Live & Local Melbourne | Infection Control Workshop

Live & Local Perth: Infection Control Workshop

This face-to-face Infection Control Workshop has been designed to ensure you and your practice team clearly understand what is required, what has changed, and how to meet your obligations in everyday practice.

Delivered by experienced practitioners and industry experts, this practical workshop focuses on real-world compliance, moving beyond theory to provide clear, achievable solutions you can implement immediately.

You’ll receive up to date guidance on:

• Infection prevention and control requirements for podiatry practice

• Your legal and professional responsibilities, and those of your staff

• Practical compliance strategies for clinical, mobile, and nonclinical settings

• Sterilisers, washer disinfectors, and validation requirements

• How to meet your obligations if you are sterilising instruments at home or in nonclinical environments

Infection control is a whole of practice responsibility, and this workshop is ideal for podiatrists, practice managers, allied health assistants, and administrative staff. Bringing your support staff ensures consistent understanding, safer systems, and stronger compliance across your practice.

This event also offers the opportunity to connect with local podiatry peers, share experiences, ask questions, and gain insight into local suppliers and services that support infection control compliance in your area.

Learning outcomes

• By attending this workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand current infection prevention and control regulatory and professional requirements for podiatry practice

• Identify their legal obligations and those of practice staff

• Apply practical infection control solutions within clinical, mobile, and nonclinical settings

• Demonstrate an understanding of sterilisation, washer disinfection, and validation requirements

• Recognise what is required to remain compliant when sterilising instruments outside a traditional clinical environment

• Support safer practice systems and improved infection control governance within their workplace

This workshop supports mandatory annual infection control training requirements as outlined by the Podiatry Board of Australia.

Register below to secure your place and ensure your practice is compliant, confident, and connected.

Part of the APodA's complete infection control solution

This workshop is one component of the APodA’s comprehensive infection control support for members, designed to make compliance simpler and more achievable.

APodA members also have access to:

• Infection Prevention and Control Guideline and Policy set, semi-customised and exclusive to members

• Infection control eCourse for ongoing and refresher training (4 hours of CPD)

• A dedicated infection control resource hub with practical tools and guidance

• An infection control audit tool currently under development, designed to help you assess compliance and onboard staff effectively (CPD activity Cat 3 Practice Management – Quality Improvement)

If you’re reviewing your compliance, onboarding staff, meeting your annual infection control training requirements, or simply want confidence that your practice is aligned with current standards, this workshop is essential.

Special offer for APodA members!

Join us in registering your  Practice Manager, Allied Health Assistant, or Admin Staff  at the exclusive Member rate of $250. Simply contact the APodA team directly at 03 9416 3111 or via email at info@podiatry.org.au to secure their registration.

If you are not a member and would like access to the APodA's Infection Control resources, including the complimentary Infection, Prevention and Control Guideline and Policy set, plus more, you can join here

Meet your presenters

Emma Coombes	Robert Mullins, DPM	Steve Lines
About Emma Emma is Co-director of Twinkle Toes Podiatry. She began her podiatry career in 2009 as practice manager, Certificate IV Allied Health Assistant (Podiatry) and graduated as a podiatrist in 2019. In 2016 Emma gained accreditation against the Commission’s National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards for her primary workplace and in 2018 achieved accreditation for her secondary workplace. Throughout her 15 years working/managing podiatry clinics, Emma has developed policies and procedures for multiple clinics and continues to draw on her many years of administrative/management experience to apply this to the clinical set-up. Emma is currently completing a certification in Work Health and Safety.	About Robert Rob is the National Podiatry Manager at Plena Healthcare. He began his podiatry career in 2005, initially working as an Attending Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he focused on limb salvage and podiatric traumatology. He has 20 years experience leading teams of podiatrists in hospitals, community programs, and aged care. In his role at Plena Healthcare, Rob manages the largest single team of podiatrists in Australia as they provide services across nearly 600 residential aged care facilities in all States and Territories. He is also the Chairperson of the APodA Podiatry Aged Care special interest group.	About Steve Operations Manager at Mocom Australia, STS Health and ADIA WA Branch Past President Steve has been working on medical equipment both hands on and in management roles for 23 years and in the podiatry sector for the past 18 years. He is responsible for training technicians across Australia and New Zealand on validation, installation, servicing and repairs of sterilisation, disinfection and high purity water systems. Steve has served as the WA President for the ADIA and is actively involved with industry peak bodies and associations relating to the ongoing evolution of infection control standards and guidelines. Prior to working in infection control, Steve was working on renal dialysis water treatment systems and electrical instrumentation and this experience has been extremely useful during the rollout of AS5369:2023 with respect to autoclave steam quality, wash water, dental unit waterlines and final rinse water to support practice teams on testing and treatment options.

Event Details

When:	Friday 4 September, 2026
Where:	The Victoria Hotel 215 Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Time:	12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Cost:	Members: $250 Non Members: $350 Member Practice Staff: $250* *Exclusive member offer: to register your Practice Manager, Allied Health Assistant, or Admin Staff at the exclusive member rate of $250 simply contact the APodA team directly at 03 9416 3111 or via email at info@podiatry.org.au to secure their registration.
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CPD Hours:	5 hours Category I Professional Development
Contact:	Australian Podiatry Association info@podiatry.org.au 03 9416 3111

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