Infection Control Links

The sites linked to this page provide important infection control information from a range of state, national and international sources.

VICPA - this site is the Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association web page and contains information that promotes infection prevention strategies in health care settings.

RICPRAC - published by the Victorian Department of Human Services for the Rural Infection Control Practice Group - this site contains details of the five Victorian rural infection control centres and has a series of resources developed by each region including a generic infection control manual that you are welcome to use as a template for your manual.

The Blue Book - published by the Victorian Department of Human Services, Communicable Diseases Section, Public Health Group ,the blue book is a guide for the control of infectious diseases designed to assist public health practitioners in the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Hand Hygiene Australia - this site provides information on The Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care National Hand Hygiene Initiative. The purpose of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative is to develop a national approach to improving hand hygiene and monitor its effectiveness.

Immunisation For Health Care Workers - published by the Victorian Department of Human Services, this site sets out the Victorian Government vaccine policy to maintain immunity in the health care worker population helping prevent transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases to and from health care workers and patients.

Infection Control Guidelines for the Prevention of Transmission of Infectious Diseases in the Health Care Setting - published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, this document outlines the principles involved in, and the procedures necessary for, the prevention of the transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting, referred to as infection control or infection control procedures.

Pandemic Influenza Plans and Guidelines - published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, this link contains guidance primarily for health professionals regarding infection control for healthcare and community settings, in the management of pandemic influenza patients, agreed by experts from an infection control working group of the National Influenza Pandemic Action Committee.

Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Influnenza Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities for Public Health Units in Australia - y the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - the purpose of these guidelines is to provide national best practice guidelines for staff of public health units for preventing, defining and managing outbreaks of influenza in Residential Care Facilities in Australia during interpandemic periods.

H1N1 Health Emergency Website - the Australian Government's Health Emergency website keeps you up-to-date with important information about pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza outbreaks in Australia, and the actions you can take to protect yourself, your family and the community.

Immunise Australia Program - published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - this website provides information about immunisation and Australian immunisation standards, including the Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition 2008 (NHMRC)

CDC Infection Control in Health Care - published by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, this website contains a large range of infection control guidelines on MROs, hand hygiene, healthcare associated infections and many other relevent topic.

WHO Website - published by the World Health Organisation this site provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programmes and offices working on infection control

Design Guidelines for Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres - published by the Department of Human Services, Victoria these guidelines enable health facilities throughout Victoria to use a common set of base elements as a guide to building new health care facilities. The guidelines can be downloaded from this site - very large file.