by Selina | Mar 5, 2025 | Aged Care News, News
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in HealthCare has developed a gap analysis tool to support organisations in assessing compliance with the standard AS5369:2023 Reprocessing reusable medical devices. This tool is designed to help organisations...
by Selina | Feb 19, 2025 | Aged Care News
The National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS) has released its seminar series for 2025. Each month’s seminar examines AMS in a different setting. February’s seminar focuses on paediatrics and will be held at 8.30AM AEDT. Dr Yara-Natalie Abo, Paediatrician...
by Selina | Feb 14, 2025 | Aged Care News, News
ACIPC has released a new Construction and Renovation Toolkit. Developed to guide health service organisations through the IPC requirements and considerations during design, planning and implementation of construction projects. With handy templates to help develop...
by Selina | Jan 31, 2025 | Aged Care News
Outbreak management planning is a key part of infection prevention and control. This document, from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, supports both the development of a new outbreak management plan (OMP) and the quality assurance of existing plans. It...
by Selina | Dec 12, 2024 | Aged Care News
Invitation to participate in a project about indwelling catheter care in Australian aged care homes Researchers from the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) are conducting a trial, titled the ‘IDC-IMPROVE Project’, to evaluate the feasibility of a bundle of...
by Selina | Aug 16, 2024 | Aged Care News
Aged care on-site pharmacists can now be employed in Australian residential aged care facilities. In June this year, the Department of Health and Aged Care announced that credentialled pharmacists would be able to work on-site from 1 July 2024. This comes after the...
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