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.
Work in progress:
Development of a suite of 10 education modules designed for the rural and novice ICP. The education modules are currently in development, and are expected for release in mid 2010 to support the implementation of the National Infection Control Guidelines.
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