Education Resources

Modules Available to Download

• Module 1 - Surveillance: What is it & Why do we do it? (PDF File 103kb, opens in new window)
• Module 2 - Measles (PDF File 57kb, opens in new window)
• Module 3 - MROs (PDF File 138kb, opens in new window)
• Module 4 - Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Surgery (PDF File 66kb, opens in new window)
• Module 5 - Prevention of Influenza by Vaccination (PDF File 205kb, opens in new window)
• Module 6 - Management of Occupational Exposures to Blood and Body Fluids (PDF File 73kb, opens in new window)

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Module Multiple Choice Exercises Available to Download

FYI - Exercise questions form the beginning of the document, and answers are contained on the last page.

• Module 1 Exercises - Surveillance: What is it & Why do we do it? (PDF File 42kb, opens in new window)
• Module 2 Exercises - Measles (PDF File 39kb, opens in new window)
• Module 3 Exercises - MROs (PDF File 37kb, opens in new window)
• Module 4 Exercises - Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Surgery (PDF File 33kb, opens in new window)
• Module 5 Exercises - Prevention of Influenza by Vaccination (PDF File 33kb, opens in new window)
• Module 6 Exercises - Management of Occupational Exposures to Blood and Body Fluids (PDF File 33kb, opens in new window)

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Helpful Links

• General

• VICNISS Website Home Page: www.vicniss.org.au
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): www.cdc.gov
• World Health Organisation (WHO) Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response: www.who.int/csr/about/en
• World Health Organisation’s 2001 development of a global strategy for antibiotic resistance: www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/drugresist/WHO_CDS_CSR_DSR _2001_2_EN/en/
• Australian Immunisation Handbook: www9.health.gov.au/immhandbook/
• Victorian Government health information for patients, including fact sheets on many topics: www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
• Victorian Government Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology (including notification of infectious diseases within Victoria): www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas
• Victorian Government Infection Control Activities and Information: www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/infcon/index.htm

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• Measles

• More about the worldwide impact of measles: www.who.int/health_topics/measles/en/
• More about the MMR vaccination: www.health.vic.gov.au/immunisation
• International health agency with general information about measles: www.paho.org/english/AD/FCH/IM/Measles.htm
• Public health organisation to reduce measles deaths globally: www.measlesinitiative.org/index3.asp

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• Multi-resistant Organisms (MROs)

• VICNISS Patient Information Brochure on MROs: www.vicniss.org.au/Consumer/FactsheetMRO.aspx
• Information on appropriate prescribing in the Victorian Healthcare setting: Therapeutic Guidelines – Antibiotic Version 13, 2006: www.tg.com.au/index.php?sectionid=41 and www.etg.hcn.net.au
• Information for the prevention of hospital transmission of MROs is available from SHEA Guidelines for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus: www.shea-online.org/news/mdros.cfm
• Want to learn more about MROs? APIC provide a fee paying e-line course on Multi-Resistant Organisms: Gram Positive: www.apicelearn.org/home/

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• Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Surgery

• Surgical Care Improvement Project: www.cfmc.org/hospital/hospital_scip.htm
• Information on appropriate prescribing in the Victorian Healthcare setting: Therapeutic Guidelines – Antibiotic Version 13, 2006: www.tg.com.au/index.php?sectionid=41 and www.etg.hcn.net.au
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: www.cfmc.org/hospital/hospital_scip.htm
• US National Guidelines Clearinghouse: www.guideline.gov
• Advisory statement on antibiotic prophylaxis for surgery from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project (US): www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v38n12/33257/33257.html

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• Prevention of Influenza by Vaccination

• World Health Organisation – General Influenza Information: www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/en/index.html
• World Health Organisation – Avian Influenza Information: www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – General influenza information: www.cdc.gov/flu/

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• Occupational Exposures to Blood and Body Fluids

• Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Information on Hepatitis B: www.cdc.gov/nip/menus/diseases.htm#hepb