2021 ACIPC Lecture

Biography:

Dr John Ferguson is a Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician with Hunter New England Health and a conjoint associate professor with the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.   His interests include healthcare-associated infection control and antimicrobial resistance and stewardship.  He is a current member of the Commonwealth Infection Control Expert Group and member of the Healthcare-associated Infection Advisory Committee at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare.  He is co-chair of the National COVID-19 Evidence Taskforce Infection Prevention and Control evidence panel. He was on the Writing Group for the Australian National Antibiotic Guidelines for 12 years. His research interests include healthcare-associated urinary tract infection, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus epidemiology and control, analysis of the relationship between antibiotic use and bacterial resistance and neonatal infections.