Links
Below are a number of useful infection control links.
Note: Hands-On Infection Control is not responsible for the content of any website accessed through these links
Professional Associations & Organisations
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
http://www.apic.org/
Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN)
http://www.acorn.org.au/
Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)
http://www.antimicrobial-resistance.com/
Australian Infection Control Association (AICA)
http://www.aica.org.au/
Australian Society of Microbiology (ASM)
http://www.theasm.com.au/
Community and Hospital Control Association of Canada (CHICA)
http://www.chica.org/
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/
Hospital Infection Society (HIS)
http://www.his.org.uk/
Infection Control Association Of Western Australia (ICAWA)
http://www.aica.org.au/
Infection Control Nurses Association (ICNA)
http://www.icna.co.uk/
Infection Control Practitioners Association of Queensland (ICPAQ)
http://www.icpaq.org/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
http://www.ihi.org/
Joanna Briggs Institute
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
http://www.racgp.org.au/
Standards Australia Limited
http://www.standards.org.au/
The Cochrane Collaboration
http://www.cochrane.org/
The International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
http://www.theific.org/
The National Institute of Clinical Studies
http://www.nicsl.com.au/
The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
http://www.shea-online.org/
Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association (VICPA)
http://www.vicpa.org.au/
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Accreditation and Government Agencies
Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Healthcare
http://www.safetyandquality.org/
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
http://www.achs.org
Australian Department of Health and Ageing
http://www.health.gov.au/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/
Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/chrisp
Department of Health WA Public Health
http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au
Immunise Australia Program
http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations (JCAHO)
http://www.jointcommission.org/
National Medical and Research Council (NHMRC)
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/
Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS)
http://www.phls.co.uk/
The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd
http://www.accreditation.org.au/
Therapeutic Goods Administration
http://www.tga.gov.au/
Worksafe Western Australian Commission
http://www.worksafe.wa.gov.au/
World Health Organisation (WHO)
http://www.who.int/
Australian Council on Health Care Standards (ACHS)
http://www.achs.org.au
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Hand Hygiene
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/
Hand Hygiene Australia
http://www.hha.org.au
Hand Hygiene Resource Centre – Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven,
Connecticut
http://www.handhygiene.org/
Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group
http://www.asid.net.au/hicsigwiki/index.php?title=Hand_hygiene
Max Guide to Hand Hygiene – Basildon University Hospital
http://www.max4health.com/howitstarted.php
NHS – National Patient Safety Agency
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/cleanyourhands
Ontario Ministry for Health and Long Term Care
http://www.justcleanyourhands.ca/
Queensland ‘Clean Hands are Lifesavers
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/chrisp/hand_hygiene/about.asp
Royal Children’s Hospital Victoria ‘Wash-up’
http://www.rch.org.au/washup/
South Australia ‘Wash wipe cover’
http://www.health.sa.gov.au/INFECTIONCONTROL/Default.aspx?tabid=15
Victorian Quality Council Safety and Quality in Health
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/activities/handhyg_gen.htm
World Health Organisation – Clean Care is Safer Care
http://www.who.int/gpsc/en/
University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.hopisafe.ch/
NHS – National Patient Safety Agency
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/cleanyourhands
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Influenza
Department of Health & Ageing Pandemic Influenza http://www.flupandemic.gov.au/internet/panflu/publishing.nsf
Department of Health & Ageing Health Emergency
http://www.healthemergency.gov.au/internet/healthemergency/publishing.nsf/Content/health-swine_influenza-index.htm
Department of Education and Training WA
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/swineflu/detcms/portal/
NSW Department of Health
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/swine_flu.asp
Victorian Government
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/diseases/swine-influenza
Queensland Government
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/swineflu/
WA Health
http://www.health.wa.gov.au/swine_flu/home/
SA Department of Health
http://www.flu.sa.gov.au/Swineflu.aspx
NT Government Department of Health and Families
http://www.health.nt.gov.au/Centre_for_Disease_Control/index.aspx
Tasmanian Government
http://www.pandemic.tas.gov.au/
ACT Department of Health
http://health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=da&did=10098808&pid=1240874209
NZ Ministry of Health
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/mexican-swine-influenza-update-270409
UK Department of Health
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm
USA Government
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
Public Health Agency of Canada
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/swine_200904-eng.php
World Health Organization – Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) – Influenza A(H1N1)
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza what’s new..
www.cdc.gov/flu/whatsnew.htm
Immunise Australia Program
www.immunise.health.gov.au
Influenza Specialist Group
www.isg.org.au
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference & Research on Influenza
www.influenzacentre.org
Smartraveller
http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/
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