by ACIPC Office | Oct 15, 2021 | Foundations of IPC, News
ACIPC’s Past-President Professor Marilyn Cruickshank was recently interviewed for ABC’s 7:30 Report to discuss the importance of IPC training the aged care sector. After months of elderly people being unable to see family due to the COVID-19 lockdown, this week...
by ACIPC Office | Sep 1, 2021 | News
Advertising Content: The current global pandemic is looking for answers to reduce the risk of Covid – 19 in Commercial Buildings, Hotels, Hospitals, Education, and Defence sectors. Dr Normand Brais, holds a mechanical engineering degree, and a PhD in Nuclear...
by ACIPC Office | Aug 25, 2021 | News
PALL Breathing Filters Retain More Than 99.999% of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 In response to popular demand, we are pleased to confirm that our CE marked breathing system filters are now validated for SARS-CoV-2*. As the world continues to battle the SARS pandemic, which...
by ACIPC Office | Aug 3, 2021 | News, Resources
In this Q&A style podcast, listeners to our podcast were offered the opportunity to pose COVID-19 related questions to a panel. Our panel included Prof Kirsty Buising, Liz Orr and A/Prof Caroline Marshall. All three panelists have been involved in the COVID-19...
by ACIPC Office | Jul 9, 2021 | News
Environmental cleaning is a critical element of standard precautions and should be a feature of every health service organisation’s infection prevention and control program. Over the past year, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ACSQHC) has...
by ACIPC Office | Jun 30, 2021 | News, Research
Hand hygiene is the most important thing a healthcare worker (HCW) can do to prevent a patient from getting an infection. Auditing of HCW’s hand hygiene practices is required in all public healthcare facilities in Australia. The current auditing method is by direct...