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Australian and State Government and Regulatory Bodies | Infection Control and Epidemiology Journals | Other Publications/Websites | Associations and Organisations

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Australian and State Government and Regulatory Bodies

• Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care
• Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
• State Government of Victoria, Department of Health, Infection Prevention in Health Services
• State Government of Victoria, Department of Health, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Surveillance
• State Government of Victoria, Department of Health, Victorian Quality Council
• State Government of Victoria, Department of Health, Clinicians Health Channel
• NSW Department of Health
• Queensland Health, Centre for Healthcare Related Surveillance and Prevention (CHRISP)
• WA Department of Health – Surveillance HISWA
• Tasmania Health, Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control Unit (TIPCU)

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Infection Control and Epidemiology Journals

• Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health
• Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (US)
• American Journal of Infection Control (US)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases (US)
• Journal of Hospital Infection (UK)
• Healthcare Infection (AUS)

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Other Publications/Websites

• Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2010)
• Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Reducing harm to patients from healthcare associated infection: the role of surveillance
• Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Infection Prevention and Control training Portal - series of educational modules for HCW undertaking infection control activities
• State Government of Victoria, Department of Health, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Surveillance (including notification of infectious diseases within Victoria)
• Blue book - Guidelines for the control of infectious diseases
• Infection Prevention in Health Services
• Better Health Channel
• Therapeutic Guidelines – Antibiotic Version 14, 2010
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals
• Surgical Care Improvement Project
• ASID/AICA Position Statement: Infection Control Guidelines for Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection in Healthcare Settings
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (US)
• Australian Immunisation Handbook

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Associations and Organisations

• Australasian Epidemiological Association (Australia)
• Australian Infection Control Association (AICA)
• Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association (VICPA)
• Infection Control Association New South Wales Inc (ICA)
• Infection Control Practitioners Association of Queensland (ICPAQ)
• Infection Control Association of South Australia (ICASA)
• New Zealand National Division of Infection Control Nurses (NDICN)
• National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) (Australia)
• International Federation of Infection Control (International)
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (International)
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology (APIC) (US)
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America(SHEA) (US)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (US)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) (US)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections - Guidelines (US)
• Health Protection Agency (UK)
• Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA) (Canada)
• Krankenhaus Infektions Surveillance System (KISS)(Germany)
• Baltic Network for Infection Control and Containment of Antibiotic Resistance, and Healthcare Epidemiology (BALTICCARE)
• North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness Training - Free Online Training (US)
• Hand Hygiene Australia
• Australian Society of Infectious Diseases
• Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest group (HICSIG)
• World Health Organisation (WHO)
• World Health Organisation Global Alert and response (GAR)