Dr John Hines1,Mr Kevin Ormandy1, , Dr Allison McGeer2, Ms Christine Moore2, Dr Liz McCreight 1SC Johnson Professional, Denby, United Kingdom, 2Mt Sinai Healthcare System, Toronto, Canada Introduction: Compliance to hand hygiene guidelines is affected by education, availability, time pressure,...
- July 30, 2019
Mr Yu Lyu1 1Sichuan Academy Of Medical Sciences And Sichuan People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China Background: On January 7, 2019, we noticed an outbreak of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) caused by Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU)....
- July 30, 2019
Mrs Anie Edward1 1Sunshine Hospital, St. Albans, Australia Introduction: In Victoria, there have been 22,277 confirmed cases of influenza with 37 people dying from this virus so far this year (Department of Health & Human Services, 2019). During the 2017...
- July 30, 2019
Ms Katherine McKay1,2, Professor Ramon Shaban2,3, Doctor Patricia Ferguson4 1Eastern Health, Box Hill, Australia, 2The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia, 3Western Sydney Local Health District, North Paramatta, Australia, 4Department of Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia Introduction: Hand hygiene (HH)...
- July 30, 2019
Ms Marree Porch1 1Queensland Health, Cairns, Australia Background: The second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), published by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, action 3.11 outlines the health services responsibility...
- July 30, 2019
Mrs Kaye Bellis1, Ms Daniela Karanfilovska1, Ms Pauline Bass1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: Implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) necessitates the use of bedside mobile workstations (BMWs) and other hand-held devices to support clinical care, and represents a...
- July 30, 2019
Mrs Kaye Bellis1, M Pauline Bass1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Background: Implementing staff hand hygiene (HH) programs is a key component for Infection Prevention (IP), and standardised auditing methods enable compliance to be evaluated. Consumer experience surveys are used increasingly...
- July 30, 2019
Mrs Kaye Bellis1, Ms Christine Sharp1, Ms Pauline Bass1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Background: Historically, medical staff in Emergency Departments (EDs) have been observed to have lower rates of hand hygiene (HH) compliance when compared to staff in other clinical...
- July 30, 2019
Dr Oyebola Fasugba1,2, Professor Brett Mitchell3,4, Professor Elizabeth McInnes1, Professor Allen Cheng5,6, Dr Jane Koerner7, Ms Heilok Cheng1, Professor Sandy Middleton1 1Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Australia Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University, Darlinghurst, Australia, 2Lifestyle...
- July 30, 2019
Dr. Hitender Gautam1, Dr. Abdul Hakim Choudhary2, Ms. Asanai Agnes3, Ms. Priyanka Singh3, Dr. Bimal Kumar Das4, Dr. Arti Kapil4 1Hospital Infection Control Officer, Dr. BRAIRCH (Cancer Centre) & Department of Microbiology, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New...
- July 30, 2019