@plr-aus.bsky.social
Infection prevention researcher. Prof Monash University Nursing and Midwifery & Cabrini Research. Australia.
Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research
Bottom line: 0.2% of all government research funding in the past decade has gone to infection prevention research.
In era of #AMR prevention strategies & evidence are vital.
#IDsky #infectious
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The #measles vaccine has saved more lives than any other vaccine in the past 50 years.
2 doses = 97% protection against the highly contagious disease. #VaccinesWork #WorldImmunizationWeek
Our April newsletter is now available. Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
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The CDC’s HICPAC is at risk of being eliminated - a move that would set healthcare infection prevention back decades
I wrote in @medpagetoday.bsky.social why HICPAC matters for clinicians, patients, & healthcare safety
This shouldn’t happen. #IDSky
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nv-HAP surveillance too labour intensive? Maybe not. @plr-aus.bsky.social and @emrsa15.bsky.social discuss semi-automated systems with Aline Wolfensberger from Zurich in the latest podcast. Available on Apple, Spotify etc and our website infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/03/05/n... #IDSky #IPCSky
05.03.2025 14:46 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Calling members involved in health, care, or research that seeks to meet the needs of children and young people, while preventing infections!
Join our first ACIPC Paediatric Special Interest Group meeting to hear from the group leads, and connect with others interested in this area!
Very sad about this. This work needs to be done
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Our January newsletter is now available. Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
In this week's podcast, @1healthau.bsky.social and @plr-aus.bsky.social take a walk round the posters at the ACIPC Conference in Melbourne and pick out a few of their favourites for a discussion. Listen on Spotify, Apple, via the website infectioncontrolmatters.com/latest/ Posters on the website too
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Final podcast of the year and @1healthau.bsky.social @plr-aus.bsky.social and @emrsa15.bsky.social discuss favourite conferences, papers and podcasts. As usual it’s none too serious. infectioncontrolmatters.com/2024/12/19/t... find us on all podcast hosting sites. #IDSky #IPSky
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Whooping cough is now an epidemic in NZ, with cases rising steeply in Australia.
Stay protected this festive season with vaccination, good hygiene, PPE and droplet transmission-based precautions.
Learn more: immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/contents/vac...
In-room air purification to prevent respiratory infection in aged care - does it help?
Latest podcast on Infection Control Matters out now.
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#IDsky #IPsky #infectioncontrol
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A big thanks for the 100,000+ listens from over 120 countries!
We will try and keep up the standard (didn’t say what standard 😀) #idsky
Organisms of concern - managing multi-resistant organisms (MRO) in aged care
Date & time: Wednesday 11 December at 12.00 pm AEDT.
Guest speaker: Penny Radalj
This session explores the way MRO are managed in the aged care setting.
Register here:
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