Webinar: Looking to the future for infection prevention and control in residential care
As we move forward, it is important to apply what we’ve learned from the pandemic to other areas of IPC. It is also time to take stock of how our IPC programmes comply with Ngā paerewa Health and disability services standard NZS 8134:2021.
This webinar had two presentations that address these topics.
Tanya Jackways discussed one of the newer tools for IPC that we can apply to other outbreaks such as norovirus, and Claire Underwood talked about section 5.3 Antimicrobial stewardship programme and implementation.
Our speakers
Claire Underwood, Principal advisor for the HealthCERT team [Meeting the Ngā paerewa Health and disability services standard – infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship subsection 5.3].
Claire worked for over 20 years as a registered nurse in the UK and Aotearoa New Zealand, holding positions in medical and surgical nursing. She then specialised in IPC and worked in the public and private sector as a clinical nurse specialist for over 11 years.
Claire joined the HealthCERT team in November 2021.
Tanya Jackways, Principal advisor infection prevention and control, Ministry of Health [From COVID-19 to norovirus – managing future outbreaks better].
An IPC nurse specialist for over 25 years in the public and private sector, Tanya was involved in the independent review of the COVID-19 clusters in aged residential care in 2020.
Tanya joined the Ministry of Health IPC team in May 2020 to assist with the Ministry’s pandemic response and to improve IPC across the health and disability system.
Resources
Presentation slides from this webinar: Looking to the future (1.3MB, pdf)
Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard NZS 8134:2021: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/regulation-health-and-disability-system/certification-health-care-services/services-standard.
Guidelines for the Management of Norovirus Outbreaks - Ministry of Health 2009: https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/guidelines-management-norovirus_0.pdf.
