WA Health infection prevention and control policies and guidelines

Mandatory policies

All infection prevention and control mandatory policies are located within the Public and Aboriginal Health Policy Framework

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
• Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance
• Insertion and Management of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulae in Healthcare Facilities
• Personal Protective Equipment in Healthcare Facilities Policy
• Screening and Management of Multi-resistant Organisms in Healthcare Facilities Policy
• Mandatory Staff Screening for Tuberculosis Policy

Guidelines

Please note all Operational Directives (OD) have now been rescinded and are in the process of being made into Communicable Disease Control Guidelines. These guidelines will have relevancy to all healthcare facilities in WA and can be used to provide consistent and evidence informed advice. View additional IPC resources for the management of healthcare-associated infections, the HISWA surveillance program and patient information.

• WA Department of Health communicable disease guidelines
  • Microbiological Air Sampling of Operating Rooms in WA Healthcare Facilities
  • MRSA Screening and Management of Healthcare Workers
  • Reprocessing of Infant Feeding Equipment in Western Australia Healthcare Facilities
  • Management of Occupational Exposure to Blood and Bodily Fluids in Healthcare Settings
  • Respiratory Protection Guidelines for Western Australian Healthcare Facilities
  • Insertion and Management of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulae in Healthcare Facilities
  • Screening and Management of Multi-resistant Organisms in Healthcare Facilities
  • Guidelines for using the microalert system in Western Australian Public Healthcare Facilities
  • Guideline: Investigating and reporting healthcare associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections
  • Guideline: Coronavirus Disease – 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Prevention and Control in Western Australian Healthcare Facilities.

Supporting documents

• Infection control guidelines for patients with Clostridium difficile infection in healthcare settings. ASID/AICA position statement 2018
• Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (external site)
• Guidance for healthcare organisations: Optimising ventilation for infection prevention and control in healthcare setting
• Infection Prevention and Control Expert Group - Interim guidance on monkeypox for health workers
• Diagnostic ultrasound
  WA Health promotes and endorses the infection prevention guidance for diagnostic ultrasound produced by the Australasian Society of Ultrasound Medicine (ASUM)
  • Guidelines for Reprocessing Ultrasound Transducers (external site)
  • COVID‐19: Infection prevention and control guidance for all ultrasound practitioners (external site)