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3M champions patient warming in Australia Following the acquisition of Arizant Healthcare in October 2010, 3M has been working to integrate the Bair Hugger patient warming and Ranger fluid warming brands into the Infection Prevention Division of 3M healthcare globally. In Australia, as of 1 January, 2012 3M Healthcare will be stepping-up its involvement in these brands and supporting their operational functions including research and development capabilities. [ + ]

All health professionals have important roles to play in actively affording patient safety through infection prevention and control, write Dr Ramon Z Shaban, Mary-Rose Godsell and Professor Jenny Gamble. [ + ]

Coregas is a group business of Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety - a division of Wesfarmers Limited. [ + ]

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The recent national benchmark for golden staph infection rates is one of a whole host of new safety and quality measures being reported on the 鈥淢y黑料吃瓜群网s鈥� federal government website. This has once again raised the importance of infection control in a healthcare environment, especially after 13 hospitals failed to meet the standards in 2010/11, which was set at no more than two cases per 10,000 occupied beds. [ + ]

Each year around 200,000 cases of Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs) occur in Australia contributing to more than 7,000 deaths (1). Good hand hygiene is critical to reducing the spread of HAIs by breaking the chain of infection. [ + ]

The recent detection of the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C-diff) in Australia has sparked concerns among healthcare experts of a possible outbreak of this new Super Bug, in February this year, three patients at a Melbourne hospital were detected as carrying the bacteria and last November another 10 from a Melbourne aged care facility also tested positive to the bacteria. [ + ]

Emerging Health Solutions (EHS) was designed for Australian hospitals by Australian clinicians, this secure, web-based clinical information system provides quality patient care by improving clinical communications, creating effective and efficient processes, and aiding risk identification and management. [ + ]

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ITL Healthcare was established in 2003 with the acquisition of Surgicare Pty Ltd, a company that had been operating for 25 years and specialising in customised procedure packs for various medical applications, ITL Healthcare is an operating division of ITL Limited, an ASX listed and Australian owned and operated company with its Head Office and production facilities located in Melbourne. [ + ]

In November 2009, the following guidelines were endorsed by Australian Health Ministers for use by Australian health professionals 鈥� Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Australian 黑料吃瓜群网s, Residential Aged Care Facilities and Community Care 2009. As the first Australian national falls prevention guidelines to address the three main care settings, they provided a nationally consistent basis for falls prevention strategies and were designed to inform and assist health professionals reduce the risk and rate of falls in older people while providing care. [ + ]

Each individual Australian has been issued a health identifier (HI) number. This number will be able to be attached to every electronically held healthcare record made about a citizen over the coming months/years, including information held by Medicare. The inclusion of the HI in software programs across the country will form the cornerstone of the nation鈥檚 e-health project and the implementation of each citizen鈥檚 Personally Controlled E-Health Record (PCEHR). [ + ]

Modec is a market leader in providing security, electrical and data communication solutions to various clients throughout the eastern states of Australia. [ + ]

Lille Continence Institute is Lille Healthcare鈥檚 accredited provider of education and training programs directed at health professionals treating incontinence issues. [ + ]