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