Concurrent 2: Specialised populations 1

Author: Scott S Infection Prevention and Control, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.   Background For the Infection Preventionist (IP) working in a tertiary paediatric centre or managing paediatric patients within a general acute setting the challenge is to adapt Infection...
  • November 2, 2016
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  The importance of infection control in clinical dental practice simply cannot be understated. The Dental Board of Australia’s Guidelines for infection control state that ‘Dental practitioners must practise in a way that maintains and enhances public health and safety...
  • August 28, 2016
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Nigel Barr 1 1 University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine.   Introduction Australian paramedic-led healthcare occurs in a diverse range of community settings and is unscheduled in nature, which presents challenges for compliance with recommended infection prevention...
  • August 26, 2016
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Rhonda L Stuart Monash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton Rd Clayton, 3168 Monash University National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship rhonda.stuart@monashhealth.org   In Australia the number of people aged 85 and over is projected to quadruple from 0.4 to 1.8 million...
  • August 25, 2016
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