ACIPC & GAMA Healthcare partnered together to present a series of full-day, in-person seminars across Australia covering the recent developments in IPC, including presentations on:

• MROs of significance
• Risk of prior room occupancy for MRO acquisition
• IPC lessons learned from the pandemic
• Building a business case
• Importance of auditing cleanliness

The IPC Tour was a huge success.  For your convenience, the slides and recording have been posted below.

Brisbane

Watch the recording here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/oIvbv7Uj4of7r-rCHCH7nxOQ6mkZQqrgb4ILkD8youF4upC73B2k-ETlnlwr28ha.-4Nk9_RMGYRUV0_n

0:00 – Peta-Anne Zimmerman – COVID-19 Pandemic – Challenges and opportunities in infection prevention and control (30mins)
0:30 – Panel Discussion (30mins)
2:30 – Martin Kiernan & Matt Hyland – Building a business case (50mins)
3:20 – Brett Mitchell – Cost effectiveness of patient isolation (30mins)
3:36 – Martin Kiernan & Matt Hyland – Building a business case Continued (10mins)
3:46 – Martin Kiernan – IPC lessons learned from the pandemic (30mins)

Perth

Watch the recording here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/i2fT81lAj7aoqADWkUl9lCRdDn3CY5Deg5gshFl9XOw-b_0cJ-Q8e6Ok7T7QiXrS.NesTZK3Mju3Q_mD5

0:00 – Martin Kiernan – MROs of significance (30mins)
0:33 – Kristie Popkiss – “When the downhill feels like uphill” – Emerging from the pandemic and reestablishing our services (30mins)
1:28 – Tom Riley – Clostridium difficile: A pathogen of the nineties – Why C. difficile has become the major pathogen that it is today in the both healthcare and the community (30mins)
2:02 – Fiona Wood – Infection control can change lives (30mins)
2:35 – Panel Discussion (30mins)
4:04 – Martin Kiernan & Matt Hyland – Building a business case (60mins)
5:04 – Marija Juraja – Bloodstream infection reduction strategies – Have we lost the battle? (30mins)
5:35 – Martin Kiernan – IPC lessons learned from the pandemic (30mins)

Link to slides:

Sydney: Click here to download
Brisbane: Click here to download
Melbourne: Click here to download
Perth: Click here to download