Infection Control

01 Sep 10 edition

A rewarding speciality

These are challenging and changing times for infection control in Australia, write Cathryn Murphy and Deborough MacBeth.

New innovation reduces spread of disease

Developments in safety needles are an important infection control measure, writes Annie May.

04 May 10 edition

Prevention from the start

What is the best available evidence regarding preoperative evaluation and preventive measures to control surgical site infection?

Keeping the slate clean

Preparing for another wave of H1N1 influenza is the perfect opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of infection control, writes Judy Forest.

Healthcare workers to get their shot

Healthcare workers are more likely to become infected with influenza than members of the general population, yet vaccination rates among staff remains low. Annie May reports.

07 Sep 09 edition

Out on a limb

As more nurses are exposed to peripherally inserted lines, Neville Hearse looks at ways to improve the management of vascular access devices.

Health is in your hands

Sometimes the most important things are also the simplest.

03 Feb 09 edition

In the event of an outbreak

Knowing what to do in an outbreak, and having the supplies on site to handle it, is the purpose of one provider’s newly developed kits, writes Darragh O Keeffe.

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