Infection control nurses meet.Meeting infection control challenges across the health care spectrum is the theme of this month's 24th annual infection control conference in Auckland, organised by NZNO's National Division of Infection Control Nurses. Keynote speakers are professor and chair of internal medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University Formed by a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968, VCU has a medical school that is home to the nation's oldest organ transplant program. in the United States (US), Richard Wenzel, and clinical nurse consultant infection control at Princess Alexandra Hospital The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), is located on Ipswich Road in Woolloongabba, Australia. It is one of the major hospitals in Brisbane and is a teaching hospital of the University of Queensland. in Brisbane, Jenny Stackelroth. Wenzel will discuss antibiotic resistance antibiotic resistance, n the ability of certain strains of microorganisms to develop resistance to antibiotics. antibiotic resistance : the US versus the New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. reality, white Stackelroth wile discuss methicittin resistant staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus au·re·us n. A bacterium that causes furunculosis, pyemia, osteomyelitis, suppuration of wounds, and food poisoning. Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus pyogenes outbreak control strategies in hospitals. Concurrent sessions over the three days, August 24-26, include an historic perspective on how societies respond to epidemics, infection control benchmarking in residential care, the use of honey in wound care and establishing best practice standards for body piercing and tattooing. For further information, see www.infectioncontrol.co.nz. |
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