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IPC Week
IPC Week 2025
19 – 25 October
IPC Week is held in the third week of October each year. This year it will be celebrated from 19 – 25 October.
We’re proud to have partnered with the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) to produce this year’s resources.
This year’s theme is:
“STAND UPPP for IPC”
and calls us all to Unite. Prevent. Protect. Prevail.
New Resources
We’ve developed the below resources for you to use in your workplace or community.
Poster
Print out one of our posters for your work or community noticeboard:
Word Find
Find the IPC words with our printable Word Find puzzle:
Quiz
IPC Quiz: Test your knowledge and see how many answers your team can get right—keep the solutions on page 3 for later!
Wordle of the Day
We’ll be posting an IPC-themed Wordle here each day from Monday 20 October to Friday 24 October.
Monday Wordle:
Tuesday Wordle:
Wednesday Wordle:
Thursday Wordle:
Friday Wordle:
Spot the Risk Game
Can you find all 12 IPC risks in our Spot the Risk Game?
Print out and have some fun with your team! Answers will be published here on Monday 27 October 2025.
Downloadable Resources:
We’ve produced these resources for you to download and use in your professional communications.
IPC Week 2025 Email Signature Banner
IPC Week 2025 Zoom/Teams Background
IPC Week 2025 Screen Saver
Enter our competition to win!
**don’t miss out – competition closed 3PM Monday 27 October!
Share a photo of your team celebrating IPC Week and you could win a beautiful, custom-engraved trophy and an ACIPC showbag.
Good luck!
Further information
Unite for Safety:
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“Progress on infection prevention and control” – World Health Organization (WHO) News, 23 May 2025: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-05-2025-progress-on-infection-prevention-and-control (World Health Organization)
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“Global report on infection prevention and control 2024” – WHO: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240103986 (World Health Organization)
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“The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams in Infection Prevention and Control Across Acute and Long-Term Care Settings” – InfectionControlToday, Sept 2025: https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/role-interdisciplinary-teams-infection-prevention-control-across-acute-long-term-care-settings (Infection Control Today)
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“Infection Prevention as a Shared Responsibility: The Role of all Healthcare Professionals” – PowerTech Journal, 2025: https://powertechjournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/2479 (Power Tech Journal)
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“New report highlights need for sustained investment in infection prevention and control programmes” – WHO News, 29 Nov 2024: https://www.who.int/news/item/29-11-2024-new-report-highlights-need-for-sustained-investment-in-infection-prevention-and-control-programmes (World Health Organization)
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“Hospital infection control: How to drive shared accountability” – Medline/INFECTION PREVENTION article, Oct 2022: https://www.medline.com/strategies/infection-prevention/how-to-control-infections-by-driving-shared-accountability-medline/ (Medline)
Prevent Harm
- Quality of hand hygiene performance: A systematic literature review – https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553%2825%2900563-2/fulltext
- Surface materials and cleaning efficacy in healthcare –https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132325006596
- Uncovering barriers to hand hygiene adherence – https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-025-10924-4
- CDC Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices – https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/hcp/core-practices/index.html
- Research priorities for environmental cleaning – https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-024-01463-9
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