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| Websites | |
| The national guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious disease in the health care setting can be downloaded from: | |
| Government and semi-government bodies | |
| Guidelines for the Control of Infectious Diseases (The Blue Book) | |
| Health Care Workers Immunisation Guidelines | |
| New South Wales Government Publications | |
| Queensland Health Infection Control Page | |
| VICNISS (Victorian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System) Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance | |
| Victorian Department of Human Services – Public Health Branch – Infection Control | |
| Victorian Government Health Information, Infection Control and Prevention in Victoria's Hospitals | |
| Victorian Government Health Information, Rural Infection Control Centres Grampians | |
| (USA) Centre for Disease Control Guidelines | |
| More links to relevant Government sources can be found in the learning resource 'Regulatory frameworks'. | |
| Waste management | |
| National guidelines for waste management in the health care industry can be downloaded from: | |
| Industry Code of Practice for the Management of Clinical and Related Wastes 3rd edition | |
| Food handling | |
| Food standards (Australia and New Zealand) | |
| Other | |
| Alfred Hospital (Melbourne) Infection control manual | |
| Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology | |
| Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL) registry of resources | |
| Australian Infection Control Association | |
| Infection Control Today journal | |
| Manufacturer's Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) website | |
| Australian standards: Standards Australia Publications | |
| Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), under the Federal Government Department of Health and Ageing, regulates Australia's medicines, medical devices, blood, tissues and chemicals. | |
| Books, journals and pamphlets | |
| Aged and Community Care Division, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Canberra, May, 1998, Standards and Guidelines for Residential Aged Care Services Manual. | |
| Birrell F, Hutton M, Garsden C, 1997, 'Increasing the Impact of Infection Control', Australian Infection Control, 3(4):4-6. | |
| Department of Health (NSW) August 1996, Cleaning Service Standards, Guidelines and Policy for NSW Health Facilities, Sydney. | |
| Gardner, J F, Peel, M M, 1998, Sterilization, Disinfection and Infection Control, 3rd ed, Harcourt NSW. | |
| Halligan A, Donaldson L, 2001, 'Implementing clinical governance: turning vision into reality,' British Medical Journal; 322:1413-17. | |
| Jones E, Gardner G, Olesen D 2000, 'Evolving and expanding: the scope of practice of the infection control practitioner', Australian Infection Control; 5(3):9-16. | |
| Jones E, Gardner G, Olesen D 2000, 'Evolving and expanding: the scope of practice of the infection control practitioner', Australian Infection Control; 5(3):9-16. | |
| Kendall Kevin J, 2000, Practical Approaches to Infection Control in Residential Aged Care, Ausmed Publications, Melbourne. | |
| Lee, G, Bishop, P, 2002, Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals, Pearson Education Australia Pty Limited. | |
| Lochead, L, 1998, Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilisation, A guide for Office-Based Practice (available through http://users.technet2000.com.au/~lochead/) | |
| Pugliese G, Lamberto B, Kroc K 1999, 'Development and implementation of infection control policies and procedures' In Mayhall CG (ed) 1999, Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, 2nd ed, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins: Philadelphia. | |
| Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 2000, RACGP Sterilisation/Disinfection Guidelines for General Practice, 3rd ed, RACGP Publications Department. | |
| Scheckler WE, Brimhall D, Buck AS et al 1998, 'Requirements for infrastructure and essential activities of infection control and epidemiology in hospitals: a consensus panel report', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology; 19:114-124. | |
| Soule BM, Larson EL, Preston GA 1995, Infections and Nursing Practice: Prevention and Control, Mosby: St Louis. | |
| Wilson, Jennie, Infection Control in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed, 2001, Bailliere Tindall, Sydney. | |
| Video | |
| Breaking the Chain: the transmission and control of infection (video recording) 1995, Newcastle, New South Wales, University of Newcastle Faculty of Nursing. | |
