Aged Care Activities

[Carrie Spinks]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to reach out and ensure awareness to some useful guides and activities occurring in aged care:

IPC lead moving forward with recommendations –
Evaluation of the IPC Lead role – Final report released: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/evaluation-of-the-infection-prevention-and-control-nurse-lead-role-in-residential-aged-care-homes

Person centred care –
Aged Care bill passes Parliament: https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/aged-care-act/about/what-it-means

Enabling compliance to the new aged care standards in AMS-
The Australian Commission for Quality and Safety in Health Care has released new guidance on implementing the Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Clinical Care Standard in aged care: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/guidance-implementation-antimicrobial-stewardship-ams-clinical-care-standard-aged-care

Please also be aware that all new guides and information are on the ACIPC website aged care space, ‘News and Events’: https://www.acipc.org.au/aged-care/news-and-events/

Regards Carrie

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