Infection Control Guidelines Steering Committee

The Infection Control Guidelines Steering Committee overseas and provides expertise in the revision of the Infection control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in a health care setting (the Guidelines).

1. The revision takes into account but not limited to:

• The current Infection control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious disease in the health care setting (2004).
• The best available current scientific evidence.
• NHMRC recommended standards on guideline development.
• Comments provided by the broader community and health care sector through feedback from the project’s stakeholder group, targeted consultations and public consultation.

• The scope and requirements of the systematic review;
• The formulation of recommendations from the results of the systematic review;
• The content of the Guidelines;
• The development of educational materials and companion documents;
• Identification of indicators for the purpose of evaluation and monitoring the guidelines implementation;
• The development of an implementation strategy; and
• Key stakeholders to undertake liaison/consultation.

Members