Protocol to establish standards for the elements of infection prevention and control programs and practice and competency standards for infection control professionals in Australian hospitals

• Ramon Z. Shaban ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ramon.shaban@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliations Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, New South Wales Specialist Service for High Consequence Infectious Disease, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-0557

  ⨯
• Deborough Macbeth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia

  ⨯
• Julie Considine,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Nursing and Midwifery and Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Centre for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-2456

  ⨯
• Matthew O’Sullivan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, New South Wales Specialist Service for High Consequence Infectious Disease, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• Peter Collignon,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia

  ⨯
• Brett G. Mitchell,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Nursing and Health, Avondale University, Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia, Central Coast Local Health District, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia

  ⨯
• Donna Waters,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• Kate Curtis,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, Emergency Services, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3746-0348

  ⨯
• Phillip L. Russo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Nursing and Health, Avondale University, Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia, Cabrini Health, Malvern, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-0554

  ⨯
• Kathy Dempsey,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Excellence Commission, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• Belinda Henderson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Queensland Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Queensland Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia

  ⨯
• Anne Wells,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

  ⨯
• Sam Butenko,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation South Australia Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  ⨯
• N. Deborah Friedman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  ⨯
• Yana Albrey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Northern Territory Department of Health (NT Health), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

  ⨯
• Christine Gee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Toowong Private Hospital, Toowong, Queensland, Australia, Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA), Barton, ACT, Australia

  ⨯
• Lisa Nicolaou,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infection Prevention Policy Surveillance Unit (IPPSU), Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health (WA Health), East Perth, Washington, Australia

  ⨯
• Frances Sheehan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canberra Health Services, ACT Government, Canberra, ACT, Australia

  ⨯
• Mary Wyer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, NSW Biocontainment Centre, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• Merrick Powell,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
•  [ ... ],
• Catherine Viengkham

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• [ view all ]
• [ view less ]