Australian Infection Control - Policies and Standards
Identifying the lack of knowledge within the nursing profession about infection control policies, standards, and guidelines is the focus of this session. It clearly outlines Australian safety practice standards. This session identifies the need for nurses to understand and create relevant policy, that reflects current needs and practice. Concluding with a definition of a pandemic, this session discusses the implications of such an eventuality occuring within the Australian health care system. This highly interactive lecture is informative and engaging.
The main concepts explored in this session are:
- Infection control policies procedures and standards
- Pandemic
- Emergency services
- Standard precautions
Carol Rosevear is a registered nurse with extensive experience in infection control. Carol is a qualified and highly experienced infection control nurse. Carol is currently employed in a high dependency unit in an acute care hospital in Victoria. Carol is also a partner in a private infection control consulting service.
Speaker name: Carol Rosevear
Recorded: 15 Mar 2010
Listening time: 24 Mins
Conference: Guildance for Infection Control for all Nurses
Session in Conference: Your responsibilities as an employee
State: Brisbane, Australia
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