Lunch and Learn – The Importance of Hand Hygiene

Kate Manserra is a Clinical Nurse Educator – Infection Prevention & Control based at Mersey Community Hospital in North-West Tasmania. She completed a Master of Global Public Health from Griffith University in 2020, specialising in Infectious Diseases, Leadership and Health Services Management. Prior to moving to Tasmania to work in Infection Prevention & Control, she worked in Victoria in a variety of healthcare settings and organisations including rural and metro, plastics and orthopaedic wound care, infectious diseases, vaccination, drug and alcohol, general practice and aged care. In 2022, she was awarded the Clinical Educator of the Year Award (Tasmania) by the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils. She is currently studying a Graduate Certificate in Health Protection at the University of Tasmania.