Kate Manserra 1Tasmanian Health Service (North West), Latrobe, Australia Background: During a 12-month audit period, at one hospital, it was observed that of all moments where glove use was recorded, healthcare workers did not perform hand hygiene (HH) 28.4% of...
- June 30, 2022
Dr Yobelli Jimenez1, Professor Sarah Lewis1 1Discipline of Medical Imaging Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University Of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia Introduction: To better understand the challenges and facilitators that affect Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in medical imaging...
- June 30, 2022
A/Prof. Philip Russo1,2, Dr Lucille Kerr1,2, Dr John Ferguson3, Dr Andrew Stewardson1,4, L Busija1, Professor Brett Mitchell1,5 1Monash University, Clayton, Australia 2Cabrini Health, Malvern, Australia 3John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia 4Alfred Health, Prahran, Australia, 5Monash University, Australia 6Avondale University, Cooranbong,...
- June 30, 2022
Ms Amanda Wood1 1Health Quality and Safety Commission, Wellington, New Zealand Introduction: Since 2013, the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand has collected orthopaedic surgical site infection (SSI) data for publicly funded hip and knee arthroplasty procedures as part...
- June 30, 2022
Dr Amanda Corley1,2,3, Professor Nicole Marsh1,2,3, Ms Emily Larsen1,2,3, Ms Ruth Cocksedge4, Professor Claire Rickard1,2,3 1AVATAR Group & School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Australia 2Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane,...
- June 30, 2022
Dr Su-yin Hor1, Dr Penelope Burns2, Dr Faith Yong3, Dr Ruth Barratt4, Associate Professor Chris Degeling5, Dr Leah Williams Veazey4, Dr Mary Wyer4, Professor Lyn Gilbert4 1University Of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia 2Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 3The University of...
- June 30, 2022
Dr Susan Jain, Mrs Kathy Dempsey 1Clinical Excellence Commission, 1 Reserve Road St Leonards, Australia Background: Since its emergence, millions of people have acquired and died from SARS-CoV-2 infections. A key controversy has been how to protect health workers (HWs)...
- June 30, 2022
Ms Penelope Dempster, Professor Anastasia (Ana) Hutchinson, Dr Elizabeth Oldland, Dr Stéphane Bouchoucha Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health care professionals and changed our approach to the delivery of patient care. Experience during the COVID-19 has highlighted the need...
- June 30, 2022
Ms Emily Larsen1,2,3,4,5, Ms Deanne August2,4,5, Professor Samantha Keogh2,4,6, Dr Julie Flynn7, Professor Amanda Ullman2,4,5,8, Professor Nicole Marsh1,2,3,4,5,6, Professor Alexandra McCarthy5,9, Professor Claire Rickard1,4,5,10 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 2Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Royal Brisbane...
- June 30, 2022
A/Prof. Noleen Bennett1,2, Dr Lyn-Li Lim1,3, Mr Nick Wilson4, Dr Ann Bull1, Ms Jennifer Bradford1, Ms Ling Wang1, Assoc/Prof Leon Worth1,5 1Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia 2Department of Nursing, Melbourne School of Health Sciences,...
- June 30, 2022