Peter Deliopoulos 1 1 General Manager, PDMedical Pty Ltd, Dandenong South, VIC, Australia Introduction This session will cover a case study of collaboration between the infection control nurses of St. Vincents Private Hospital Melbourne and PDMedical Methods In essence this is a story about nurses...
- August 8, 2016
Madeleine Clegg 1 1 Technology Commercialisation Associate, Nanosonics, Sydney, NSW, Australia Introduction: Infection prevention and control (IP&C) in the healthcare setting is a shared responsibility and requires a system of clinical governance to continuously monitor and improve outcomes. There are parallels between the strategic plans and...
- August 8, 2016
Louise Aiton 1 1 Infection Prevention Nurse, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia Introduction At St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne (SVPHM) the Exposure Injury Management Service was provided collaboratively by an external consultant and the in-house Infection Prevention Department. Limitations of the existing system...
- August 8, 2016
Vanessa Sparke 1, Caryn West 1, David McLaren 1, Jane Mills 2 1 James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD, Australia 2 RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia Photovoice is a process whereby participants use photography to document their needs, experiences and perceptions. Introduced in the 1990’s, photovoice has three main goals: to enable people to record and...
- August 8, 2016
Fluorescent Audits – A shining example of objective assessment of compliance with cleaning standards
Carla De Marco 1, Louise Hobbs 1, Caroline Marshall 1 1 Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia Introduction Literature describes how the environment plays an important role in the transmission of micro-organisms. In 2012, the Infection Prevention Service began trialling a fluorescent audit process to measure cleaning efficacy. The discrepancy...
- August 8, 2016
Cameron Jones 1 1 Director, Biological Health Services, Toorak, VIC, Australia Introduction Unwanted dampness inside buildings can occur because of rainwater, accidental leaks, human activities or from intrinsic problems caused by building design or construction materials. This poster reports on a practical intervention focussing on mould...
- August 8, 2016
Cameron Jones 1,3, Richard Anthony 2,3 1 Biological Health Services, Toorak, VIC, Australia 2 Eze Training, VIC, Australia 3 Australasian Infection Control Society Inc, VIC, Australia Introduction Tattoos can cause a range of problems like sun sensitivity while allergy is the dominant clinical manifestation. Skin penetration during needling of decorative and...
- August 8, 2016
Sue Greig 1 1 Senior Project Officer, Australian Commission On Safety And Quality In Health Care (acsqhc), Sydney, NSW, Australia Any organisation large or small that requires reusable medical devices (RMDs) as part of its scope of service has the responsibility to insure that the reprocessing...
- August 8, 2016
Roel Castillo 1 1 CSSD Manager, Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia Introduction: The Sterilizing Services Department is responsible for compliance to Standard (part of) 3.8, 3.16, 3.17 & 3.18. With the publication of the new AS 4187 compliance is literally more challenging. This...
- August 8, 2016
Roel Castillo 1 1 CSSD Manager, Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia Introduction: The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare requires health service organizations to comply with 10 standards ensuring risk is minimized and patients get the quality of care they truly...
- August 8, 2016