Tools and resources designed to support Infection prevention and control programs in private and public healthcare facilities.
For further advice contact the team via email IPPSU@health.wa.gov.au.
The Healthcare Infection Surveillance of Western Australia (HISWA) is a program monitors healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Western Australia. The program involves active, prospective, patient-based surveillance and uses standardised definitions and methodology to ensure the validity of data.
Multi-resistant organisms (MROs) are micro-organisms resistant to multiple antibiotics which makes them difficult to treat. In WA, the MROs of significance are:
Information must be provided to patients who are colonised or infected with a MRO, with written notification of their status and an information sheet including how to prevent transmission whilst in hospital and how it is managed once discharged.