Minutes- Steering Committee meeting 11 Nov 09

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Attendance

E Gillespie, R Stuart, K Clezy, C Marshall, T Anderson, A McGregor, I Wilkinson, J Ferguson

Apologies

C Boardman, M McLaws, T Blackmore, S Roberts, A Cheng, T Gottlieb, H VanGessel, A Allworth, R Shaban

Business arising

Steering Committee membership and HICSIG Terms of Reference

• Mechanisms to achieve better AICA representation/ input discussed. Suggested that pending AICA's reorganisation as a national group, it may be difficult to get more timely/effective representation.

• Updated HICSIG aims have been placed on website

Residential Aged Care MRSA Guideline J Ferguson

Proposed membership - see Residential aged care MRSA control measures- guideline working group Would SC Members or others ensure that anyone else with a passion for this important area get in touch ASAP as the membership can be expanded if necessary.

Influenza

• Influenza infection control position statement Published in MJA. Little feedback as yet.

• Mandatory Immunisation attitudes survey (R Stuart): letter to MJA drafted with results and discussion of mandatory immunisation

Infection Control research - K Clezy

Plan to host a workshop in the New Year to:

• identify gaps in evidence, needs for inf control research
• identify what research could be done as a national approach
• identify potential for international collaborative efforts

Kate also to liaise with the Aust Commission ICG Review group re gaps identified during their reviews.

ASID 2010 - Darwin

Update Feb 2010 see ASID HICSIG 2010 session program.

• HICSIG session (60 min session only): Current thoughts
  • masks and influenza - agreed to ask Raina McIntyre to present 20 min + 10 min discussion (focus on her study and other recent work)
  • SHEA summary - March meeting 15 min (could also ask for a handout with summary)
  • ECCMID summary - April meeting 15 min

• Abstracts due 17 February- planned submissions so far-
  • C. difficile lab survey (JF) ? poster nb. lab survey is still open: 22 responses so far

Please inspect the submitted data and push your local lab (Private or Public) to contribute ASAP. A note via the RCPA QAP newsletter is also going out to alert labs about the survey.

• • ANZ Survey of antibiotic management of pneumonia and compliance with TG Antibiotic (JF) ? poster
  • Update on HICSIG wiki resources (poster)
  • Others? please let Convenor know

ESCMID-SHEA-ASID Advanced Infection Control Workshop June 2010

See [1]. You need to pay a deposit soon to secure a place!

Multi-dose vials J Ferguson, T Gottlieb

Paper with Iain Gosbell who is on leave. Plan to send to Vaccine once tidied up when he returns.

New Business

• Antibiotic stewardship approach at regional hospitals without resident microbiologists/ inf disease people - JF

There is a distinct need to develop an approach that assists regional services, their pharmacists and clinicians to improve antibiotic use etc. Aust Commission wants to draft something. Kate Clezy volunteered that SE Illawara AHS has a well-advanced draft area plan for stewardship. JF working on one for Greater Western AHS and Commission. See Clinical pharmacist antimicrobial stewardship roles.

Would other SC members please notify Kate or Convenor (JF) about other initiatives that are relevant to this issue?

• Status of National Antibiotic Utilisation Programme (NAUSP) - Irene Wilkinson

Concern about future funding and its sources. The programme is unable to accommodate all new requests for joining at present.

• SE Illawara also developing a Standards document for infection control with an eye to governance arrangements. The group alerted Kate to the existence of the AICA Standards as well.

• Intensive care severe pneumonia: Kate also alerted the group that a review of approaches to severe CAP/HAP is taking place across ANZ.

Next teleconference

Proposed date- 3rd March 2010 12 midday EST