| Developing an outbreak management plan for your facility |
Noleen Bennett |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) 2021 International Conference |
2021 |
| Infection Control and Prevention Resources for Residential Aged Care Services |
Noleen Bennett |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) 2021 International Conference |
2021 |
| Quality use of antimicrobials in residential aged care services: An Update from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission |
Dr Lyn-li Lim |
Antimicrobial Awareness Week |
2021 |
| Supporting covid-19 responses in acute and aged care: the benefits of a statewide coordinating centre for infection prevention and control |
Bennett N, Bradford J, Brebner A, Bull A, Burrell, Hoskins A, Laguitan R, Lim L, Malloy M, Patel A, Sommerville M, Walker K, Wang L, Worth L, Richards M |
ASID Annual Science Meeting |
2021 |
| Antimicrobial resistance in pathogens responsible for acute prosthetic joint infections: 5-year data from over 39,000 procedures |
Lim L, Richards M, Walker K, Malloy M, Brett J, Bull A, Worth L |
ASID Annual Science Meeting |
2021 |
| Community-acquired Staphylococcus areus bloodstream infections: emerging burden reported by Australian hospitals |
Worth LJ, Imam N, Tempone S, Armstrong PK, McCann R, Johnson S, Richards MJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Perth 2019 |
2019 |
| Are healthcare workers protected? Evaluation of measles and hepatitis B immunity in small Victorian healthcare facilities |
Ms Alex Hoskins, Associate Professor Noleen Bennett, Ms Sandra Johnson, Dr Michael Malloy, Dr Nabeel Imam, Dr Ann Bull, Associate Professor Leon Worth |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Perth 2019 |
2019 |
| Surgical Site Infections: the role of perioperative staff in minimising risk |
Bull A, Brett J, Bradford J, Worth L |
Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group State Conference, Melbourne |
2019 |
| CPE in Victorian hospitals – usefulness and outcome of point prevalence surveys
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Brett J, Johnson S, Cameron D, Lane C, Easton M, van Diemen A, Sutton B, Bull A, Richards MJ, Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Brisbane 2018 |
2018 |
| Utility of the Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) for reporting healthcare-associated infections in Australia: benefits and limitations using a Victorian dataset |
Imam N, Cheng AC, Johnson SA, Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Brisbane 2018 |
2018
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| Improving collection and reporting of data for action |
Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Canberra 2017 |
2017 |
| The National Centre for Infections in Cancer (NCIC) |
Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Canberra 2017 |
2017 |
| Standardised monitoring of infections and antimicrobial use in haemodialysis outpatients |
Worth LJ |
Victorian Renal Clinical Network Conference: high quality, safe renal care improved by information (2017), Melbourne 2017 |
2017 |
| Improving uptake of national guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis in Australia: impact of performance feedback on surgical site infection risk. |
Bull AL, Bennet N, Richards MJ, Worth LJ |
International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, London 2017 |
2017 |
| Development and evaluation of a pilot aged care national antimicrobial prescribing survey (NAPS) |
Chen C, Bennett N, Koning S, James R, Bull A, Johnson S, Worth LJ, Buising K, Thursky K |
Australian Society for Antimicrobials Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne 2016 |
2016 |
| Using enhanced surveillance to characterise the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infections in Australia: time trends and severity of illness in Victoria, 2010-2014 |
Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Melbourne 2016 |
2016 |
| Hand hygiene monitoring in residential aged care: national and international perspectives with relevance to Australian facilities |
Orr E, Bennett N, Bradford J, Johnson S, Bull AL, Richards MJ, Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Melbourne 2016 |
2016 |
| Prevention is better: evaluating the impact of timing of prophylactic antibiotics on surgical site infections following Caesarean section |
Baldes AM, Johnson S, Worth LJ, Bull AL, Spelman T, Brett JA, Richards MJ |
RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth 2016 |
2016 |
| Antimicrobial prescribing in Australian residential aged care facilities: results and evaluation of the pilot Aged care national Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (acNAPS) |
Chen C, Bennett N, Koning S, James R, Bull A, Johnson S, Worth LJ, Buising K, Thursky K |
European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam 2016 |
2016 |
| The changing landscape of risk factors for surgical site infections following Caesarean section:findings from a comprehensive Victorian surveillance program 2003-15. |
Baldes AM, Johnson S, Worth LJ, Bull AL, Spelman T, Brett JA, Richards MJ |
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth |
2016 |
| Infection Prevention in transplant patients |
Leon J Worth |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACPIC) meeting, Melbourne |
2016 |
| Developing healthcare worker influenza vaccination as a hospital performance indicator |
Alex Hoskins, Sandra Johnson, Noleen Bennett, Ann L. Bull, Michael J. Richards, Leon J. Worth |
5th ACIPC Conference, Melbourne, Oral presentation |
2016 |
| Surgical site infections in Victorian hospitals:time-trends in infection rates, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance over an 11-year period. |
Worth LJ, Bull AL, Spelman T, Brett J, Richards MJ |
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases meeting, Auckland |
2015 |
| Validation of data |
Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Hobart |
2015 |
| Influenza vaccination of Victorian healthcare workers. |
Worth LJ, Johnson SA, Bennett N, Bull AL, Bradford J, Richards MJ |
Melbourne Health Research Week Symposium, Melbourne |
2015 |
| Diminishing surgical site infections in Victoria:time trends in infection rates and pathogens. |
Worth LJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Hobart |
2015 |
| Hand hygiene compliance:are gloves really such a problem? |
Orr, E, Johnson SA, Worth LJ, Bradford J, Richards MJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Hobart |
2015 |
| Evaluation of occupational exposures to blood and body fluids in small Victorian hospitals. |
Hoskins A, Johnson SA, Worth LJ, Bennett N, Brett J, Richards MJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting Hobart |
2015 |
| Increasing the Performance Target for Victorian Healthcare Worker Influenza Rates: What was the impact? |
Bennett N |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting Adelaide |
2014 |
| Influenza vaccination of Victorian healthcare workers. |
Wang D, Worth LJ, Bennett N, Bull AL, Richards MJ |
University of Melbourne Scholarly Select Research Colloquium, Melbourne |
2014 |
| Monitoring occupational exposures and body fluids across Victorian Hospitals |
Johnson S, Bradford J, Richards M |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting Adelaide |
2014 |
| "Our Patients are different":patient case-mix and other risk factors for surgical site infections across Victorian public and private hospitals. |
Johnson SA, Worth LJ, Bull AL, Bradford J, Bennett N, Brett J, Richards MJ |
Victorian Annual Surgeon's Meeting, Melbourne |
2014 |
| Falling surgical site infection rates in Victorian hospitals:trends and implications for antibiotic prophylaxis. |
Worth LJ, Bull AL, Spelman T, Brett J, Richards MJ |
Victorian Annual Surgeon's meeting, Melbourne |
2014 |
| Clostridium Difficile Infections in Victoria:Rapid increase in healthcare and community onset cases (2010-2011) |
Worth LJ, Bull AL, Richards MJ |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Sydney |
2012 |
| Evaluation of a Pilot Aged Care Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Program |
Smith M, Bull AL, Richards MJ, Bennett N |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Sydney |
2012 |
| Infections and Antimicrobial Prescribing in Aged Care Facilities:Outcomes of a Point Prevalence Study |
Smith M, Atkins S, Richards MJ, Worth LJ, Bennett N |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Sydney |
2012 |
| Challenges introducing Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Rural Setting |
Addlem K, Bennett N, Smith M |
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) meeting, Sydney |
2012 |
| Changing Behaviour - Ensuring Hand Hygiene is an Institutional Priority. |
Bradford J, Brett J, Bull A, Borrell S, Kennedy B, McMillan A, Richards MJ |
ICPIC Conference, Geneva, Switzerland |
2011 |
| Modifiable Risk Factors and Current Strategies to Prevent SSI's |
Worth LJ |
APSIC 5th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control, Melbourne |
2011 |
| Staphylococcus aureus bactereamia at an Australian Cancer Centre: Early Experience of Surveillance and Prevention Strategies |
Leung VK, Harper SE, Thursky KA, Slavin MA, Worth LJ |
APSIC 5th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control, Melbourne |
2011 |
| New Tricks for Old Staff: Assessment of Immunity to Vaccine-preventable Diseases in Existing Healthcare Workers at a Victorian Hospital |
Harper SE, Leung VK, Osborne R, Thursky KA, Slavin MA, Worth LJ |
APSIC 5th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control, Melbourne |
2011 |
| Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) - Surveillance Challenges and Modifiable Interventions to Reduce VAP |
Richards MJ |
APSIC 5th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Contro,l Melbourne |
2011 |
| Vancomycin is Inferior to Anti-Staphylococcal Beta-lactam Antibiotics for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections due to Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus. |
Bull AL, Worth L, Richards MJ |
2010 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
2010 |
| VICNISS review of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in Victoria. |
Worth LJ |
Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association (VICPA), Melbourne |
2009 |
| Improving Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) Surveillance Through Integration Of Hospital Databases. |
Brett J, Burrell, SJ, Bull AL, Dunkley, C, Richards MJ, VICNISS participating hospitals. |
Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control 4th International Congress |
2009 |
| Are we there yet? A review of Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections, Antimicrobial Usage & Resistance in Australia |
Boardman CJ, Dunkley, Richards MJ, Cruickshank M |
VICPA Conference - Melb |
2009 |
| An investigation into a cluster of surgical site infections following orthopaedic surgery. |
Boardman CJ, Bull AL, Russo PL, Richards MJ |
VICPA Biennial Conference - Melb |
2009 |
| Learning from the Pathogens in Surgical Site Infections:Implications for Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis |
Benjamin A Rogers, Ann L Bull, Judy Brett, Michael J Richards |
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America - San Diego, USA |
2009 |
| Impact of Modified NHSN Definition for Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in ICU & Reproducibility of Case Definition in Australian Cohort of Infection Control Practitioners |
Leon J Worth, Judy Brett, Ann L Bull, Emma S McBryde, Philip L Russo, Michael J Richards |
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America - San Diego, USA |
2009 |
| Introduction of a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Policy and Achieving an Uptake Rate of 72%: Collecting the Data |
Susan Harper, Peter McCallum Cancer centre, Vivian Leung, Morgan Schertfeger, Monica Slaven, Leon Worth, VICNISS Co-ordinating Centre, Karin Thursky, Adrian Tramontana |
VICPA 2009 Biennial Conference, Melbourne |
2009 |
| Using an IT platform for HAI surveillance: The VICNISS SHIINe story so far... |
Brett J, Burrell SJ, Richards MJ |
Australian Infection Control Association Conference – Melbourne |
2008 |
| The Effect on Hospital Rankings when Using Different Numerators to Calculate Surgical Site Infection Rates Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. |
Russo PL, Gurrin LC, Friedman ND, Bull AL, Marasco S, Kelly H, Boardman CJ, Richards MJ |
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, Baltimore – Maryland |
2007 |
| The VICNISS data - can international comparison of hospital infection rates be made? |
Claire Boardman |
AICA 4th Biennial National Conference, Sydney |
2006 |
| The VICNISS Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program:An Update |
Noleen Bennett |
AICA 4th Biennial National Conference, Sydney |
2006 |
| Clinical performance indicators: the VICNISS program: surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in acute-care Victorian public hospitals. |
Richards MJ |
Better State of Hospitals Conference, Melbourne |
2006 |
| Data from larger hospitals participating in the VICNISS hospital acquired infection surveillance system – Victoria. |
Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND, Richards MJ, VICNISS participating hospitals |
Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations Seminar, Brisbane |
2005 |
| The Establishment of a Statewide Surveillance Program for Hospital-acquired infections in Large Acute Public Hospitals, Victoria, Australia. |
Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman MJ |
Communicable Diseases Control Conference, Sydney |
2005 |
| Data from larger hospitals participating in the VICNISS hospital acquired infection surveillance system – Victoria. |
Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND, Richards MJ, VICNISS participating hospitals |
Communicable Diseases Control Conference, Sydney |
2005 |
| The Establishment of a Statewide Surveillance Program for Hospital-acquired infections in Large Acute Public Hospitals, Victoria, Australia. |
Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman MJ |
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles |
2005 |
| Performance of the NNIS Risk Index in Predicting Surgical Site Infections in an Australian Setting. |
Friedman ND, Bull AL, Russo PL, Boardman CJ, Bennett NJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Gurrin L, Richards MJ |
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles California |
2005 |
| Performance of the NNIS Risk Index in Predicting Surgical Site Infections in an Australian Setting. |
Freidman ND, Bull AL, Russo PL, Boardman CJ,, Bennett NJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Gurrin L, Richards MJ |
Association for Practitioners in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 32nd Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting, Baltimore |
2005 |
| The VICNISS Costing Study of infections associated with selected orthopaedic procedures. |
Boardman CJ, Bennett NJ |
Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations Seminar, Brisbane |
2005 |
| The VICNISS costing study of infections associated with selected orthopaedic procedures. |
Boardman CJ, Bennett NJ |
Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association Conference – Melbourne |
2005 |
| A Statewide Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: The First Report, Victoria, Australia. |
Bennett NJ, Berry K, Boardman CJ, Bull AL, Burrell SJ, Friedman ND, Motley JE, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 15th Annual Scientific Meeting - Los Angeles |
2005 |
| Report Victoria - Improving Patient Safety: preventing associated infections. |
Worth LJ |
Change Champions – Brisbane |
2005 |
| Piloting A Statewide Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. |
Bennett NJ, Berry K, Boardman CJ, Bull AL, Burrell SJ, Friedman ND, Motley JE, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
Third Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Adelaide |
2005 |
| A Statewide Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: The First Report, Victoria, Australia. |
Bennett NJ, Berry K, Boardman CJ, Bull AL, Burrell SJ, Friedman ND, Motley JE, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
New Zealand Infection Control Conference – Auckland |
2005 |
| A Statewide Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: The First Report, Victoria, Australia. |
Bennett NJ, Berry K, Boardman CJ, Bull AL, Burrell SJ, Friedman ND, Motley JE, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
Improving Patient Safety: preventing associated infections (Change Champions) – Brisbane |
2005 |
| Surveillance for smaller hospitals - what are the alternatives? |
Bennett NJ, Berry K, Boardman CJ, Bull AL, Burrell SJ, Friedman ND, Motley JE, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association Conference – Melbourne |
2005 |
| Nosocomial infection surveillance and epidemiology. |
Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND, VICNISS participating hospitals |
29th Australian and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting on Intensive Care – Melbourne |
2004 |
| Data from the VICNISS Coordinating Centre. |
Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND, Richards MJ |
Australian Infection Control Association (AICA) Third Biennial Conference – Hobart |
2004 |
| Risk adjustment of hospital-acquired infection rates - early VICNISS experience. |
Richards MJ, Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND, VICNISS participating hospitals |
Healthcare Advisory Committee on Infection Control, Subcommittee of Australian Quality Council – Melbourne |
2004 |
| Early data from the VICNISS surveillance program for hospital-acquired infections in Victoria. |
Richards MJ, Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND |
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Annual Scientific Meeting - Alice Springs |
2004 |
| Early data from the VICNISS surveillance program for hospital-acquired infections in Victoria. |
Richards MJ, Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND |
Melbourne Health Research Week – Melbourne |
2004 |
| Establishment of a Statewide surveillance program for hospital acquired infections in large adult acute care Victorian public hospitals. |
Richards MJ, Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND |
2nd Australasian Conference on Quality and Safety in Healthcare – Canberra |
2004 |
| A Statewide Surveillance Program for Hospital-Acquired Infections In Large Victorian Public Hospitals - Early Days and Early Data. |
Richards MJ, Russo PL, Bull AL, Bennett NJ, Boardman CJ, Burrell SJ, Motley JE, Friedman ND |
Health Outcomes 2004, Perspectives on Population Health, 10th Annual National Conference – Canberra |
2004 |
| Piloting A Statewide Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. |
Bennett NJ, Berry KS, Boardman CJ, Bull Al, Burrell S, Friedman ND, Motley JE, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
Infection Control Association, NSW, Annual Conference - Sydney |
2004 |
| A User Evaluation of a Statewide Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. |
Bennett NJ, Bull AL, Molley JE, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 17th Annual Scientific Meeting - Baltimore, Maryland |
200 |
| Piloting a novel Statewide smaller hospital nosocomial infection surveillance program. |
Bennett NJ, Berry K, Boardman CJ, Bull AL, Burrell SJ, Friedman ND, Richards MJ, Russo PL |
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 33rd Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting - Tampa Florida |
2006 |
| An Update from the VICNISS Coordinating Centre. |
Russo PL |
Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association Conference - Melbourne |
2003 |
