Invited Speaker

Ann Whitfield1, 1Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Ann.whitfield@health.wa.gov.au   Background The global burden of health care associated infection (HCAI) is unknown due to difficulty in obtaining reliable data. However, research has estimated 1.4 million patients worldwide are...

Cathy Jones1 1Healthscope, 312 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, cathy.jones@healthscope.com.au Infection prevention is a critical part of an overarching quality and safety clinical governance system. However, as with all aspects of clinical governance, there is a dilemma about what...

Carol O’Sullivan1 1WA Country Health Service, Locked Bag 4011 Broome, WA6725, Carol.OSullivan@health.wa.gov.au     The Kimberley Health Region of the WA Country Health Service covers the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. It is the state’s most northern region; almost twice...

Vicki McNeil1 1SA Health, Infection Control Service, CDC Branch, PO Box 6, Rundle Mall, SA 5000, Email:vicki.mcneil@sa.gov.au The National Antimicrobial Utilisation Surveillance Program (NAUSP) commenced in 2004 with 35 member hospitals, the majority from South Australia. The Program has expanded...

Dr Holly Seale1 1 School of Public health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Level 2, Samuels Building, Sydney, NSW, 2031. H.seale@unsw.edu.au     Immunisation is recommended throughout life to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD), VPD-associated morbidity and mortality...

Catherine Jones1 1Women’s and Newborn Health Service, King Edward Memorial Hospital, 374 Bagot Road Subiaco Western Australia 6008 Catherine.jones@health.wa.gov.au   In October 2015, a designated Infection Prevention and Management Senior Project Officer was employed, as part of the Operational Readiness...

Carolyn Chenoweth1 1Fresenius Medical Care, carolyn.chenoweth@fmc-asia.com   Standard precautions were developed in 1996 with the aim of reducing transmission of blood borne viruses (BBV) between patients. A patient’s BBV status is unknown at the time of healthcare delivery, so all...

Ms Donna Cameron1,2, Ms Marion Easton2, Dr Annaliese van Diemen2, Ms Courtney Lane1, Ms Francesca Azzato3, A/Prof Caroline Marshall4, Ms Elizabeth Orr4, A/Prof Leon Worth5,6, Prof Monica Slavin4,5, Ms Jennifer Breen5, Ms Susan Harper5, A/Prof Deborah Williamson1,3 1Microbiological Diagnostic Unit...