Infection control

Infection prevention and control plays an important role in delivering safe health services. The RACGP Infection prevention and control standards for general practices focus on practice-based risk assessment and staff education. These guidelines are mandatory for accreditation and align with the RACGP Standards 5th edition criterion GP 4.1.

Useful infection control resources include:

• The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare
• National Infection Control Guidelines
• Hand Hygiene Australia provided resources such as fact sheets and posters
• NSW Health provides information for the community as well as information, fact sheets and other resources for health professionals such as pandemic preparedness, cough etiquette poster and a hand washing poster
• Winter Wise has information on how consumers can prepare for the cold and flu season
• Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures course
• The Benchmarque Group  
• APNA (Australian Practice Nurse Association)
• Marjen Education Services

Your accreditation provider, AGPAL or GPA, may also have additional resources available. For the latest NSW Health Infectious disease alerts click here.