Australian Commission poster for standard and transmission-based precautions
The ACSQH have produced a set of posters. These are part of the national IPC Guidelines and can be accessed on their site here.
There are four types of posters - each uses either icons or photos and two sets incorporate standard precautions and two don't.
See downloads attached for icon and photo poster without standard precautions.
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Standard Precautions Photo |
Standard Precautions icon |
Contact Precautions photo |
Contact Precautions icon |
Droplet Precautions photo |
Droplet Precautions icon |
Airborne Precautions photo |
Airborne Precautions iconESBL Patient Visitor Information
The CDHB IP&C team have recently updated a patient & vistor information sheet. Please feel free to use and/or adapt as required.
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ESBL Patient Visitor InformationESBL Risk-Based Assessment for Patient Placement
Increasing numbers of ESBL positive patients and lack of single rooms and toilets in CDHB hospitals required the development of a risk-based assessment tool to decide on patient placement. It also provides information for precautions required in each risk bracket to add staff in developing care plans.
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ESBL Risk-Based Assessment for Patient PlacementCleaning and Disinfecting Commodes 2012
This was developed after investigating possible cross infection of Clostridium difficile in a inpatient clinical area. The investigation revealed inconsistencies in cleaning and disinfection of commodes. The concept was developed after seeing how a clinical area in a Canadian hosptial reduced their clostridium difficile rate by having a consistent method for cleaning and disinfecting commodes.
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Cleaning and Disinfecting Commodes 2012Get Tough Clean Your Stuff
A poster reprinted with the permission of Holland Bloorview, Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada. This poster is going to be used as part of a campaign within Canterbury District Health Board healthcare facilities to encourage staff to clean patient monitoring equipment before and after use.
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Get Tough Clean Your StuffVisitor - Cough and Sneeze poster 2012
A new Visitors poster developed due to increased Pertussis by Christchurch Womens Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board in 2012
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Visitor Cough & Sneeze Poster 2012Pertussis poster
Reproduced with permission of NSW government and used in the Canterbury District Health Board hospitals
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Pertussis posterHow to Clean your hands.
An updated 2011 Hand Hygiene poster from the Infection Prevention and Control team at the Canterbury District Health Board
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How to Clean Your HandsHand Hygiene New Zealand Posters
5 posters from HHNZ - also downloadable from the HHNZ website.
HHNZ Resources
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HHNZ posters