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This web page is managed and authorised by Quality & Safety of the NSW Department of Health. Last updated: 21 May, 2009

• Healthcare Associated Infections

• Modules
• Additional precautions
• Antibiotic usage
• Clinical waste management
• Design and maintenance of healthcare facilities
• Environmental cleaning
• Glossary
• Hand hygiene
• Handling bodies
• Healthcare workers
• Infectious diseases in healthcare facilities
• Laundry and linen services
• Multi-resistant organisms
• Outbreaks management
• Personal protective equipment
• Reprocessing of re-usable instruments and equipment
• Reprocessing of specific instruments and equipment
• Sharps handling and disposal
• Specific clinical practices and settings
• Standard precautions
• Surveillance
• Other Initiatives