The environment and hand hygiene - The two go hand in hand

All healthcare workers play a part in infection prevention and control in healthcare settings.  The slogan ‘infection control is everybody’s business’ has been used by infection prevention and control professionals to promote key messages to healthcare workers over many years. This catch phrase is still relevant today, if not more so, in relation to measures such as hand hygiene and environmental cleanliness, writes Annie Wells.

Researchers Take a Giant Leap Towards Bio-printing Transplantable Tissues and organs

The University of Sydney has reported researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of 'bio-printing' transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major diseases and trauma injuries.

UQ Researchers Working on Vaccine Against Strep Throat

Researchers are one step closer to developing a safe vaccine against strep throat, which is responsible for more than 700 million infections and 500,000 deaths each year.

LASA Says Government has Abandoned People with Dementia

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Mater Private Wins Award for Lowering Food Wastage and Improving Patient Outcomes

New Collaboration will Boost Research and Development in MRI

[caption id="attachment_8582" align="alignright" width="200"] Professor Peter Høj and Toby Carrington sign the collaboration agreement between UQ and Siemens Siemens Australia that will boost research and development in MRI.[/caption]

Work to Begin on Implementing National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan

Assistant Minister for Health Fiona Nash has asked for work to begin on developing a plan for implementing the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan.

Worldwide hemophilia treatment now 500 steps closer

The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) has had one billion international units (IUs) of clotting factor therapy donated for humanitarian aid programs.

Young Australian Medical Researchers Meet with Nobel Prize Winners

[caption id="attachment_8527" align="alignright" width="200"] Young Australian medical researchers are part of the official delegation travelling to the 64th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau[/caption] Fifteen young Australian medical researchers are heading to Germany this week to meet with Nobel Prize winners in the fields of physiology and medicine. The 64th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting (29 June - 4 July 2014) brings together 600 young researchers from 80 different countries to interact with giants in these fields and build networks with other researchers.

McGrath Foundation Appoints Petra Buchanan as new CEO

New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the McGrath Foundation Petra Buchanan has been appointed to lead the organisation in a new phase of development.

Nurses play key role in providing holistic care for haematology patients

Nurses, now more than ever, have a key role to play in providing holistic care for haematology patients and improving palliative and end-of-life care for relapsed transplant patients, writes Haematology and bone marrow transplant nurse Elise Button.

The World of Travel, Immunisations and Preventable Diseases

Fifty years ago, the cost of travel to far and abroad places was out of reach of the ordinary person. Today, nearly every person has traveled either intrastate, interstate or internationally. We use many forms of transport from our cars, to trains and buses and airplanes. In particular, airplanes carry us to far off destinations, where we experience life and culture and we return home with sometimes more than we bargained for, writes Marija Juraja.

Pathfinders - Aboriginal Health Informatics

It’s a big call! Trevor Lord thinks Aboriginal Health in Australia may be one of the most successful areas of development in Health Informatics. He shares the basis for his view with Australian Hospital and Healthcare Bulletin.

World First Discovery Identifies an Electrical Switch in the Uterus which Controls Labour

Australian researchers are part of a world-first discovery which has identified an electrical switch in the muscle of the uterus that can control labour and may help explain why overweight pregnant women have difficulty giving birth.

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We have gathered inspiration for this winter edition of Australian Hospital and Healthcare Bulletin from NAIDOC week, being held in the first week of July. Our cover titled Rockholes west of Kintore (Acrylic on linen, 181 x 271cm) is by Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri and is courtesy of the artist and Art Equity. NAIDOC celebrates the contributions Indigenous Australians make to our county and our society and in recognition of this we are proud to have Dr Tammy Kimpton, President of the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, present this issue’s Foreword. To strengthen the theme, our ethics columnist, Professor Colin Thomson writes about ethics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Patients, and Clinical Governance Advisor and clinical lead of the National Electronic Health Transition Authority Dr Trevor Lord also presents the reasons behind his view that Aboriginal Health in Australia is of the most successful areas of development in Health Informatics.