These modules support hand hygiene education and training for clinical, non-clinical and student healthcare workers. The content of the modules is consistent with the recommendations of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, specifically the Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard, and the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare.
The Commission has developed a suite of eLearning modules on hand hygiene and infection prevention and control.
Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) are provided to support use of the Commission's hand hygiene and infection prevention and control eLearning modules.
The Commission has developed 10 advanced infection prevention and control eLearning modules that can be undertaken individually, or as a suite, dependent on need.
The Commission has developed two eLearning modules to support infection prevention and control in aged care.
The Commission and NPS MedicineWise have collaborated to develop a series of e-learning modules on antimicrobial prescribing.
The NHHI LMS hosts the hand hygiene, infection prevention and control modules and hand hygiene auditor online learning. Health service organisations (excluding aged care) with 10+ staff can register for access to the NHHI LMS.
Registering an organisation allows learners (staff) to link their profiles to your organisation in the NHHI LMS.Organisations do not need to register for its staff (learners) to access the NHHI online learning modules. The organisation name does not appear on any completion certificates.
The NHHI LMS hosts the hand hygiene, infection prevention and control modules and hand hygiene auditor online learning.
The National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) Learning Management System (LMS) hosts a suite of online learning modules designed to support healthcare workers' education on hand hygiene practices, hand hygiene auditor training, and infection prevention and control across health service organisations.
High risk medicines (HRMs) are medications that have an increased risk of causing significant patient harm or death if they are misused or used in error.1
The Commonwealth, state and territory governments across Australia are increasing their focus on improving the safety and quality of end-of-life care.
Hand Hygiene Auditors (previously called General Auditors) conduct direct observational audits of healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance.
World AMR Awareness Week is held from 18 to 24 November each year.