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Celebrating AMR Awareness Week 2023

Celebrating AMR Awareness Week 2023

World AMR Awareness Week is celebrated from 18-24 November each year and aims to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and promote best practices among One Health stakeholders to reduce emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections.   Microbials...
AURA2023 report released

AURA2023 report released

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care today released the fifth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health (AURA2023).   Although the report found an overall all decrease in antimicrobial use (AU), the Commission...
The ACIPC Mentoring Program

The ACIPC Mentoring Program

The College is proud to present our new ACIPC Mentoring Program, coming in February 2024. The program aims to contribute to the future of the IPC profession by pairing mentees with suitable mentors across all fields in a professional relationship of growth and...
One Health Day 2023

One Health Day 2023

November 3 is One Health Day, raising awareness of the One Health transdisciplinary approach to today’s critical global health challenges – emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, climate change, environmental pollution The day aims to enhance human,...
Rebound in antimicrobial use reported

Rebound in antimicrobial use reported

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released  new technical report ahead of the AURA 2023 release on 16 November. The report, Analysis of 2015-2022 PBS and RPBS antimicrobial dispensing data, reveals an increase in antimicrobials...
Celebrating IPC professionals IPC Week 2023

Celebrating IPC professionals IPC Week 2023

IPC Week 2023 – 15 to 21 October Celebrating the Fundamentals of Infection Prevention Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Week aims to promote better IPC practices and to recognise the efforts of all IPC professionals to reduce the risk of infection. The theme for...