The Building Clinician Capacity Initiative has been designed to close any skill or knowledge-based gaps by providing educational packages/toolkits for Infection Control Practitioners upon whom the implementation of the overall HAI program is almost entirely dependant.
HAI Implementation Advisory Committee
The Implementation Advisory Committee consists of Infection Control Practitioners from around Australia. It has been convened to provide technical, systems and/or expert advice and assistance on issues which impact on Infection Control Practitioners. This includes:- The provision of advice on strategy options and to make recommendations to the Commission on short and long term implementation strategies around the implementation of the Commission’s HAI program initiatives;
- The development of strategies to assist Infection Control Practitioners and other health professionals who undertake healthcare associated infection surveillance
HAI Implementation Advisory Committee Membership
- A/Professor Cathryn Murphy (Chair) - Faculty of Health Science and Medicine, Bond University
- Wendy Beckingham - President, ACT Infection Control Association
- Claire Boardman - National President, Australian Infection Control Association (AICA)
- Judy Brett - President, Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association (VICPA)
- Saffron Brown - Secretary, Tasmanian Infection Control Association
- Louise Hobbs - Researcher, VIC
- Marija Juraja - President, Infection Control Association of SA (ICASA)
- Rosie Lee - President, Infection Control Association of Western Australia
- Dr Deborough MacBeth - Researcher, QLD
- Barbara May - President Infection Control Association of NSW,
- Jenny Stackelroth - President, Infection Control Practitioners Association of Queensland
- Tain Gardiner – Clinical Nurse Manager, Infection Prevention & Management, Royal Darwin Hospital, NT
A workshop was held on 26 September 2007 at Bellerive Oval in Hobart for Infection Control Professionals (PDF 40 KB) from around the country to identify the issues that they saw as important ones facing them as Infection Control Professionals (ICP). The participants worked in small groups to discuss a range of ICP issues (PDF 22 KB) and Hand Hygiene strategies (PDF 15 KB) that affected infection control practitioners.
Infection Prevention is Everybody's Business Workshop presentation (PDF 448 KB)
As a result of extensive stakeholder consultation, a ‘Literature Review’ (PDF 307 KB) on the Scope of Practice of the Infection Control Practitioner and a review of the ‘Scope of Practice of Infection Control Practitioners in Australian jurisdictions (PDF 241 KB) was completed . These pieces of work are available for download.
The Scope of Practice reviews led to the development of a Draft Elements of Infection Prevention and Control Programs paper. The Draft Elements of Infection Prevention and Control Programs went out for comment to the AICA membership along with an accompanying discussion paper.
- Letter to AICA membership regarding draft elements of Infection Prevention and Control Programs (PDF 103 KB)
- Draft Elements of an Infection Control Program (PDF 3,555 KB)
The project is overseen by the HAI Implementation Advisory Committee. They provide technical, systems and / or expert advice and assistance to enable the development of a national clinical capacity initiative. They provide advice on strategy options for the national clinical capacity initiative and make recommendations to the Commission on short term and long term implementation strategies on other HAI initiatives. The committee is made up of the AICA National President , current and immediate past state based AICA presidents and researchers.
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