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Christine has been a Registered Nurse for over 40 years. She has Bachelor of Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Infection Control and a Masters in Clinical Science. Since 2008 she has worked in the Aged Care Sector with Eldercare an aged care provider in South Australia who manage 11 residential aged care facilities, and employ over 1,600 staff. In her current role as part time Compliance Consultant, she provides expert clinical, infection control and compliance advice to the senior management team.  She is a key member of the Eldercare COVID-19 Action Group which oversees the organisation’s prevention and outbreak management strategies. This group also assists sites to roll-out their resident and staff COVID-19 Vaccination programs. Since June 2021 Christine also works part time in the South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing Covid Operations Team, as part of the Infection Control Service. In this role she supports the team in providing infection control training, development of specific resources and uses her expertise to have input into aged care related issues. |