Publications
Page content: Airconditioning | Annual reports | Bulletins | Cleaning Standards | Food Safety/Gastroenteritis | Glutaraldehyde | Handwashing | Head Lice | Hepatitis | HIV | Infection Control | Isolation | Immunisation | Influenza | Legionaires Disease | Meningococcal Disease | Needle Exchange | Nosocomial Infection | Notifiable Diseases | Pertussis | Pest Control | Q-Fever | Tuberculosis | Sexually Transmissible Diseases | Swimming Pools & Spas | Water
Airconditioning
This following document prescribes the minimum desired standards to accommodate current health care procedures and to provide a desirable environment for protection and comfort of the patients and staff at a reasonable cost with emphasis on infection control, occupational health and safety and energy conservation.
Airconditioning in Health Care Buildings - 3 October 1996 (47kb, pdf)
The following supplement provides a table for ventilation, filtration, temperature, humidity and sound level requirements.
Annual reports
VICNISS - Hospital Acquired Infection Project - Year 6 report - August 2008 (1,400kb, pdf)
Bulletins
Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin
Immunisation Newsletter - published by the Department of Human Services, Victoria
Victorian Infectious Diseases Surveillance Reports
Cleaning Standards
Start clean: Victorian Infection Control Strategy 2007–11
Cleaning standards for Victorian Public Hospitals - October 2002
The following report describes the methodology and results of the Cleaning Standards Audits Project of Victorian Public Hospitals, commissioned in November 2000, and completed in May 2001.
Report on the Cleaning Standards Audit Project - July 2001 (154kb, pdf)
The following document is a cleaning manual for work procedures and standards.
Cleaning Manual - Work Procedures & Standards - Ballarat Health Services - March 2002 (423kb, pdf)
Food Safety/Gastroenteritis
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand
Guidelines for the investigation of gastrointestinal illness
Verotoxin-Producing E.coli & Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (VTEC & HUS)
Increased number of gastroenteritis outbreaks (June 2006)
Glutaraldehyde
The following document is a report on the 1998 Infection Control Taskforce Glutaraldehyde Recommendation No. 11.
Victorian Advisory Committee on Infection Control report on the 1998 Infection Control Taskforce Glutaraldehyde Recommendation No.11 (January 2002) (400kb, pdf)
The following document is a summary of products reviewed, environmental control and applications for the report on the 1998 Infection Control Taskforce Glutaraldehyde Recommendation No. 11.
Handwashing
Hand Hygiene Education Package
The following documents provide information on hand hygiene.
Hand Hygiene Presentation - December 2003 (901kb, MS Powerpoint)
Post Hand Hygiene Knowledge Session Questionnaire - November 2002 (110kb, MS Word)
Head Lice
Hepatitis
Victorian Hepatitis C Strategy 2002-2004
HIV
Infection Control
Serratia is a bacteria which is found in soil, water and plants and thrives in moist environments.
Serratia Facts - April 2004 (433kb, pdf)
Serratia is a bacteria which is found in soil, water and plants and thrives in moist environments. The following document provides information for Health Care Workers.
Serratia Marcescens - Infection Control Information for Health Care Workers - April 2004 (555kb, pdf)
The Blue Book - Guidelines for the Control of Infectious Diseases
Guidelines for the Classification and Design of Isolation Rooms in Health care Facilities
Over the last decade, health care delivery models have become more diverse. Simultaneously, evolving medical technology has allowed the treatment of sicker patients, including the very young, the very old, those undergoing intricate medical and surgical procedures and others with compromised immune systems. While advances in medical care have provided many opportunities for improved prospects for patient outcomes, they also include inherent risks, such as infection.
Infection Control in Victorian Public Health Services 2002 - July 2003 (484kb, pdf)
Infection Control 1998 - Literature Review
This manual has been compiled by Victorian Regional Infection Control Practitioners (RICPRAC) to meet an identified need for resources for hospital Infection Control Practitioners when formulating policy and procedures.
Infection Prevention and Control Manual - Rural Infection Control Practice Group Victoria - First Edition March 2002 (2,600kb, pdf)
VICNISS - Hospital Acquired Infection Project
Isolation
Guidelines for the classification and design of isolation rooms in healthcare facilities
Immunisation
General Immunisation information from the Department of Human Services, Public Health Group
Influenza
Legionaires Disease
Legionella Risk Management Program (Guidelines and Information)
Meningococcal Disease
Advice for Medical Practitioners
Needle Exchange
See Drugs and Alcohol in Victoria - www.health.vic.gov.au/drugs/
Nosocomial Infection
For patients, a hospital-acquired infection can have significant consequences. Infections result in significant morbidity, mortality and potential legal liability. The cost of hospital-acquired infections to society, the hospital system, patients and their carers is substantial. Infections increase length of stay. Prolonged hospitalisation and readmissions result in lost bed days and decreased patient throughput.
Report of the Expert Working Group on Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (March 2002) (421kb, pdf)
Notifiable Diseases
Notifying of Infectious Diseases within Victoria
Pertussis
Advice on Pertussis for Medical Practitioners
Pest Control
Q-Fever
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis management, prevention and control: Guidelines for health care providers 2002-05
Sexually Transmissible Diseases
Sexually Transmissible Infections
Swimming Pools & Spas
- Cleaning of spa baths
- Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2001 - Water purification standards for public swimming pools and spa pools
- Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis - Information for Swimming Pool managers
- Faecal Accident Policy
- Pool operators' handbook
VICNISS
VICNISS - Hospital Acquired Infection Project - Year 6 report - August 2008. See "Annual reports".