by Selina | Oct 23, 2024 | News
The ACIPC office will be closed on Thursday 24 October for the Show Day public holiday. We’ll be back on Friday 25 October.
by Selina | Oct 18, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care have released the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Clinical Care Standard. Released on 17th October 2024, the standard aims to address the gaps around COPD care in Australia. The standard...
by Selina | Oct 18, 2024 | News
We are excited to announce that we have a winner in our 2024 IPC Week competition. Congratulations to Lismore Base Hospital, who as you can see celebrated IPC Week in style. They even had a special guest, Percy PPE (who was apparently making his debut appearance in...
by Selina | Oct 17, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released their new handbook, ‘Surveillance of health care-associated infections at national and facility levels’ The handbook aims to improve HAI (Healthcare-Associated Infections) surveillance within infection...
by Selina | Oct 15, 2024 | News
Concerning new figures from NSW show that in 2023, at least 6,007 people caught COVID in public hospitals and 297 died. Speaking to ABC News, ACIPC president Stéphane Bouchoucha described the figures as “concerning and tragic.” “We know how COVID is...