Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control
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ACIPC is the peak body for infection prevention and control professionals (ICPs) in the region. The College was established to promote the profession and support its members.
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Our December newsletter is now available.
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
Registration now open for ESPID2026!
1-5 June 2026
Bologna & Online
Book now for a week of innovation in paediatric infectious diseases.
Connect, share, and shape the future of child health.
Website: https://espidmeeting.org/
#ESPID2026
1-5 June 2026
Bologna & Online
Book now for a week of innovation in paediatric infectious diseases.
Connect, share, and shape the future of child health.
Website: https://espidmeeting.org/
#ESPID2026
January 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Registration now open for ESPID2026!
1-5 June 2026
Bologna & Online
Book now for a week of innovation in paediatric infectious diseases.
Connect, share, and shape the future of child health.
Website: https://espidmeeting.org/
#ESPID2026
1-5 June 2026
Bologna & Online
Book now for a week of innovation in paediatric infectious diseases.
Connect, share, and shape the future of child health.
Website: https://espidmeeting.org/
#ESPID2026
Registered yet for our joint webinar with IPS?
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Topic: Sustainability in IPC
Speakers: Graham Pike, Holly Slyne, Susan Whyte & Carla DeMarco
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ACIPC #IPS #SustainableHealthcare
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Topic: Sustainability in IPC
Speakers: Graham Pike, Holly Slyne, Susan Whyte & Carla DeMarco
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ACIPC #IPS #SustainableHealthcare
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Registered yet for our joint webinar with IPS?
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Topic: Sustainability in IPC
Speakers: Graham Pike, Holly Slyne, Susan Whyte & Carla DeMarco
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ACIPC #IPS #SustainableHealthcare
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Topic: Sustainability in IPC
Speakers: Graham Pike, Holly Slyne, Susan Whyte & Carla DeMarco
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ACIPC #IPS #SustainableHealthcare
The new Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) commenced operation on 1 January 2026.
ACIPC recognises the importance of a national CDC; the exclusion of IPC as a recognised specialty risks undermining public health.
📄 ACIPC’s position statement:
https://tinyurl.com/23rjad29
ACIPC recognises the importance of a national CDC; the exclusion of IPC as a recognised specialty risks undermining public health.
📄 ACIPC’s position statement:
https://tinyurl.com/23rjad29
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The new Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) commenced operation on 1 January 2026.
ACIPC recognises the importance of a national CDC; the exclusion of IPC as a recognised specialty risks undermining public health.
📄 ACIPC’s position statement:
https://tinyurl.com/23rjad29
ACIPC recognises the importance of a national CDC; the exclusion of IPC as a recognised specialty risks undermining public health.
📄 ACIPC’s position statement:
https://tinyurl.com/23rjad29
Make 2026 your year of professional development with ACIPC.
Courses, free webinars, aged care IPC series + practical resources you can use every day.
Sustainability in IPC webinar with IPS — 21 Jan
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-ips-joint-sustainability-in-ipc-webinar/
#ACIPC #IPC
Courses, free webinars, aged care IPC series + practical resources you can use every day.
Sustainability in IPC webinar with IPS — 21 Jan
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-ips-joint-sustainability-in-ipc-webinar/
#ACIPC #IPC
January 5, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Make 2026 your year of professional development with ACIPC.
Courses, free webinars, aged care IPC series + practical resources you can use every day.
Sustainability in IPC webinar with IPS — 21 Jan
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-ips-joint-sustainability-in-ipc-webinar/
#ACIPC #IPC
Courses, free webinars, aged care IPC series + practical resources you can use every day.
Sustainability in IPC webinar with IPS — 21 Jan
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-ips-joint-sustainability-in-ipc-webinar/
#ACIPC #IPC
The ACIPC office will be closed for the holidays from Friday 19 December 2025.
We will be back on Monday 5 January 2026.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season.
We will be back on Monday 5 January 2026.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season.
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The ACIPC office will be closed for the holidays from Friday 19 December 2025.
We will be back on Monday 5 January 2026.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season.
We will be back on Monday 5 January 2026.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season.
Our December newsletter is now available.
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Our December newsletter is now available.
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
We are holding a joint webinar on sustainability with IPS.
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Facilitator: Karen McKenna, ACIPC IPC Consultant
Presenters: Graham Pike, Oxford University Hospitals & Holly Slyne, University Hospitals Northamptonshire
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ymb4ud3u
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Facilitator: Karen McKenna, ACIPC IPC Consultant
Presenters: Graham Pike, Oxford University Hospitals & Holly Slyne, University Hospitals Northamptonshire
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ymb4ud3u
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
We are holding a joint webinar on sustainability with IPS.
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Facilitator: Karen McKenna, ACIPC IPC Consultant
Presenters: Graham Pike, Oxford University Hospitals & Holly Slyne, University Hospitals Northamptonshire
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ymb4ud3u
📅Wednesday 21 January 2026 8PM AEDT
Facilitator: Karen McKenna, ACIPC IPC Consultant
Presenters: Graham Pike, Oxford University Hospitals & Holly Slyne, University Hospitals Northamptonshire
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ymb4ud3u
Summer entertaining means sharing food with those most at risk — kids, older adults, pregnant people & those with weakened immunity.
With 4.67M food poisoning cases each year in Australia, a few simple steps matter.
Food safety tips:
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y544bh5
#FoodSafety #IPC
With 4.67M food poisoning cases each year in Australia, a few simple steps matter.
Food safety tips:
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y544bh5
#FoodSafety #IPC
December 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Summer entertaining means sharing food with those most at risk — kids, older adults, pregnant people & those with weakened immunity.
With 4.67M food poisoning cases each year in Australia, a few simple steps matter.
Food safety tips:
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y544bh5
#FoodSafety #IPC
With 4.67M food poisoning cases each year in Australia, a few simple steps matter.
Food safety tips:
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y544bh5
#FoodSafety #IPC
ACIPC is concerned about the U.S Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decision on their hep B vaccination schedule for babies. This decision represents a deliberate weakening of evidence-based public health practice.
🔗Full statement:
https://tinyurl.com/58f387xj
🔗Full statement:
https://tinyurl.com/58f387xj
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
ACIPC is concerned about the U.S Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decision on their hep B vaccination schedule for babies. This decision represents a deliberate weakening of evidence-based public health practice.
🔗Full statement:
https://tinyurl.com/58f387xj
🔗Full statement:
https://tinyurl.com/58f387xj
ACIPC is deeply concerned by the decision to close the Victorian Public Health Agency. This is a significant setback for public health in Victoria and threatens capacity to respond effectively to current & future health challenges.
Full statement here:
https://tinyurl.com/5ep3zazd
Full statement here:
https://tinyurl.com/5ep3zazd
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
ACIPC is deeply concerned by the decision to close the Victorian Public Health Agency. This is a significant setback for public health in Victoria and threatens capacity to respond effectively to current & future health challenges.
Full statement here:
https://tinyurl.com/5ep3zazd
Full statement here:
https://tinyurl.com/5ep3zazd
Working in aged care?
Join ACIPC’s free Aged Care IPC Community of Practice — your space for practical webinars, templates, toolkits, and our Aged Care Connexion forum.
Get the answers you need, when you need them.
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/aged-care/
Join ACIPC’s free Aged Care IPC Community of Practice — your space for practical webinars, templates, toolkits, and our Aged Care Connexion forum.
Get the answers you need, when you need them.
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/aged-care/
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Working in aged care?
Join ACIPC’s free Aged Care IPC Community of Practice — your space for practical webinars, templates, toolkits, and our Aged Care Connexion forum.
Get the answers you need, when you need them.
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/aged-care/
Join ACIPC’s free Aged Care IPC Community of Practice — your space for practical webinars, templates, toolkits, and our Aged Care Connexion forum.
Get the answers you need, when you need them.
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/aged-care/
You’re invited to take the ACIPC OzMegasurvey, Australasia’s first comprehensive IPC workforce survey, for all ICPs regardless of where you work.
It's anonymous and you could win a $100 Coles Myer gift voucher!
🔗https://tinyurl.com/t46t7nxa
It's anonymous and you could win a $100 Coles Myer gift voucher!
🔗https://tinyurl.com/t46t7nxa
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
You’re invited to take the ACIPC OzMegasurvey, Australasia’s first comprehensive IPC workforce survey, for all ICPs regardless of where you work.
It's anonymous and you could win a $100 Coles Myer gift voucher!
🔗https://tinyurl.com/t46t7nxa
It's anonymous and you could win a $100 Coles Myer gift voucher!
🔗https://tinyurl.com/t46t7nxa
Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and equipment in aged care
Presenter: Carrie Spinks
Guest Speaker: Terry McAuley, Director, STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd
Join us for this free webinar, to register please click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cl6dS_H8SZmWfHZF5lD0Hg
Presenter: Carrie Spinks
Guest Speaker: Terry McAuley, Director, STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd
Join us for this free webinar, to register please click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cl6dS_H8SZmWfHZF5lD0Hg
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and equipment in aged care
Presenter: Carrie Spinks
Guest Speaker: Terry McAuley, Director, STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd
Join us for this free webinar, to register please click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cl6dS_H8SZmWfHZF5lD0Hg
Presenter: Carrie Spinks
Guest Speaker: Terry McAuley, Director, STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd
Join us for this free webinar, to register please click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cl6dS_H8SZmWfHZF5lD0Hg
The inaugural meeting of the Vascular Access Special Interest Group (VASIG) will be online on Tuesday, 16 December at 3 PM AEDT. This engaging event is free & welcomes both members & non-members.
Speaker Prof Claire Rickard
Register here: https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-va
Speaker Prof Claire Rickard
Register here: https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-va
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The inaugural meeting of the Vascular Access Special Interest Group (VASIG) will be online on Tuesday, 16 December at 3 PM AEDT. This engaging event is free & welcomes both members & non-members.
Speaker Prof Claire Rickard
Register here: https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-va
Speaker Prof Claire Rickard
Register here: https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-va
Book now for our August Short Course in Infection Prevention and Control in Aged Care Settings.
It's designed to provide staff with the fundamental principles of IPC practice as they apply to aged care settings.
Cost: $500
Book here: https://www.acipc.org.au/education/short-course/
It's designed to provide staff with the fundamental principles of IPC practice as they apply to aged care settings.
Cost: $500
Book here: https://www.acipc.org.au/education/short-course/
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Book now for our August Short Course in Infection Prevention and Control in Aged Care Settings.
It's designed to provide staff with the fundamental principles of IPC practice as they apply to aged care settings.
Cost: $500
Book here: https://www.acipc.org.au/education/short-course/
It's designed to provide staff with the fundamental principles of IPC practice as they apply to aged care settings.
Cost: $500
Book here: https://www.acipc.org.au/education/short-course/
Our November newsletter is now available.
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Our November newsletter is now available.
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
Don't miss out on this month's edition of IPC News.
#IPC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #ACIPC #IPCNews
https://www.acipc.org.au/ipc-news/
ACIPC's next Lunch & Learn webinar - Wednesday 10 December 1pm AEDT.
Topic: ‘Tis the Season for Surveillance: Understanding the Syphilis Outbreak
Presenter: Dr Kelly Hosking
To register for this webinar, click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fGaICYZLRS2dk0m03D8aUQ
Topic: ‘Tis the Season for Surveillance: Understanding the Syphilis Outbreak
Presenter: Dr Kelly Hosking
To register for this webinar, click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fGaICYZLRS2dk0m03D8aUQ
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
ACIPC's next Lunch & Learn webinar - Wednesday 10 December 1pm AEDT.
Topic: ‘Tis the Season for Surveillance: Understanding the Syphilis Outbreak
Presenter: Dr Kelly Hosking
To register for this webinar, click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fGaICYZLRS2dk0m03D8aUQ
Topic: ‘Tis the Season for Surveillance: Understanding the Syphilis Outbreak
Presenter: Dr Kelly Hosking
To register for this webinar, click the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fGaICYZLRS2dk0m03D8aUQ
This #WorldAIDSDay, take action — build confidence in prevention & early diagnosis.
Enrol in the Blood Borne Virus Testing Course (30 Jan 2026).
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/education/blood-borne-virus-testing-course/
#HIV #HepatitisB #HepatitisC #BloodBorneVirusTesting
Enrol in the Blood Borne Virus Testing Course (30 Jan 2026).
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/education/blood-borne-virus-testing-course/
#HIV #HepatitisB #HepatitisC #BloodBorneVirusTesting
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This #WorldAIDSDay, take action — build confidence in prevention & early diagnosis.
Enrol in the Blood Borne Virus Testing Course (30 Jan 2026).
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/education/blood-borne-virus-testing-course/
#HIV #HepatitisB #HepatitisC #BloodBorneVirusTesting
Enrol in the Blood Borne Virus Testing Course (30 Jan 2026).
🔗 https://www.acipc.org.au/education/blood-borne-virus-testing-course/
#HIV #HepatitisB #HepatitisC #BloodBorneVirusTesting
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released the National Sepsis Data Plan – Strategic Analysis Report, outlining a five-year roadmap to strengthen sepsis data collection across the country.
🔗 Read the full report:
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbazzh
#Sepsis
🔗 Read the full report:
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbazzh
#Sepsis
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released the National Sepsis Data Plan – Strategic Analysis Report, outlining a five-year roadmap to strengthen sepsis data collection across the country.
🔗 Read the full report:
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbazzh
#Sepsis
🔗 Read the full report:
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbazzh
#Sepsis
South Australian ACIPC members and non-members are invited to attend the SA Special Interest Group (SIG) in-person event on Friday, 12 December 2025 from 1:00 – 5:00PM (ACST).
Visit the SIG home page for more info and to register:
https://www.acipc.org.au/about/special-interest-groups/
Visit the SIG home page for more info and to register:
https://www.acipc.org.au/about/special-interest-groups/
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
South Australian ACIPC members and non-members are invited to attend the SA Special Interest Group (SIG) in-person event on Friday, 12 December 2025 from 1:00 – 5:00PM (ACST).
Visit the SIG home page for more info and to register:
https://www.acipc.org.au/about/special-interest-groups/
Visit the SIG home page for more info and to register:
https://www.acipc.org.au/about/special-interest-groups/
ACIPC is deeply concerned by the recent publication of anti-vaccine material from the US CDC.
The College has released a statement condemning the material & stressing the need for evidence-based vaccine communication.
🔗https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-responds-to-cdc-vaccine-misinformation/
The College has released a statement condemning the material & stressing the need for evidence-based vaccine communication.
🔗https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-responds-to-cdc-vaccine-misinformation/
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
ACIPC is deeply concerned by the recent publication of anti-vaccine material from the US CDC.
The College has released a statement condemning the material & stressing the need for evidence-based vaccine communication.
🔗https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-responds-to-cdc-vaccine-misinformation/
The College has released a statement condemning the material & stressing the need for evidence-based vaccine communication.
🔗https://www.acipc.org.au/acipc-responds-to-cdc-vaccine-misinformation/
ACIPC members are invited to the next Sustainability SIG meeting.
Thursday, 27 November 12PM AEDT via Zoom.
Topic: Driving Sustainability with Reusable Gowns & Drapes
Speaker: Ben Dunne
🔗Register:
https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-sustainability/Site/Register
Thursday, 27 November 12PM AEDT via Zoom.
Topic: Driving Sustainability with Reusable Gowns & Drapes
Speaker: Ben Dunne
🔗Register:
https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-sustainability/Site/Register
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
ACIPC members are invited to the next Sustainability SIG meeting.
Thursday, 27 November 12PM AEDT via Zoom.
Topic: Driving Sustainability with Reusable Gowns & Drapes
Speaker: Ben Dunne
🔗Register:
https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-sustainability/Site/Register
Thursday, 27 November 12PM AEDT via Zoom.
Topic: Driving Sustainability with Reusable Gowns & Drapes
Speaker: Ben Dunne
🔗Register:
https://cdesign.eventsair.com/acipc-secretariat/sig-sustainability/Site/Register
Did you catch our October member profile interview with Priscilla Singh and Shelley Cooper from St John of God Langmore Centre?
We caught up with them during Mental Health Month to talk about IPC in mental health settings.
🔗Full interview here:
https://tinyurl.com/3tn2ken7
We caught up with them during Mental Health Month to talk about IPC in mental health settings.
🔗Full interview here:
https://tinyurl.com/3tn2ken7
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Did you catch our October member profile interview with Priscilla Singh and Shelley Cooper from St John of God Langmore Centre?
We caught up with them during Mental Health Month to talk about IPC in mental health settings.
🔗Full interview here:
https://tinyurl.com/3tn2ken7
We caught up with them during Mental Health Month to talk about IPC in mental health settings.
🔗Full interview here:
https://tinyurl.com/3tn2ken7
Congratulations to Professor Marilyn Cruickshank, 2025 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN)
She was formally inducted at the Academy’s Annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC in October 2025.
🔗Full list of inductees:
https://tinyurl.com/4vnt4yw4
She was formally inducted at the Academy’s Annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC in October 2025.
🔗Full list of inductees:
https://tinyurl.com/4vnt4yw4
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Congratulations to Professor Marilyn Cruickshank, 2025 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN)
She was formally inducted at the Academy’s Annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC in October 2025.
🔗Full list of inductees:
https://tinyurl.com/4vnt4yw4
She was formally inducted at the Academy’s Annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC in October 2025.
🔗Full list of inductees:
https://tinyurl.com/4vnt4yw4