Dr Mary Wyer1,2,5, Ms Ruth Barratt2,4,5, Dr Su-Yin Hor3, Dr Patricia Ferguson1,4,5, Professor Lyn Gilbert1,5 1Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead, Australia 2Westmead Institute for Medical Reserach, Westmead, Australia 3University of Technology, Sydney, Australia 4Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,...
- November 5, 2020
Mrs Rebecca Edgar1, Mrs Kaye Bellis1, Mrs Christine Sharp1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: We coasted into 2020 on the back of sustained improvement in shared patient equipment cleaning (SPEC). We assumed that the heightened focus on infection prevention (IP)...
- November 5, 2020
Mrs Kaye Bellis1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: Our initial aim was to ascertain why our Healthcare Workers (HCWS) wore non sterile gloves (NSG). NSG have a place in our Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) armoury but should not be used...
- November 5, 2020
Ms Alexandra Hoskins1, Associate Professor Leon Worth1,2, Associate Professor Noleen Bennett1,3 1VICNISS, Melbourne, Australia 22 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 3Department of Nursing, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: Australian and...
- November 5, 2020
Evonne T Curran, NursD1 1Glasgow Caledonian University In this presentation, I am going to look at the evidence used to support national recommendations as to when disinfectants should be used in healthcare settings. I will apply 2 ‘critical’ tests to...
- October 15, 2019
- August 19, 2019
Professor Brett G Mitchell1, 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia Point prevalence studies identify that pneumonia is the most common healthcare associated infection. However, non-ventilator associated healthcare associated pneumonia (HAP) is both underreported and understudied....
- August 7, 2019
Terry McAuley1 1STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd, PO Box 2249 Greenvale VIC 3059, terry@steamconsulting.com.au The current edition of AS/NZS4187 was published in December 2014. Since that time two amendments have been published, the most recent released on May 7th, 2019. Amendment...
- August 7, 2019
Jan Gralton1, Kim Stewart1, Kathryn Daveson1, Kathy Meleady1 1Australian Commission on Safety and Quality In Health Care, Sydney, Australia Introduction: The Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia (AURA) Surveillance System was established by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality...
- August 5, 2019