Guidance and advice for healthcare workers and organisations to prevent and control specific diseases.

Standard precautions (used always) and transmission-based precautions (used where there is a known or suspected infection) are critical for minimising the transmission of healthcare-associated infections.  This page provides healthcare organisation and clinicians with information and resources on how and when to use standard and...

Our infection prevention and control measures allow health professionals to monitor and reduce the risk of transmission of infections between people, providers and others in health care environments. They include specific guidance for managing infection rates and surveillance, and monitoring tools for different health care settings.

This poster can be displayed above hand washing sinks in your healthcare setting or workplace to show that there are five easy steps for glove use. Everyone can help to improve hand hygiene practices and reduce unnecessary waste.

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Week is held during the third week of October each year to highlight the importance of preventing infections. The theme for IPC Week 2025 is A proactive approach to IPC: Identify the risk, Protect patients and the workforce, Control the spread of infection. Everyone has a role in the prevention and...

The Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare was jointly developed by the Commission and the NHMRC. The Guidelines, together with Commission guidance for specific organisms, provide healthcare workers and health service organisations with support to develop tailored local protocols and processes for infection...

We have a series of fact sheets and information for consumers and carers about infection prevention and control, and common and emerging healthcare-associated infections.

To provides users with updated information on reflective questions and examples of evidence for the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.