ACIPC Representation
The College provides a voice for infection prevention and control and contributes to a wider health agenda through representation on a number of external committees and working groups. The process for representation is via formal appointment by the College’s Executive Management Team.
Current Representations
- 10th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)
Associate Professor Phil Russo - Infection Control Expert Group (ICEG) advising the Chief Medical Officer on COVID-19
Kathy Dempsey - National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce
Kristie Popkiss - Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)
Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman - Moderna Australia Roundtable, July 2022
Associate Professor Stéphane Bouchoucha (ACIPC President-Elect) - Review of ACHS Australasian Clinical Indicator Report (23rd Edition)
Ann Whitfield - Review and recommendation for endorsement of APSIC Guide for Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs)
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - Review and recommendation for endorsement, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Sepsis Clinical Care Standard
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - Review of draft policy, Mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers, Victorian Department of Health
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - HE-023 Committee
Nicola Isles - Standards Australia Development Committee TX-016 Laundry practice
Nicola Isles - Standards Australia HE-013 Surgical Apparel Committee
Simon Meyer-Henry - Review of public comments on Draft AS5369
Nicola Isles - (IPC) Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Consultation
Claire Nayda - HE-011 Sharps and Healthcare Related Wastes
Michelle Kennedy - Standards Australia Working Group SF-006 Eye and face protection
Helen Truscott - Gastroenterological Society of Australia Infection Control Expert Group
Sue Grieg - Review and endorsement of Gastroenterological Society of Australia Infection Prevention and Control in Endoscopy 2021
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee and the Executive Management Team - Global Health Alliance Australia
Professor Marilyn Cruickshank - The International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
Professor Marilyn Cruickshank - Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality on Health Care
Professor Marilyn Cruickshank - National Hand Hygiene Advisory Committee
Wendy Beckingham - Confederation of Nursing and Midwives Organisations, Global Health Alliance Australia (CoNNMO)
Professor Marilyn Cruickshank - Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care review of Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard (2021)
Associate Professor Stéphane Bouchoucha (ACIPC President-Elect)
- Second WHO Western Pacific Region Partners’ Forum
Ann Whitfield - Letter of support for the regulation of sonographers to Australian Sonographer Association
ACIPC President - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Assistance with deployment of IPC staff to Fiji
Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman and Matt Mason - ACIPC is a member of the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN)
Past Representations
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy coalition
ACIPC Presidents – Signing of open letter - No fault vaccine injury compensation
ACIPC Presidents – Signing of letter to the Minister for Health - ACHS Australasian Clinical Indicator Report
Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Dr Sally Havers, Dianne Smith - Dental Board of Australia Guidelines for infection control – feedback
Kylie Robb, ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) Joint Review of Guidelines for Producing Ultrasound Transducers
Marija Juraja - Australian Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (ASTAG)
Professor Marilyn Cruickshank, Associate Professor Philip Russo - Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care working group for Peripheral Venous Access Clinical care standard (2019-2020)
Associate Professor Stéphane Bouchoucha
- Review of Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care Environmental Cleaning Resources
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - Review of Sepsis Clinical Care Standard
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - Feedback on APSIC Dental Infection Prevention Control (IPC) Guidelines
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - Review of Australasian Health Facility Guidelines
ACIPC Practice Guidance Committee - 2021/22 Post Budget Briefing
Professor Marilyn Cruickshank