New Infection Control Guidelines

15 Mar 2016

NEW INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES FROM PODIATRY BOARD OF AUSTRALIA

The Podiatry Board has just published revised guidelines for infection prevention and control.  There is now also a self audit tool now available. See below.

The Board has made minimal changes to the guidelines and are continuing to adopt the National Health and Medical Research Council Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in healthcare (NHMRC guidelines). The NHMRC guidelines were developed using best available evidence and aim to promote and facilitate the overall goal of infection prevention and control.

The Board notes that practitioners must be familiar with and practise within the recommendations of the NHMRC guidelines as they apply to the practice setting(s) in which they work.

The Board has also developed and published a (self-audit) tool that practitioners may choose to use to see how well they comply with the Board’s Guidelines on infection prevention and control. The tool serves as a checklist to help practitioners ensure that their workplace is in a clean and hygienic state and they are taking the necessary practicable steps to prevent or minimise the spread of infection.

To view the new guidelines and self-audit tool, please click here.