Project manager position for HH evaluation

[Wishart, Michael]

[Posted on behalf of Claire Boardman, AICA President – Moderator]

Last year Professor Nick Graves was awarded an NHMRC policy partnership
grant to enable the evaluation of the hospital based intervention to
improve hand hygiene compliance among Australian healthcare workers and
reduce healthcare associated infection in hospitals (see attached
newsletter).

A Program Manager’s position is now being advertised to work with
Professor Nick Graves: details can be found on

http://www.hrd.qut.edu.au/jobs/pds/210080.jsp

The project will be undertaken through a partnership between the
Commission, Queensland Health, Hand Hygiene Australia and researchers
from Queensland University of Technology and the University of
Queensland. The Health Departments of Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria,
Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia will also
partner the research.

Objectives of the project include:

* Describe current infection control resources in Australian hospitals
and the case-mix of patients treated

* Assess the level of knowledge about hand hygiene and infection among
healthcare workers

* Examine the role of the organisational safety climate in determining
hand hygiene compliance

* Describe the outcomes of hand hygiene compliance and rates of
healthcare associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

* Evaluate the total economic cost of implementing the National Hand
Hygiene Initiative in Australian public hospitals

* Estimate excess length of stay in hospital due to healthcare
associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Please feel free to pass this email on to any of your colleagues that
might be interested in applying for this position

regards

Marilyn Cruickshank RN PhD FRCNA

Policy Manager

Clinical Safety and Quality Projects

Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Healthcare Level 7, 1
Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 GPO Box 5480, Sydney, NSW 2001

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