The Commission has engaged the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to undertake the revision process to provide Guidelines relevant to infection prevention and control across the broad spectrum of health care settings:
- Examination of international guidelines on infection control;
- Sourcing feedback on the usefulness and relevance of the current Guidelines produced by the CDNA through stakeholder forums and invitation for submissions;
- The development of an implementation strategy to enhance uptake and adoption including stakeholder consultation throughout the guideline development process;
- The development of contingency and implementation infection control plans for the management of emerging pathogens that require a rapid response;
- Development of educational materials and companion documents for user groups;
- Development of indicators and an evaluation and monitoring plan for the guidelines;
- A process by which the guidelines can be monitored and reviewed to maintain currency.
The Stakeholder Forums were held in March 2008 to discuss the key issues for consideration in the revision of the National Infection Control Guidelines.
Systematic literature reviews for the Infection Control Guidelines include:
- Education interventions for the prevention of healthcare associated infections
- The effectiveness of environmental cleaning procedures in the prevention of transmission of infectious disease in the healthcare setting
- Systematic Review of Infection Control Literature Relating to Positive Pressure Rooms and Negative Pressure Rooms
- Effectiveness of demonstrating decolonisation of multiresistant organisms
- Patient screening for multi-resistant organisms
- The effectiveness of isolation measures of patients infected with VRE or MRGN
- The effectiveness of personal protective equipment at reducing the transmission of MRSA, and VRE
- Intravascular Devices
- Systematic Review of Infection Control Literature Relating to Norovirus Gastroenteritis
- Efficacy of alcohol products for hand hygiene
The project is overseen by the National Infection Control Guidelines Steering Committee. The committee oversees and provides expertise in the revision of the Infection control guidelines and is made up of experts from around the country.
The National Infection Control Guidelines will be out for public consultation in January 2010.
Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in health care.
