HHA previously ran educational workshops prior to the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) conference (2014 - 2018).
A recording of each of the workshop sessions is available in the menu.
Australian Healthcare Organisations
Please Note: from the 1st of November 2019 the Australian Commission onr Safety and Quality in Health Care will coordinate and support all aspects of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative.
Hand Hygiene Promotion in Australia - Success at the Front Line
Hand Hygiene Australia sponsored a pre-conference workshop at the ACIPC Conference in Adelaide on 23 November 2014. The workshop was an opportunity to discuss implementation issues and to hear about successful and innovative approaches from front line staff.
Presentations from the workshop
Please click on the name of the presentation you wish to view in video format. Please note each video is a large file.
Opening Address - Prof Chris Baggoley AO, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
Bare below the elbows - A/Prof Rhonda Stuart, Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Monash Health
Engaging visiting staff - Ms Marlize Senekal, Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
Engaging medical staff - Mrs Brenda Thomas, Hand Hygiene Portfolio Coordinator, Royal Hoabrt Hospital and Mrs Rachel Thomson, Nurse Unit Manager, Infection Prevention & Control Unit, Royal Hobart Hospital
Australian infection control professionals have been remarkably successful in implementing hand hygiene programs.This workshop will address theoretical considerations about how to sustain these gains while addressing remaining challenges, and will also provide practical frontline examples.
Welcome
Prof Lindsay Grayson Director HHA
A focus on hand hygiene auditors
Sustaining a hand hygiene auditor population
Susan Jain Centre for Healthcare Epidemiology and Staff Services, Prince of Wales Hospital
Training Auditors to provide feedback
Kaye Bellis Alfred Health, Victoria
Two key lessons from medical ward round audits
Dr Sarah Spaham DHHS Victoria
Update from HHA
Useful updates for HHCApp
Karen Olsen HHA
HHA Learning Management System
Kate Ryan HHA
Promoting hand hygiene in specific groups and settings
Keynote speech - Medical Practitioners
Prof Didier Pittet University of Geneva Hospitals
Contact dermatitis to hand hygiene agents: is it a problem?
A/Prof Rosemary Nixon Skin & Cancer Foundation
Prevention and management of contact dermatitis in healthcare workers
Amanda Palmer Skin & Cancer Foundation
Hand hygiene in Australian EDs: A work in progress
A/Prof Rhonda Stuart Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Monash Health
Hand Hygiene in Haemodialysis Happens Holistically
Carolyn Chenoweth Quality and ICP Manager, Fresenius Medical Care
Australian infection control professionals have been remarkably successful in implementing hand hygiene programs. This workshop will address theoretical considerations about how to sustain these gains while addressing remaining challenges, and will also provide practical frontline examples.
Welcome
Prof Lindsay Grayson Director, HHA
Update on the National Hand Hygiene Initiative
NHHI program review update
Jennifer Bradford, Project Officer, HHA
New tools and next steps
Dr Andrew Stewardson, National Project Manager, HHA Ms Kate Ryan, Project Coordinator, HHA
Engaging and sustaining
Engaging different healthcare worker groups
Prof Lindsay Grayson Director, HHA
Translating evidence into practice: a guide to successful implementation
Prof Gill Harvey School of Nursing, The University of Adelaide
Promoting hand hygiene in specific settings
Oral health
Ms Kate Ryan Project Coordinator, HHA
Emergency departments
A/Prof Rhonda Stuart Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Monash Health
Anaesthesia - not just passing gas
Dr Ben Turner Anaesthetist, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
