Resources - Useful Links

Australian and State Government and Regulatory Bodies | Infection Control and Epidemiology Journals | Associations and Organisations | Consumer Resources

• Please also see Resources for the health care worker Education Modules.

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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 Control A Cleaning in Hospitals
• 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 Health (New South Wales)
• Queensland Health
• WA Health – Surveillnace HISWA
• Australian Immunisation Handbook

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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)

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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 Infection Control Nurses Organisation (NZNO)
• National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) (Australia) - A Guide to Finding Online Evidence to Inform Clinical Decisions
• 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) - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (US)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) System (US)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Guidelines (US)
• Health Protection Agency (UK)
• Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA) (Canada)
• German Nosocomial Infection 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)

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Consumer Resources

• See the Consumer section of the VICNISS website