Resources for infection control professionals

General infection prevention and control

• Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control
• The Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare
• The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ACSQHC) – healthcare-associated infection
• Australasian Health Facility Guidelines
• Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee – publications
• Hand Hygiene Australia
• National Hand Hygiene Initiative Learning Management System
• The National Hand Hygiene Initiative
• Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
• Coronavirus information for aged care

Outbreak management

• Influ-Info Influenza Kit for Aged Care
• Gastro-Info Gastroenteritis Kit for Aged Care
• Communicable Diseases Network Australia public health guidelines for the management of gastroenteritis outbreaks due to suspected norovirus (see Appendix 5)

Surveillance

• National notifiable disease surveillance