New Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide - Webinar recording

This webinar was created to help attendees understand how the new Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guide can be used to:
• apply basic principles of infection prevention and control in aged care
• minimise the risk of infection for older people and the workforce, by taking a risk-based approach
• meet the Aged Care Quality Standards
• develop local policies and procedures to support IPC within your organisation.
It also allowed attendees to participate in Q&A about the new guide.
Presenters were:
• (Chair) Rhiannon Box, Assistant Secretary, Emergency Preparedness & Response, Department of Health and Aged Care
• (Presenter) Professor Alison McMillan, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Department of Health and Aged Care
• (Presenter) Loren deVries, Senior Practitioner, Qualified Nurse Practitioner Aged Care, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
• (Presenter) Professor Peter Collignon, Senior Medical Advisor for the Australian Commission on Safety
00:00
Welcome and overview by Chair Rhiannon Box, Assistant Secretary, Emergency Preparedness & Response, Department of Health and Aged Care
4:05
Professor Peter Collignon, Senior Medical Advisor for the Australian Commission on Safety presenting on key components of the new IPC Guide and how the sector can use this resource.
19:40 Loren deVries, Senior Practitioner, Qualified Nurse Practitioner Aged Care, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission presenting on how the new IPC guide can assist aged care providers in meeting their obligations under the new Aged Care Act.
39:28
Professor Alison McMillan, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Department of Health and Aged Care presenting on the differences between the new IPC guide and the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia National Guideline for the Prevention, Control and Public Health Management of Outbreaks of Acute Respiratory Infection in Residential Aged Care Homes.
48:30
Q&A
58:39
End