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Dr David Stanley1 1David is a retired nurse and midwife and is now a self-employed author of academic nursing textbooks and fiction novels. Abstract: The aim of this session is to explain what Congruent Leadership is and to offer practical...

Glenn F Browning1 1Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010. glenfb@unimelb.edu.au Abstract: Solutions are urgently needed to mitigate the global antimicrobial resistance emergency. One of the most immediate measures that can be...

R. Cheah1,2, C. Chen1,2, J. Maleki1,2, N. Truong1,2, Z. Rashidzada1,2, K. Buising1,2, K. Thursky1,2, P. Varghese2, R. James1,2 and N. Bennett1,2 1 National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Department of Infectious Diseases, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,...

Cheryl Rosiak, Infection Prevention and Control Specialist1 1Royal Flying Doctor Service South East Section, 21 Judy Jakins Drive, Dubbo, NSW, 2830, Cheryl.rosiak@rfdsse.org.au Abstract: The public perception of the Royal Flying Doctor Service is most widely associated with aeromedical retrievals of...

Elise Campbell, Senior Project Officer1, Dr Jan Gralton, Senior Advisor 1 1Infection Prevention and Control Program, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 255 Elizabeth Street Sydney, NSW 2000, hai@safetyandquality.gov.au  Abstract: Effective IPC is central to providing high-quality...

Jessica Dangles, MBA, MS1 1Executive Director, Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology Abstract: Certification has become increasingly essential in today’s healthcare landscape. Currently, there are over 10,000 infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals from 47 countries certified by the...

Yanping He1,  Richard Bright2, Krasimir Vasilev3, Peter Zilm4 1 Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia, yanping.he@adelaide.edu.au, 2 College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park SA 5042, Australia, richard.bright@flinders.edu.au, 3 College of Medicine and...

Perri Waddell1 1ACIPC (FIPC Course Facilitator), 4 Coojong Road, Dalyellup, WA 6230, perri.waddell@acipc.org.au Abstract: Background The Aged Care IPC Lead has a range of tasks as determined by the ACQCS. Providing ongoing assessment of staff capability and education is one...

Nathan Peters1,2, Frances Williamson2,3, Victoria Eley1,2 1Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3Emergency and Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Correspondence:...

Michael Borg1 1Head, Department of Infection Prevention & Control, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta Abstract: Effective antibiotic stewardship (AS) and infection prevention & control (IPC) remain the cornerstones to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in healthcare settings. Evidence-based guidance is widely available...