by Selina | Feb 19, 2025 | Aged Care News
The National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS) has released its seminar series for 2025. Each month’s seminar examines AMS in a different setting. February’s seminar focuses on paediatrics and will be held at 8.30AM AEDT. Dr Yara-Natalie Abo, Paediatrician...
by Selina | Feb 14, 2025 | Aged Care News, News
ACIPC has released a new Construction and Renovation Toolkit. Developed to guide health service organisations through the IPC requirements and considerations during design, planning and implementation of construction projects. With handy templates to help develop...
by Selina | Feb 11, 2025 | Aged Care News, News
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee TX-016, Laundry Practice to supersede AS/NZS 4146:2000. After consultation with stakeholders in both countries, Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand decided to develop this document as an...
by Selina | Jan 31, 2025 | Aged Care News
Outbreak management planning is a key part of infection prevention and control. This document, from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, supports both the development of a new outbreak management plan (OMP) and the quality assurance of existing plans. It...
by Selina | Dec 17, 2024 | Aged Care News
Earlier this year, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) released its Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guide. The Commission developed the Guide to support the implementation of the strengthened Aged Care Quality...
by Selina | Dec 12, 2024 | Aged Care News
Invitation to participate in a project about indwelling catheter care in Australian aged care homes Researchers from the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) are conducting a trial, titled the ‘IDC-IMPROVE Project’, to evaluate the feasibility of a bundle of...
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