Dr Meredith Hodge1 1PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands WA 6009 Infection Control Practitioners may find navigating the water microbiology requirements in the 2019 Amendment 2 difficult. Environmental microbiology is not usually specifically taught,...
- November 16, 2019
Kristie Popkiss1 1St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals, 1 Clayton Street, Midland WA 6056 Reprocessing of Reusable Medical Devices is a key component of the NSQHS Standard 3, however it can be a minefield for most...
- November 10, 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...
- October 15, 2019
Jocelyne M Basseal1 PhD 1Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, Suite 501, 11 Help Street, Chatswood NSW 2067 j.basseal@asum.com.au In early 2017, the joint ASUM/ACIPC Guidelines for Reprocessing Ultrasound Transducers were published. As the first collaborative project between both...
- September 12, 2019