Member Login
GAMA Healthcare Australia recently convened a roundtable of leading aged care infection prevention and control experts to discuss how to further improve the sector’s infection prevention policies and practices.
The experts included the heads of infection prevention across numerous aged care groups (representing over 33,000 Residential Aged Care Operational Places), leaders from the Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control, and other experts from across the sector.
This Whitepaper has received significant support from across the infection prevention sector as well as the aged care sector since its launch at ACIPC’s Annual Conference in November 2023.
While many of the Whitepaper’s recommendations do not require additional funding, recommendations two, six, and eight do require additional funding to be fully realised. Investment in infection prevention can be cost effective in clinical settings, and reducing the burden of infection in aged care can cause significant reductions in treatment and care costs.
To read the full White Paper, click this link:
https://gama.getbynder.com/m/5025b02bd853ba0/original/GAMA-Aus-IPC-Policy-in-Aged-Care-Web.pdf