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Kate

Browne

Position: Lecturer
Affiliations: School of Education & Science; Health, Nursing & Lifestyle Medicine Research Centre →

Biography

Supervision

Outputs

Dr Kate Browne has a teaching and research focus on STEMM subjects. With a background in Science, Mathematics and Medicine, they bring 13 years of academic and professional experience. Dr Browne has published and presented across many branches of Science and is particularly interested in Infection Prevention Research & Science Communication. They are also involved in community and professional organisations, ensuring their work remains connected to broader practice and impact. Dr Browne has presented their research at many international conferences and has been featured in academic publications such as The Lancet, Journal of Hospital Infection and JAMA Network.


Supervision

Year Level Research Title Institution Supervisor Type

Current

PhD

Surveillance and impact
assessment of non-ventilator healthcare-associated pneumonia (NV-HAP) in
Australian hospitals: A comprehensive study based on the European Centre for
Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) definition

Avondale University

Co-supervisor


Journal articles

  • 2026
    Chalker, M. A., Browne, K., Russo, P. L., & Mitchell, B. G. (2026). Impact of non-ventilator healthcare-associated pneumonia on mortality and additional length of stay in adults admitted to an acute care hospital: A systematic review. Journal of Hospital Infection, 170, 122-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2026.01.013
  • 2025
    Brain, D., Sivapragasam, N., Browne, K., White, N. M., Russo, P. L., Cheng, A. C., Stewardson, A. J., Matterson, G., Tehan, P. E., Graham, K., Amin, M., Kiernan, M., King, J., & Mitchell, B. G. (2025). Economic evaluation of enhanced cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment. JAMA Network Open, 8(4), e258565–e258565. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8565
  • 2025
    Mitchell, B. G., Browne, K., Kiernan, M., Parneix, P., & Russo, P. L. (2025). Hospital cleaning: considerations for designing and maintaining a successful environmental cleaning program. CMI Communications, 2(3), 105102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2025.105102
  • 2025
    Rawson, H., Dawson, S., Madhuvu, A., McDonagh, J., Browne, K., Tehan, P. E., Russo, P. L., Matterson, G., Cheng, A. C., Kiernan, M. A., Sim, J., Stewardson, A. J., Wilson, R., & Mitchell, B. G. (2025). Nurses’ experiences of providing oral care to hospitalised patients: A qualitative study. Infection, Disease & Health, 30(4), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2025.05.002
  • 2024
    Browne, K., White, N. M., Russo, P. L., Cheng, A. C., Stewardson, A. J., Matterson, G., Tehan, P. E., Graham, K., Amin, M., Northcote, M., Kiernan, M., King, J., Brain, D., & Mitchell, B. G. (2024). Investigating the effect of enhanced cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on health-care-associated infections in Australia (CLEEN): A stepped-wedge, cluster randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 24(12), 1347-1356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00399-2
  • 2024
    Matterson, G., Browne, K., Russo, P. L., Dawson, S., Kent, H., & Mitchell, B. G. (2025). Evaluating the accuracy of an automatic counting system to detect dispensing of hand hygiene product. Infection, Disease & Health, 30(2), 105-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2024.11.001
  • 2024
    Tehan, P. E., Browne, K., Matterson, G., Cheng, A. C., Dawson, S., Graves, N., Johnson, D., Kiernan, M., Madhuv, A., Marshall, C., McDonagh, J., Northcote, M., O'Connor, J., Orr, L., Rawson, H., Russo, P., Sim, J., Stewardson, A. J., Wallace, J., White, N., Wilson, R., & Mitchell, B. G. (2024). Oral care practices and hospital-acquired pneumonia prevention: A national survey of Australian nurses. Infection, Disease & Health, 29(4), 212-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2024.04.006
  • 2024
    Matterson, G., Browne, K., Tehan, P. E., Russo, P. L., Kiernan, M., & Mitchell, B. G, (2024). Cleaning time and motion: An observational study on the time required to clean shared medical equipment in hospitals effectively. Journal of Hospital Infection, 152, 138-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2024.08.001
  • 2023

    Mitchell, B. G., McDonagh, J., Dancer, S. J., Ford, S., Sim, J., Thottiyil Sultanmuhammed Abdul Khadar, B., Russo, P. L., Maillard, J., Rawson, H., Browne, K., & Kiernan, M. (2023). Risk of organism acquisition from prior room occupants: An updated systematic review. Infection, Disease & Health, 28(4), 290-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.06.001

  • 2023

    Browne, K., White, N., Tehan, P., Russo, P. L., Amin, M., Stewardson, A. J., Cheng, A. C., Graham, K., O'Kane, G., King, J., Kiernan, M., Brain, D., & Mitchell, B. G. (2023). A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of improving the cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on healthcare-associated infections: the CLEaning and Enhanced disiNfection (CLEEN) study. Trials, 24(1), Article 133. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07144-z

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