MR Khalid Johani1,2, Dr Dayane Costa1,3, Dr Honghua Hu1, Dr Stephanie Dancer4, Dr Dulcelene Meloc3, Dr Lillian Kelly Lopes3, Dr Anaclara Tipple3, Dr Anand Deva1, Dr Iain Gosbell5, Dr Slade Jensen5, Dr Gregory Whiteley6, Dr Karen Vickery1 1Macquarie University, Sydney,...
- September 4, 2017
Associate Professor Sasheela Ponnampalavanar1, Dr Azanna Ahmad Kamar1, Ms Rosliza Zhazali1, Ms Harvinderjit Kaur Basauhra Singh1, Ms Mastura Mohd Musa1, Professor Adeeba Kamarulzaman1 1University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Malaysia Introduction: Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) often instigate severe adverse complications...
- September 4, 2017
Dr Heather Wilson1, Dr Karina Kennedy1, Ms Shannon Broadrick1, Ms Fiona Kimber1, Ms Wendy Beckingham1, Prof Peter Collignon1 1Canberra Hospital And Health Services, Canberra, Australia Introduction: Burkholderia cenocepacia is an environmental organism and an unusual isolate from blood, although is...
- September 4, 2017
Ms Rosie Lee1, Mr Simon Meyer-Henry1 1Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia Introduction: In WA, for 2015-2016, Healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) accounted for 23% of MRSA HAIs. Of these 92% were EMRSA-15 (ST22-IV), a significant strain in the hospital setting. Methods: In...
- September 4, 2017
Ms Donna Cameron1,2, Ms Judith Brett3, Ms Courtney Lane1, Dr Annaliese van Diemen2, Ms Marion Easton2, Mr Brett Morris2, Dr Mark Schultz1,4, Dr Jason Kwong1,4,5, Prof Benjamin Howden1,4,5 1Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, The University of Melbourne at the...
- September 4, 2017
Beth Bint 1, Joanna Harris 1 1 Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, NSW, Australia Introduction Clostridium difficile infection causes diarrhoea (CDAD) that can range between mild symptoms that can be effectively treated with oral antimicrobials, to intractable disease requiring complex medical and surgical interventions. Being a...
- August 29, 2016
Kathy Taylor 1 1 Infection Control Manager, The Wesley Hospital, Toowong, QLD, Australia Introduction: In June 2013 the Wesley hospital made the national news because of a Legionella outbreak. The 524 bed private hospital reported two immune-compromised patients had contracted pneumonia whilst they were inpatients...
- August 8, 2016
Matthew Richards 1, Kathryn Williams 1, Louise Hobbs 1, Caroline Marshall 1 1 Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Introduction During an outbreak of vanA vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) in our intensive care unit (ICU) and cardiothoracic surgery ward (CTW), multiple infection control interventions were put in place resulting in resolution of the...
- August 8, 2016
Susan Ryan 1, Elizabeth Gillespie 1, Rhonda Stuart 1,2,3 1 Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia 2 Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia 3 National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Introduction: Although outbreaks of respiratory tract infections in residential aged care facilities (RACF) are common, the aetiology is often unknown. The aged...
- August 3, 2016
Leanne Houston 1, Jane Stafford 1, Helen Marquand 1, Andrea Bailey 1, Rosalyn Carmichael 1, Mary O’Reilly 1 1 Eastern Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Background In April 2016 Carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) was identified in clinical isolates within a 7 day period from two patients who had been admitted to same ward....
- August 3, 2016