Publications

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Annual reports

 VICNISS Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance Annual Report 2009 - 2010

VICNISS - Hospital Acquired Infection Project - Year 6 report - August 2008 (1,400kb, pdf)

VICNISS - Hospital Acquired Infection Project - Year 5 Report - September 2007 (1,348kb, pdf)

Circulars

Reprocessing Intracavitary Transducers - Hospital Circular - 3 January 2008

Cleaning Standards

Start clean: Victorian Infection Control Strategy 2007

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)

 Victorian Cleaning Standards for Public Hospitals External Cleaning Audit 2006-2007 (60kb, pdf)

 Victorian Public Health Facilities External Cleaning Audit 2007-2008 (86kb, pdf)

Cleaning standards for Victorian health facilities 2009 (487kb, pdf)

Clostridium difficile - infection control advice for hospitals

Interim infection control advice on Clostridium difficile infection for hospitals December 2010 (93kb, pdf)

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.
Appendix 1 Summary of Products Reviewed, Environmental Controls and Applications (19kb, pdf)

Handwashing

Hand Hygiene Education Package
The following documents provide information on hand hygiene.

Hand Hygiene Presentation - December 2003 (901kb, MS Powerpoint)
Hand Hygiene Presentation - December 2003 (484kb, pdf)
Post Hand Hygiene Knowledge Session Questionnaire - November 2002 (110kb, MS Word)
Hand Hygiene Evaluation Form - December 2002 (107kb, MS Word)
Hand Hygiene Compliance Audit - November 2002 (149kb, MS Word)

Immunisation

Immunisation guidelines for health care workers (Revised October 2007)

Infection Control

Guidelines for Infection Control Strategic Management Planning - June 2000 (Infection Control in Hospitals)

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

Maintenance standards

Maintenance standards for Victorian Health Facilities 2008-2009 (358kb, pdf)

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)

Terms of Reference - Victorian Advisory Committee on Infection Control

  Terms of reference for Victorian Advisory Committee on Infection Control (81kb, MS Word)

VICNISS

VICNISS - Hospital Acquired Infection Project - Year 6 report - August 2008 Surveillance Annual Report 2009-2010. See "Annual reports".

VRE in Victorian Health Facilities report

 Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Victorian Health Facilities (234kb, pdf)

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