New Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide – Webinar

The new Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guide provides practical guidance to help aged care providers operationalise IPC. This webinar will cover key elements of the guide, including how to apply it to meet the Aged Care Quality Standards.

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Presenters 

  • 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

About the webinar

Understand how you can use the new Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guide 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. 

Download the IPC Guide  and ask questions at the webinar. 

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