All Outputs (3)

Control of Antimicrobial Resistance Requires an Ethical Approach (2017)
Journal Article
Parsonage, B., Hagglund, P. K., Keogh, L., Wheelhouse, N., Brown, R. E., & Dancer, S. J. (2017). Control of Antimicrobial Resistance Requires an Ethical Approach. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02124

Ethical behavior encompasses actions that benefit both self and society. This means that tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) becomes an ethical obligation, because the prospect of declining anti-infectives affects everyone. Without preventive act... Read More about Control of Antimicrobial Resistance Requires an Ethical Approach.

Variation in hospital cleaning practice and process in Australian hospitals: A structured mapping exercise (2017)
Journal Article
Mitchell, B. G., Farrington, A., Allen, M., Gardner, A., Hall, L., Barnett, A. G., Halton, K., Page, K., Dancer, S. J., Riley, T. V., Gericke, C. A., Paterson, D. L., & Graves, N. (2017). Variation in hospital cleaning practice and process in Australian hospitals: A structured mapping exercise. Infection, Disease & Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2017.08.001

Background
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the range of cleaning practices and processes in 11 Australian hospitals and to discuss the challenges this variation poses to the implementation of clinical trials or changes to hospital cleaning... Read More about Variation in hospital cleaning practice and process in Australian hospitals: A structured mapping exercise.

What's trending in infection control? (2017)
Journal Article
Mitchell, B. G., Petrie, D., Morton, L., & Dancer, S. J. (2017). What's trending in infection control?. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 38(9), 1098-1102. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.130

OBJECTIVE To explore the trends in infection control peer-reviewed journals, mainstream media, and blogs written by infection control professionals DESIGN Narrative and scoping reviews METHODS Narrative and scoping reviews were performed to identify... Read More about What's trending in infection control?.