Hand hygiene
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Standard and transmission-based precautions
Standard and transmission-based precautions
Surveillance
Applying quality improvement systems
The health service organisation implements systems for the safe and appropriate prescribing and use of antimicrobials as part of an antimicrobial stewardship program.
Evidence-based systems are used to mitigate the risk of infection. These systems account for individual risk factors for infection, as well as the risks associated with the clinical intervention and the clinical setting in which care is provided. A precautionary approach is warranted when evidence is emerging or rapidly evolving.
Patients, consumers and members of the workforce with suspected or confirmed infection are identified promptly, and appropriate action is taken. This includes persons with risk factors for transmitting or acquiring infection or colonisation with an organism of local, national or global significance.
The health service organisation is clean and hygienic and has well-maintained and configured engineering systems for the delivery of effective models of care.
Please follow this link for a copy of the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.
For information on transitioning from 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard to 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard, please follow this link to the fact sheet.
Based on advice, feedback and discussions with clinical experts and health services from across Australia, the Commission has compiled a list of FAQs and resources that may assist health services in the prevention and reduction of hospital-acquired complications (HACs).
Explore these resources and share your feedback.
The rate of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABSI) in a hospital is considered to be an indication of the effectiveness of the hospital’s infection prevention and control program.
This page includes information on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies for carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) and links to additional resources.
These posters show the key steps for standard precautions and when caring for patients who require transmission-based precautions, due to a known or suspected infection.
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 prevention and control.
The Commission has developed a suite of eLearning modules on hand hygiene and infection prevention and control.
The use of surveillance information of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is an important initiative to improve patient safety. This page provides a range of information on surveillance of a number of HAIs.
Antimicrobial stewardship includes the range of activities that promote and support optimal antimicrobial prescribing and use. The aim of the Commission’s work on antimicrobial stewardship is to improve the safe and appropriate use of antimicrobials, reduce patient harm and prevent and contain antimicrobial resistance in Australia.
Hand hygiene is a fundamental part of patient care to prevent the spread of infections and contamination of the healthcare environment.
Contact the NHHI Help Desk for support with the NHHI Learning Management System (LMS) and the Hand Hygiene Compliance Application (HHCApp).