Clean Hospitals Day
The objective of Clean Hospitals Day, celebrated each year on October 20, is to raise awareness and foster engagement among healthcare facilities around the world. https://youtu.be/bkuTg9KWs_s?si=XLPpaD5TPjLBCBhy
The objective of Clean Hospitals Day, celebrated each year on October 20, is to raise awareness and foster engagement among healthcare facilities around the world. https://youtu.be/bkuTg9KWs_s?si=XLPpaD5TPjLBCBhy
The Australian Food Safety Week will be held from 11 to 18 November 2023. This year's theme will be Food safety – dollars and sense. The 2023 campaign will focus on adapting to the increasing cost of living by making savings through reducing food waste and growing your own food while ensuring the food you and your family eat remains safe. The Food Safety Information Council has released a community package of social media tiles, posters, a sample media release for your event […]
PNW 2023 starts this week! 12–18 November, the theme is H.E.A.R.T.
World AMR Awareness Week formally Antimicrobial Awareness Week (AAW) is celebrated from 18 - 24 November each year. The theme for 2023 remains Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together. The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care supports WAAW in Australia by providing a range of resources and coordinating initiatives to support the effective use of antimicrobials in preventing and containing antimicrobial resistance and local activities across the week. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/antimicrobial-stewardship/world-amr-awareness-week#:~:text=World%20AMR%20Awareness%20Week%20(WAAW,18%20%2D%2024%20November%20each%20year.
The first Wednesday in February each year is Primary Health Care Nurses Day, where we celebrate the amazing work that nurses do outside of the hospital setting, in aged care, community, general practice, custodial, schools and a range of other primary health care settings.
Whether you are preparing for your future or caring for a loved one, the Melbourne ACCPA Care & Ageing Well Expo principal sponsor Mercy Health is the perfect place to start, showcasing the products, services and information available to assist you in the decision-making process. Hear from experts across a range of aged care topics on the Uniting AgeWell Stage, including caring for those with dementia, accessing care, seniors safety and more. The Uniting AgeWell Stage will provide a continuous […]
The 15th Annual Sydney International Endoscopy Symposium (SIES 2024) will be held at Hilton Sydney on 21-22 March 2024. The program includes focused lectures, hands-on equipment demonstrations, and live endoscopy cases beamed to Hilton Sydney for nursing delegates. Some of the featured topics include GI bleeding, perioperative nursing in interventional endoscopy, EMR-ESD setup, ERCP basics, biliary and luminal dilation/stenting, update on infection control in gastrointestinal endoscopy and much more! The full program is available to view here. To register click […]
International Infection Preventionist Day is an annual observance on the first Friday in April that celebrates the crucial role of infection preventionists in safeguarding public health.