Thanks to those who were able to join us for the February's Journal Club meeting, with a special thanks to Lindy for her great presentation helping us think about the role of an IPC in our health services.  We also covered a quick overview of Nipah Virus, with the recent cases in the Southeast Asian region. 

Resources about Nipah virus:

• WHO Nipah Virus fact sheet - this gives a overview of Nipah virus, the illness and controlling the virus in health-care settings.
• WHO Nipah Virus Infection - this page gives links to Nipah virus prevention and readiness strategies, as well as Disease outbreak news about the latest cases

Here's some of the IPC resource and training links that Lindy shared in her presentation:

• What is an Infection Control Nurse? Explained
• WHO Infection prevention and control - gives information and resources for IPC areas: Core IPC components, Hand hygiene, Injection safety, Surgical site infections, Antimicrobial resistance, Sepsis, Basic IPC & primary care and IPC Training resources.
• WHO Minimum requirements for infection prevention and control programmes - a document about the minimum requirements for IPC programmes at the national and health care facility level.
• WHO Academy | Learn to build a healthier world - access free IPC, Risk management and many other training courses are available through this WHO Academy site (see attached list of IPC Training courses). 
• Foundations of Infection Prevention and Control - International - ACIPC - Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control - this is the 6 month IPC course that Nellie, Josephine and Rose just completed.  There a new course commencing 10 July 2026, so register now through this website if you are interested in joining.  The cost is AUD $1300 per participant.  PRIDA could offer to help with someone to help coach you during the course.