Infection prevention and control

Standard precautions

• Sharps safety in health and care settings
• Hand hygiene
• Aseptic technique
• Cleaning and disinfection of shared patient care equipment

Management plans and guidance

• Infection control management plans
• Guidelines for infection control in health care facilities
• Construction, redevelopment and the built environment

Intra-vascular device management

Guidelines for the six main types of intravascular devices specifically tailored for the Queensland Health environment.

Transmission based precautions

• Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare
• Condition/disease specific Queensland Health infection prevention and control guidelines.
• Particulate filter respirators (P2/N95 respirators)
• Powered air purifying respirators

Infection management advice

• Trigger response
• CDI - Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection
• Candida auris (C. auris) infection prevention and control
• Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome - Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection management and control

Management of healthcare workers living with a blood borne virus

Management of healthcare workers living with a blood borne virus and healthcare workers who perform exposure prone procedures at risk of exposure to blood borne viruses

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

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