Below are a number of useful infection control links.
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Professional Associations & Organisations
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN)
Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)
Australian Infection Control Association (AICA)
Australian Society of Microbiology (ASM)
Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC)
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Hospital Infection Society (HIS)
Infection Control Association Of Western Australia (ICAWA)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Joanna Briggs Institute
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Standards Australia Limited
The Cochrane Collaboration
The International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Accreditation and Government Agencies
Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
Australian Department of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health WA Public Health
National Immunisation Program
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations (JCAHO)
National Medical and Research Council (NHMRC)
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Worksafe Western Australian Commission
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Hand Hygiene
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Hand Hygiene Initiative
Hand Hygiene Australia
Hand Hygiene Resource Centre – Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
NHS – National Patient Safety Agency
Ontario Ministry for Health and Long Term Care
World Health Organisation – Clean Care is Safer Care
World Health Organisation – The evidence for clean hands
World Health Organisation – Hand Hygiene tools and resources
University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
Clean Hands Save Lives
Influenza
Department of Health – Pandemic Influenza
WA Health
NZ Ministry of Health
USA Government
Public Health Agency of Canada
World Health Organization – Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) – Influenza A(H1N1)
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza what’s new..
National Immunisation Program
Immunisation Coalition
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference & Research on Influenza
Smartraveller
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Evidence based guidance
VICNISS Literature Reviews on COVID-19
Infection Control Expert Group (ICEG) Guidance
PracticeUpdate COVID-19 resources & literature
Medscape Advances in Prevention and Management of COVID-19 Resources
National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Easy Read resources
COVID-19 infection prevention and control risk management – Guidance
Special precautions for Covid-19 designated zones poster
Break the chain of infection: Stopping COVID-19 poster
Aged and Community Care
National COVID-19 Health Management Plan for 2023 and National Statement of Expectations on COVID-19 Management in Aged Care Settings
Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 (v.72.1, March 2023)
COVID-19 Guide for Home Care Providers
Aged care staff infection prevention and control precautions – Poster
Providing disability support services during COVID-19
Safe care for people with cognitive impairment during COVID-19
Factsheet – Oral treatments for COVID-19 in residential aged care (April 2023)
Inpatient Services and Day Hospitals
The COVID-19 CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units
COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in Western Australian Hospitals
COVID-19: Elective surgery and infection prevention and control precautions
FAQs for clinicians on elective surgery
FAQs for consumers on elective surgery
Personal Protective Equipment
Infection prevention and control Covid-19 PPE poster
WA Health Policy – Fit testing of respirators
Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists – Guide to buying P2 and equivalent respirators
FAQs on community use of face masks
Environmental Cleaning & Air filtration
Environmental Cleaning and Infection Prevention and Control
University of Melbourne Guide to Air Cleaners
Vaccination information
Information for aged care providers and workers about COVID-19 vaccines
About the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
About the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Medication for COVID-19
Antimicrobial awareness
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Clinical Care Standard
Antimicrobial Resistance – Australian Government
National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS)
National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Antimicrobial Prescribing e-Learning Modules
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Resources
World Health Organisation (WHO) – World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
UTI Factsheet – National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS)
Clinical Pathway for Older People in Aged Care with Suspected UTI
Clinical Pathway Form – With Catheter
Clinical Pathway Form – Without Catheter
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria – ACSQHC Fact Sheet for Aged Care
