Infection prevention and control guidelines

6. Staff screening immunisation and infection management

Resources and references

      1. Resources and references

Last revised: 17 Jun 2024

Resources and references

Resources

Health status screening and immunisation. In: NHMRC. Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in healthcare (2019)

Communicable Diseases Network Australia series of national guidelines

Communicable Diseases Network Australia national Guidelines for healthcare workers on managing bloodborne viruses

Relevant Australian standards

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Core Standard 3. Criterion C3.5 – Work health and safety. In: Standards for general practices. 5th Edition. East Melbourne, Vic: RACGP, 2020.

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. GP Standard 4. Criterion GP4.1 – Infection prevention and control, including sterilisation. In: Standards for general practices. 5th Edition. East Melbourne, Vic: RACGP, 2020.

References

  1. Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. CDNA National Guidelines for healthcare workers on managing bloodborne viruses. Australian Government; 2022 [Accessed 3 October 2022].
  2. Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Preparing for vaccination. Australian immunisation handbook. Canberra: Australian Government; 2021. [Accessed 3 October 2022].
  3. Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The Australian immunisation handbook. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. [Accessed 3 October 2022].
  4. Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. COVID-19 vaccines. Australian Government; 2022 [Accessed 30 April 2022]. 
  5. National Health and Medical Research Council. Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in healthcare (2019). Version 11.12 Updated March 2022. Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council; 2019 [Accessed 30 September 2022]. 

Advertising