Infection Prevention
Healthcare Associated Infections and Infectious Disease
Healthcare associated infections—infections resulting from a person receiving healthcare—are relatively common, but a large proportion can be prevented. World-first studies, led by researchers at the Lifestyle Research Centre, have demonstrated the impact of these infections on healthcare centres and individuals and emphasised the need for more conscientious practices.Current projects
| Project | Lead | Partners | Grant | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reducing catheter associated urinary tract infections in hospitals: a randomised controlled study | Avondale | ACU, Monash University, ANU and QUT | HCF Foundation Grant | 2017-2018 |
Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning Hospital (REACH) | QUT | Avondale, Wesley Medical Research Unit, UWA, ACU | NHMRC funded partnership grant | 2014-2017 |
Avondale | Deakin, Monash | Senver Industry Grant | 2017-2018 | |
RediRoom | Avondale | Partnership with industry | 2016-2017 | |
The use of Twitter in infection prevention and control conferences | University of West London | Avondale | Avondale Summer Scholarship | 2016-2017 |
Electronic surveillance of healthcare associated infections: A systematic review | Avondale | Deakin University, Griffith University and Gold Coast Hospital | Avondale Summer Scholarship | 2016-2017 |
The burden of healthcare associated infection in Australian hospitals: A systematic review | Avondale | Deakin University, Griffith University and Gold Coast Hospital | Avondale Summer Scholarship | 2016-2017 | Reducing environmental contamination using dilute hydrogen peroxide (DHP) technology: an observational cross over study | Avondale | Hunter New England Health District | 2016-2017 |
Academic-industry integration in health: Enhancing postgraduate professional learning for specialty infection control practice | Griffith University | Avondale | 2016-2018 |
Previous projects
| Project | Lead | Partners | Grant | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Surveillance to reduce urinary tract infections (STRUTI) | ACU | Avondale, Canberra Hospital and Melbourne Health | Ian Potter Foundation, ACU | 2014-2016 |
Defining an optimal infection control model | Avondale | ACU, QUT, Gold Coast Hospital | 2014-2016 | |
The burden of urinary tract infections in an Australian Setting | Avondale | Hunter New England Health | Australasian College for Infection and Prevention Control | |
Prior Room Occupancy and risk of infection: a systematic review | Avondale | NHS (United Kingdom) | Avondale Summer Scholarship | 2014-2016 |
Evaluating environmental cleanliness | Avondale | DHS (Tasmania) | 2014-2015 | |
Nurse staffing and risk of infection: Systematic review and meta analysis | Avondale | NHS, University of Columbia, ACU | Convidien | 2014-2015 |
Graduating nurses knowledge of infection control | Avondale | University of Tasmania, DHHS (Tasmania) | Convidien | 2013-2014 |
Antimicrobial resistance in urinary isolates, a population based study | Avondale | Royal Hobart Hospital | 2013-2014 | |
Risk of MRSA from prior room occupancy | Avondale | Launceston Hospital, NHS (UK) | 2013-2014 |