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Author:
Carrie Spinks
Email:
carrie.spinks@acipc.org.au
Organisation:
ACIPC
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Good afternoon,
Hoping this can help everyone.
ACIPC have a number of national and state/territory collaborated cleaning/disinfection resources/guidelines to address most healthcare settings in the website ‘Resource’ section – see link: scroll down until you get to ‘Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection’ and click the title:
https://www.acipc.org.au/resources/australian-collaborative-health-care/
On Wednesday 16 October 2024 as part of the aged care webinar series, ACIPC is presenting and opening up for discussion: Tips and tricks to managing IPC in environmental services – cleaning, laundry, waste, catering.
https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-aged-care-community-of-practice-webinar-series/
The ACIPC Foundations IPC and Aged Care IPC short course address environmental cleaning/disinfection processes:
https://www.acipc.org.au/aged-care/aged-care-education/
The NHHI – have a number of IPC eLearning modules for aged care – as well as a train the trainer module that may assist:
https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/infection-prevention-and-control/infection-prevention-and-control-aged-care
Fact sheet – Principles of Environmental Cleaning Auditing – provides some links to tools within the document.
https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/fact-sheet-principles-environmental-cleaning-auditing
Kind regards Carrie
ACIPC
ACIPC IPC Consultant
carrie.spinks@acipc.org.au
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