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Elaine Graham Robertson Award 2025 winner

Elaine Graham Robertson Award 2025 winner

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Lewis of Western Sydney University, winner of the 2025 Elaine Graham Robertson Award.   Sarah won the award for her abstract, Creating best practice guidelines in radiography: an e-Delphi approach to IPC in computed tomography,...
Sustainability in IPC Research grant winners

Sustainability in IPC Research grant winners

Congratulations to Anie Edward and Yvette Samisoni, joint winners of the ACIPC 2025 Sustainability in IPC Research Grant. This grant demonstrates the College’s commitment to supporting sustainable approaches to infection prevention and control practices across...
Vascular Access Special Interest Group

Vascular Access Special Interest Group

The Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with The Australian Vascular Access Society (AVAS) to establish a new Vascular Access Special Interest Group (VASIG) within the College. This...
IDH journal moving to online access

IDH journal moving to online access

Transitioning to online only access for Infection, Disease & Health   In recognition of the high carbon footprint of printing and distributing print copies, the board of ACIPC have taken the decision to move to online only publication of our...
National Syphilis Response Plan

National Syphilis Response Plan

National Syphilis CDINS Declaration – Key Information and Resources   On 7 August 2025, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd AO, declared syphilis a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance (CDINS). This escalation reflects a...
UPDATE – Interim guidance on antisepsis products

UPDATE – Interim guidance on antisepsis products

ACIPC, HICSIG, and AVAS have collaborated to produce some interim guidance on alternative antisepsis products.   **UPDATE: 16 October 2025 As supply issues for topical antiseptic products have been resolved, this interim guidance is now inactive. Although this...