World hand hygiene day is never just one day

Off duty

Katie Vine is completing her Master of Sports Physiotherapy at La Trobe University while working at Canberra Hospital as an Emergency Department Primary Contact Physiotherapist.She is also an ACT Health Directorate Project Officer with the Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scope of Practice Project, investigating and implementing extended scope of physiotherapy roles. Katie was awarded the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s (APA) Award for Professional Excellence five years in a row, between 2008 and 2012. 

Automating measurement of hand hygiene compliance - The next big question for Australian hospitals

National safety and quality health service standards

Standard 4 Medication Safety 

AMA Calls to Scrap Cap on Tax Deductions for Professional Development Expenses

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has welcomed a move to launch a full Senate inquiry into the Federal Government’s $2000 cap on tax deductions for work-related self-education expenses.

The speed of ultrasound

Table 1. The complete list of ASUM CCPU units

The critical need for integration of imaging infrastructure

Patients & Privacy

Look After Your Patient’s Electronic Health Information Effectively or Suffer the Consequences

Taking back control

Blood Biomarkers & Beyond

International designers in health converge at world congress in Brisbane

Professor Ian Frazer Congress patron / AC, FRA, FAA

The future of medical research has never been more critical or inspiring

How do we combat the misuse codeine-based pain relief medicines

President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Grant Kardachi, explains the need for all healthcare professionals to be aware of the potential for addiction and growing misuse of codeine-containing products.

National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards: Governance, partnering with consumers and healthcare associated infection

As of January 1 this year, all Australian hospitals and day procedure services began accreditation against ten new National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, writes the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Amy Winter.

Clinical Care Threatened by Education Expense Reforms

Tax deductions for work-related self-education expenses will be limited to $2000 per person from 1 July 2014 under reforms recently announced by the Federal Government.