate Professor Ana Hutchinson1,2 1Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 2Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research – Epworth HealthCare Partnership, Richmond, Australia Background: As Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) is a relatively new area...
- August 5, 2019
Mrs Sue Flockhart1, Dr Raquel Cowan1, Mrs Allison Hodge1, Ms Catrice Grahame1 1Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, Australia Background: In response to the increase of influenza cases in 2017, Ballarat Health Services pathology provider introduced a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) that...
- August 5, 2019
Mrs Allison Hodge1, Mrs Sue Flockhart1, Ms Catrice Grahame1 1Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, Australia Background: 43 year old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with a rash, fever, photophobia, headache on the background of recent travel to Cambodia and...
- August 5, 2019
Dr Jocelyne Basseal1, Dr Sue Campbell Westerway2 1Australasian Society For Ultrasound In Medicine, Chatswood, Australia, 2Northern Women’s Imaging, Hornsby, Australia As ultrasound technology rapidly evolves and is used more frequently in every area of medical diagnosis, it can be overlooked...
- August 5, 2019