Mrs Carolyn Ellis1, Ms Kathy Dempsey1, Ms Susan Jain1, Mr Ronald Govers1 1Clinical Excellence Commission, Haymarket, Australia Background: The Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) program of the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) aims to assist local health districts and specialty health networks...
- August 4, 2019
Mrs Susan Jain1 1University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia , 2Clinical Excellence Commission, Haymarket, Australia Background: Routine hand hygiene effectively removes methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and/or vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) from healthcare workers’ (HCW) ungloved hands when caring...
- August 4, 2019
Mrs Nicole Sarader1 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia Background: In 2017 at Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH), a collaborative working group began reviewing the cleaning inspection regime undertaken by Serco at FSH. The group undertook a robust review of the cleaning...
- August 4, 2019
Mr Chris Edwards1, Mrs Ellie Golling1 1St John Ambulance Western Australia, Belmont, Australia Background: Paramedics from St John Ambulance Western Australia perform over 40,000 peripherally inserted cannulation attempts every year. Paramedics are expected to use an aseptic technique, where practicable,...
- July 30, 2019
Dr Paul Chadwick1,2, Dr Alex Peel1,2, Mr Gary Thirkell2, Dr Bruno Pichon3 1Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK, 2The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK, 3National Infection Service, Public Health England , London, UK Introduction: Whole genome sequencing (WGS)...
- July 30, 2019
Miss Yvonne Carter1 1The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Introduction: Over a two month period, it was noticed that patients transferred from a district hospital to an acute hospital in London were found to be colonised...
- July 30, 2019
Ms Ji Yeon Park1, Dr Holly Seale1, Dr Jerico Pardosi2 1School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Background: Interventions aimed...
- July 30, 2019
Ms Kathy Dempsey1 1Carer / Parent / CICPE / HAI Program Manager CEC, Sydney, Australia Introduction: In the era of global antimicrobial resistance strategies, antimicrobial stewardship and many many infection prevention and control measures, how does infection control impact on...
- July 30, 2019
Mrs Ruth Barratt1,2, Professor Lyn Gilbert1,2,3, Professor Ramon Shaban2,4,5 1Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia, 2Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity, Westmead Institute for Infectious Diseases, Westmead, Australia, 3Sydney Health Ethics,...
- July 30, 2019
Dr Maya Pillai1, Dr. Anup Warrier1, Dr. Sonya Joy1, Ms Soumya Bernadit1, Mr Kevin Charles1 1Aster Medcity, Kochi, India Background: Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), defined as a laboratory- confirmed bloodstream infection not related to an infection at another site that...
- July 30, 2019