Surveillance

Ms Gabriela Defries1, Ms Wendy Beckingham1 1 Canberra Hospital and Health Services, Garran, Australia Surgical Site Infections (SSI) in Caesarean Sections (CS) can have a great impact on the women affected by them – socially, emotionally and financially – by delayed...
  • September 4, 2017
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Dr Atika Swar1,2 1Ministry Of Health, Directorate of Quality and Accreditation, Khartoum, Sudan, 2Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan Introduction: Surveillance for SSI is an important element of a successful IPC program. This research aimed at studying surveillance findings of...
  • September 4, 2017
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Dr Yingxi Chen1, A/Prof Bette Liu2, A/Prof Kathryn Glass1, Prof Thomas Riley3, Dr Rosemary  Korda1, A/Prof Martyn Kirk1 1Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 3Microbiology & Immunology, University of Western Australia, and Department of...
  • July 31, 2017
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Mr Angus McLure1, Dr Archie Clements1, Dr Martyn Kirk1, Dr Kathryn Glass1 1Research School of Population Health, ANU, Acton, Australia   Introduction Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) are classified as hospital-acquired if the onset of symptoms was more than two days...
  • July 31, 2017
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Ms Alex Hoskins1, Dr Noleen Bennett1, Associate Professor Leon Worth1, Ms Sandra Johnson1, Dr Nabeel Imam1, Dr Ann Bull1, Professor Michael Richards1 1Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia Introduction The Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Coordinating Centre...
  • July 31, 2017
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Dr Philip L Russo1,2,3, Professor Ramon Z Shaban3,4,5, Dr Deborough MacBeth3,4, Ms Abigail Carter2, Professor Brett G Mitchell2,3 1Deakin University, Burwood, Australia, 2Avondale College of Higher Education, Wahroonga, Australia, 3Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 4Gold Coast Health, Gold Coast, Australia, 5Menzies...
  • July 31, 2017
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