From the President 

Colleagues,

Welcome to the July College newsletter.

One of the many benefits of being a member of our IPC community is access to our popular monthly Lunch and Learn series. A number of you have been in touch with me this month thanking the College for the helpful information on Standard 3 Version 3 presented by Kristie Popkiss, Chair of the Education and Professional Development Committee. If you missed it, you can still view this via the Members Area.

Next Thursday 8^th August, Dr Deborough Macbeth, Chair of the Credentailling and Professional Standards Committee will take members through the process for becoming credentialled. You can register to view this webinar live via the members area and if you miss it, a recording will be made available shortly afterwards.

Credentialling is an important career pathway for all professionals in our discipline. In addition to this, if you are considering nomination to become an ACIPC Board Member, being credentiallied is one of the criteria for selection. We will be sending members a notice of the AGM via in the next newsletter and this will include more information on Board nomination.

You may have seen a campaign run in tandem with renewals allowing financial members of the College to donate membership for Low Middle Income members of ACIPC. Details and a link to sponsor a member can be found below alongside our interview with Sheilla Mercado who is a Nurse manager working in IPC in Vietnam.

We have almost reached the end of the membership renewal period and those with outstanding memberships have been gently reminded to renew their membership for the 2019/2020 period.

If you have not received a renewal OR if you are considering joining our community, please contact our Office Manager, Sara who will be happy to assist officemanager@acipc.org.au.

Until next month, I wish you all the best.

Yours in Infection Prevention and Control

Professor Marilyn Cruickshank
ACIPC President

ACIPC/TIPCU Infection Control Study Day | Launceston, TAS | 5 September 2019 

IPC in Aged Care Home Settings | Dubbo, NSW | 5th & 6th September 2019

ACIPC 2019 Conference | Perth, WA | 17-20th November 2019

Visit our Upcoming Education and Events page to see what’s happening in your region.

The College is the peak body for Infection Prevention and Control professionals in the Australasian region. Our stated vision is the prevention and control of infection in our communities. We commenced in January 2012 bringing together the various State and Territory infection control associations formerly in AICA (The Australian Infection Control Association) to support and encourage collaboration across Australasia.

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