Feature Articles
Infection control and prevention
Assessing infection prevention and control programs in residential aged care in Australia: A multi-methods cross-sectional study, 2024 Tropea J., Francis J.J., Bennett N., et al. Geriatr. Gerontol. Int.. 2024;24(S1):358-363. (AU) 
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Nursing students led simulations to improve healthcare workers’ hand hygiene compliance, 2024
Livshiz-Riven, I., Hurvitz, N., Nativ, R., Borer, A., Gushansky, A., Eilig, D., … Ziv-Baran, T. Contemporary Nurse, 60(2), 152–165.
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Navigating the Challenges of Candida auris Colonization in Rehabilitation Settings, 2024
Shapiro LT et al. Rehabilitation Nursing Journal, 49(3), 80-85.
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Vascular Access Team Central Line Dressing Changes to Reduce Infection Risk: A Focused Two-Person Approach in High-Risk Patients, 2024
Draper A, Nelson S, Taylor B, Arroyo C, Gasama H, Russell R. Journal Infusion Nursing. 2024;47(3):175-181.
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Using a Comprehensive On-Site Assessment Process to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates, 2023
Journal of Infusion Nursing. 2023;46(5):266-271.
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Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Care Bundle for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in High-Risk Surgical Patients, 2023
Aloweni, F.B.A.B., Lim, S.H., Agus, N.L.B., Ang, S.Y., Goh, M.M., Yong, P., Fook-Chong, S., Tucker-Kellogg, L. and Soh, C.R. (2023), AORN J, 118: 306-320. Full text
PPE personal protective equipment
Australian emergency nurses' experiences of working with personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study, 2024 Dempster, Penelope; Hutchinson, Ana; Oldland, Elizabeth; Bouchoucha, Stéphane L. Australasian Emergency Care. Vol. 27 Issue 1, pp. 63 70, 2024. (AU)
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Experiences of personal protective equipment by Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020: A cross-sectional study, 2022 (AU)
Ayton, Darshini; Soh, Sze-Ee; Berkovic, Danielle; Parker, Catriona; Yu, Kathryn; Honeyman, Damian; Manocha, Rameesh; MacIntyre, Raina; Ananda-Rajah, Michelle. PLoS ONE. Vol. 17 Issue 6, p. e0269484.
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Prevention of skin damages related to personal protective equipment among healthcare workers: Summary of best-evidence practiced strategies, 2023 Ying L., Jiali C., Peifang L., Haiying F., Ning N., Hong C. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2023;32(17-18):5596-5606.
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Hospital aquired infections (HAIs)
Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) metrics, 2024
Singh, Harjot K. et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Vol. 45 Issue 4, pp. 405–411, 2024.
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Risk factors for catheter‐associated urinary tract infection among hospitalized patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies Fei Li et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Volume 75, March, 2019 Issue 3, pp.517-527.
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The burden of healthcare-associated infection in Australian hospitals: A systematic review of the literature
Brett G.Mitchell et al. Infection, Disease & Health. Volume 22, Issue 3, September 2017, Pages 117-128. (AU)
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Nurse-sensitive indicator quality improvement toolkit: a scalable solution to improve health care-associated infections, 2022
McVey C, von Wenckstern T, Mills C, Yager L, McCauley C, Rivera Y & Reed E (2022). Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 37(4), 295-299.
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Reducing clabsis in an adult cardiothoracic ICU, 2023
Orozco-Santana E, Fowlds T, Tamayo M, Jew C, Young P, Sheehan P, Marcarian T (2023). American Journal of Nursing, 123(5), 43-49.
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Training & Nursing resources
Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control
Education & short courses overview (incl. blood borne virus, infection control in nursing homes among some)
Link
Resources for infection control, (membership required)
Handhygiene CPD
Australian College of Nursing
Infection control resources - Continuing Professional Development Centre CPD)
Resources
Hand Hygiene Publications, Guidelines, Statements:
HHA publications
Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2019) ©
V11.22, which was published on 9 January 2024.
"The Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care provide evidence-based recommendations about the critical aspects of infection prevention and control, focusing on core principles and priority areas for action. All health service organisations should consider the risk of transmission of infection and implement these recommendations according to their specific setting and circumstances."
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Links and overview of Australasian based societies and organisations dealing with infection control and hand hygiene measures.https://www.acipc.org.au/resources/links/
SVHM Carl De Gruchy Library e-books & e-chapters
Prevention and control of infections in hospitals : practice and theory (2019)
Infection Control and Isolation Procedures (2024, eChapter)
Mikulska, M. (2024). In: Sureda, A., Corbacioglu, S., Greco, R., Kröger, N., Carreras, E. (eds) The EBMT Handbook. Springer, Cham.
Infection prevention : new perspectives and controversies (2018)
"Infection prevention on topics, contact precautions, technology implementation, specific infections, and care in various settings.
Antibiotic policies : controlling hospital acquired infection, 2012
Perioperative medical management for total joint arthroplasty : how to control hemostasis, pain and infection (2015)
Pain management & Infection control.
**FULL LIST OF INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL - E-books @Carl De Gruchy Library here **
Book series
The Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century series (Book series on infectious disease - titles ranging from infectious disease to )
Other e-books - open access providers
"Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality.
Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care
"About the Book
The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current."
National Hand Hygiene Initiative Manual
(This manual is through the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health care, ACSQH)
It is a general, national guide which can support local implementation of programs to improve hand hygiene. Please refer to your organisational guidelines and specific outlines of hand hygiene for your clinical practice area. Last updated September 2020.
World Hand Hygiene Day 5th of May 2024
https://www.acipc.org.au/hand-hygiene-day/
Hospital-acquired complications (HACs)
Resource page from ACSQH (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health care
Resources
Australia. This video introduces a clinical care pathway for urinary tract infections (UTIs), 2021
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